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 State
to launch new rice trading policy coming year
Yangon, 23 April —
Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Soe Win met with the president of Union of Myanmar Federation of
Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the chairmen of Myanmar Rice
Traders Association and Myanmar Rice Millers Association and
vice-chairmen, general secretaries, central executive committee
members, executives and members, rice merchants and millers
totalling over 200 at Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha at 2 pm
today.
Significant points of the new rice trading policy
* With the removal of the
last remaining restriction of the old national economic system,
there will be firm development of the market-oriented economy.
In other words, it is a new trading policy for fully
implementing the market-oriented economic system.
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State
ends direct purchase of paddy, adopts new rice trading policy
ensuring free trade starting coming year
Yangon, 23
April — Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Soe Win explained the new rice trading policy as follows:
 Upgrading
tasks of port area inspected
Yangon, 23 April -Minister
for Transport Maj- Gen Hla Myint Swe, inspected the beautifying
and upgrading tasks being carried out by Myanma Port Authority
here this morning.
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 Regional
development projects inspected in An, Rakhine State
Yangon, 23 April — Member of
the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than
of the Ministry of Defence and party, arrived at the An-Padekyaw-Maei
(Padekyaw-Maei) road section construction project at
Talaingtaung Village in An Township on 21 April morning.
 Collection
of industrial statistics coordinated
Yangon, 23
April — Minister for National Planning and Economic Development
U Soe Tha met with departmental heads and officials of
departments under the ministry and staff officers of the
Planning Department in states, divisions and districts at the
training hall of the Planning Department this afternoon.
Wellwishers invited for sinking tube-wells
Yangon, 23 April — The
Development Affairs Committees under the Ministry for Progress
of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs are
making concerted efforts in sinking the tube-wells in order to
get sufficient fresh water in rural areas in States and
Divisions where water is scarce.
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 Minister
for Health addresses reproductive health seminar, presents
prizes to outstanding staff
Yangon, 23
April — The Seminar on Scrutinization of the Refresher Course
for the Reproductive Health Information System organized by the
Health Planning Department of the Ministry of Health and the
United Nations Funds for Population Activities WHO, and the
prize presentation ceremony to outstanding staff, jointly were
held at the auditorium of Myanmar Medical Association on
Theinbyu Road this morning.
 National
Convention Convening Commission meets
Yangon, 23
April — The meeting of National Convention Convening Commission
was held at the meeting hall of the commission at 2 pm today.
Maj-Gen Sein Htwa took the chair in the meeting.
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 Foreign
Affairs Minister accepts credentials of FAO Resident
Representative
Yangon, 23 April — Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar U Win Aung accepted
the credentials of Mr Tang Zhengping, the newly appointed FAO
Resident Representatives in the Union of Myanmar at the ministry
this morning.
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 Shwehtidaw
hoisted atop Zabunyein Pagoda in Panwa, Kachin State
Yangon, 23 April - A ceremony
to hoist Shwehtidaw atop Zabun-yein Pagoda was held on Zabuaye
Hill in Panwa, Kachin State, on 20 April.
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