|
Headlines
|
|
Regional News |
 Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye inspects Heho Airport Runway Extension Project in Shan
State
Yangon, 14 May -
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspected Heho Airport Runway Extension
Project in Shan State.
|
|
 Secretary-1
inspects development projects in Chin State, Magway and Mandalay
Divisions
Yangon, 14
May - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
General Khin Nyunt and party left Bagan-NyaungU in Mandalay
Division by helicopter and arrived at Mindat in Chin State
yesterday morning.
|
|
Regional News |
|
Religion
|
|
Regional News |
 Remains
of Masoeyein Sayadawgyi draped with velvet robe
Yangon, 14 May- A ceremony to
hold over the remains of Agga Maha Pandita Abhidhaja Maha Ratha
Guru Bhaddanta Siridabhivamsa with white umbrella and to drape
the remains of the Sayadaw with velvet robe was held at
Dhammakaya Kyaung.
|
|
Ancient gold, silver Buddha images, relics unearthed
Yangon, 14
May - Ancient Buddha images and relics including one Buddha
image made of gold, another made of silver, two silver zedis,
bronze statues and relics were unearthed at the sugarcane
plantation located on a hill near an ancient pagoda in Tagaung
city archaeological site in Wayongon Village, Thapaikkyin
Township, Mandalay Division,
|
|
Regional News |
|
Region
|
|
Regional News |
 Secretary-1
attends ASEAN Steering Committee meeting
Yangon, 14 May- ASEAN
Steering Committee held its 1/2003 meeting at the hall of
Zeyathiri Beikman in Konmyintha this evening.
 Energy
Minister inspects fertilizer plant, oil field
Yangon, 14
May - Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, together with
officials, inspected No (2) Fertilizer Plant (Kyun-chaung) in
Pakokku Township, Magway Divi-sion, yesterday.
 Commander
inspects regional development undertakings in Yangon South
District
Yangon, 14
May - Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council
Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe inspected regional
development undertakings in Twantay, Kawhmu and Kongyangon
townships in Yangon.
|
|
Minister inspects SARS prevention
Yangon, 14
May - Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe inspected
SARS prevention measures being taken at Yangon International
Airport today. Officials explained the disease prevention
programme and sanitation of the sections of the airport.
 Holding
of 15th ASEAN Sr Transport Officials Meeting coordinated
Yangon, 14
May - Work coordination meeting 3/2003 of the Leading Committee
for Holding the 15th ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting
was held.
 MNWCWA
makes field tour of Chin State
Yangon, 14
May - Members of the Myanmar National Working Committee for
Women's Affairs led by Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare
Association President Myanmar National Committee for Women's
Affairs Member Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe made a field tour of Chin
State and townships in Bagan NyaungU from 10 May.
|
|
Regional News |
|
International Relation
|
|
Regional News |
|
Appointment of
ambassador agreed on
Yangon, 15 May - The
Government of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to the appointment of Mr Hul
Phany as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of
Cambodia to the Union of Myanmar.
|
|
Meeting of 5th Joint Task Force on Illegal Workers held
Yangon, 14 May - At the invitation of Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affair U Khin Maung Win, Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand Mr Tej
Bunnag and delegation arrived.
|
|
Regional News |
|
Drug
|
|
Regional News |
|
Heroin and
stimulant tablets seized in Muse and Hpa-an
Yangon, 14 May - A
combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and Myanmar
police force, acting on information, searched Aik Hsai, son of U Maing Wong
Saing of Homon Ward, Muse, and Maing Hein, son of U Wong Hkam of Khowein
Village, Sutsaw Village-tract, Muse, near Hon Yan Hotel in Manwein Ward,
Muse, Shan State (North), on 23 April.
|
|
Regional News |
 |
|
