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Senior General
Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Georgia
YANGON, 26 May - Senior General Than Shwe,
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar,
has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Eduard
Shevardnadze, President of the Republic of Georgia, on the occasion of the
Independence Day of the Republic of Georgia which falls on 26 May 2003.
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Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to
Argentina
YANGON, 26 May -
Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message
of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Nestor Kirchner, President
of the Argentine Republic, on the occasion of the National Day
of Argentina which falls on 25 May 2003.
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Ceremony to
honour monks who passed 55th Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection
Examination held
 YANGON,
25 May - The ceremony to honour members of the Sangha who passed the 55th
Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Examination, organized by the
Ministry of Religious Affairs, was held in conjunction with the certificate
presentation ceremony at Maha Pasana Cave on Kaba Aye Hill, here, this
morning.
Secretary-1
attends cash donation ceremony for Thabbyinnyu Stupa in Mayangon Township
 YANGON,
25 May - The 23rd cash presentation ceremony for construction of Thabbyinnyu
Stupa to be built in Ward 5, Mayangon Township, Yangon Division, was held at
the stupa this afternoon.
Water inflow,
storage at dams inspected
 YANGON,
25 May - Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin,
accompanied by officials, arrived at the preliminary chosen site for
Chaungmanet Dam to the north of Htanpaukgon Village in TadaU Township,
Mandalay Division on yesterday morning.
Workshop on
fresh-water fish breeding
 YANGON,
25 May - The workshop on development of fresh-water fish breeding of the
Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries was held at
the hall of the Fisheries Department on Hsinmin Road in Ahlone Township this
morning.
Information
Minister inspects Sarpay Beikman
YANGON, 25 May - Minister for
Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan inspected Sarpay Beikman, No 529/531,
Merchant Street, under the Printing and Publishing Enterprise and gave
necessary instructions to officials on 23 May.
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National Seminar on Trafficking in Persons opens
 YANGON,
25 May - The opening ceremony of National Seminar on Trafficking
in Persons was held at Dusit Inya Lake Hotel here this morning.
Secretary-1 attends
opening of Dagon Centre Shopping Mall
 YANGON,
25 May - Dagon International Co Ltd opened Dagon Centre Shopping Mall at
Sangyaung Township this afternoon,
Dry
Day Supervisory Committee Chairman supervises inspection groups
 YANGON,
25 May - Chairman of Dry Day Supervisory Committee Minister the
State Peace and Development Council Chairman's Office Lt-Gen Min
Thein and members divided into two groups and supervised dry day
inspection groups checking use of Tatmadaw and departmental
vehicles this morning.
Commander visits Cartoon, Painting contests
 YANGON,
25 May - The divisional level cartoon, painting and poster
contests held in commemoration of the International Day Against
Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, organized by Yangon Division
Drugs Abuse Control Committee, was held at Drug Elimination
Museum at the corner of Hanthawady and Kyundaw roads in Kamayut
Township today.
National Seminar on Trafficking in Persons held
 YANGON,
25 - The National Seminar on Trafficking in Persons, jointly
organized by Myanmar National Committee for Women's Affairs,
UNICEF, UN-Inter Agency Project in Combating Human Trafficking (UNIAP)
and Save the Children (Sc-UK), was held at Duhsit Inya Lake
Resort this morning.
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Relation
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Permanent
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Singapore arrives
 YANGON,
25 May - A five-member Singaporean delegation led by Permanent Secretary Mr
Tan Chin Tiong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of
Singapore, arrived here by air this morning at the invitation of Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win.
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SEAMEO Chairman
leaves
 YANGON,
25 May - The visiting 3-member delegation led by Chairman of South East
Asia's Ministers of Education Organization Minister of Education of the
Philippines Dr Edilberto C De Jesus and wife left here by air this morning.
Sports Minister
sees off FIFA Goal Bureau Chairman
 YANGON,
25 May - Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen
Thura Aye Myint saw off Chairman of FIFA Goal Bureau President of ASIAN
Football Confederation Mohamad Bin Hamman and party at Yangon International
Airport this morning.
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SARS
surveillance at Yangon Port
YANGON, 25 May - Member of
the Leading Committee for SARS Control Port Surgeon Dr Maung Maung Oo and
members this morning carried out the SARS surveillance tasks at sailors of
two cargo ships - Saipan Leader of Malaysia and Qingchun Men of Panama - and
fishing boats berthing at Yangon Port.
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Tennis Tourney
YANGON, 25 May - Myanmar
Tennis Federation President's Bowl Tennis Tournament was opened at Theinbyu
tennis court this morning.
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Commerce
Minister's trophy soccer
YANGON, 25 May - Sagaing Division team beat Shan
Kayah Kachin team 3-2 in U-21 Commerce Minister's trophy soccer in Padonma
grounds here this morning. Zar Ni Aung of the winning team was the best
player of the match.
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Raw opium seized
YANGON, 25 May - A combined
team comprising members of the local intelligence unit, Myitkyina Special
Anti-drug Squad and local police force, searched three bags bearing the name
of Daw Aye Maung on No (49) Naba-Myitkyina train at Hopin Railway Station on
15 May. The authorities found 14 packages of raw opium weighing 19.15 kilos
hidden under jaggery in the bags.
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Heroin and raw
opium seized
YANGON, 25 May - A combined team comprising members of local intelligence
unit and Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched a Hilux
vehicle with number plates 4Ka/4206 at Phayangasu Checkpoint in Thazi
Township on 7 May and seized a package of raw opium weighing 1.633 kilo from
passenger Tun Sein, son of U Tun Hla of Peinin Village, Bamauk Township.
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