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Sunday, November
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Government
creating economic opportunities for private
entrepreneurs, providing assistance for cultivation of
oil palm, rubber and marketable crops
Yangon,
20 Nov - A coordination meeting (8/2004) on cultivation
of oil palm, rubber and new crops was held at the
meeting hall of Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha this
evening, with an address by member of the State Peace
and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann.
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Dam projects inspected in Magway Division
Yangon,
20 Nov - Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen
Htay Oo, accompanied by local authorities, officials and
departmental heads, inspected late monsoon long staple
cotton plantations near Yaypaw Village, Aunglan
Township, Magway Division, yesterday.
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USDA Annual General Meeting 2004 continues for second day
Yangon, 20 Nov
- The second-day sessions of the Union Solidarity and
Development Association's Annual General Meeting 2004 took
place at the designated venues of the training school of the
USDA (Central) in Hmawby Township, on 15 November.
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International Relation
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Yangon Mayor to attend Fourth Meeting for Mayors of
Asian Cities in Indonesia
Yangon,
20 Nov - Yangon City Development Committee
Chairman Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin left here by air
for Indonesia this afternoon to attend the Fourth
Meeting of Mayors of Asian Cities to be held in Jakarta,
Indonesia, and to observe development projects in
Malaysia.
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Leading
Committee for holding of the 3rd Meeting of ASEAN Committee on Women meets
Yangon,
20 Nov - The Leading Committee for holding of the 3rd
Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Women in Myanmar held
its coordination meeting at the Ministry of Social
Welfare, Relief and Resettlement yesterday.
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SEAPEX Symposium on
Energy Potential of Myanmar
Yangon,
20 Nov - Under the supervision of the Ministry of
Energy, South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
Symposium on Energy Potential of Myanmar co-organized by
Smart Technical Services Co Ltd and IHS Energy Group of
Singapore took place at Traders Hotel this evening.
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Region
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Renovation of Kanbawzathadi Palace inspected
Yangon,
20 Nov - Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung this
morning inspected renovation of Kanbawzathadi Palace of
King Bayintnaung in Bago Division. Deputy
Director-General of the Archaeology Department U Tun Zaw
and Director Daw Sandar Khin reported on greening of the
palace.
Hotels in Yangon
City inspected
Yangon,
20 Nov - Minister for Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Thein
Zaw, accompanied by Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aye Myint
Kyu and officials, went on inspection tours of hotels in
Yangon City.
Tamu gets hydropower
plant
Yangon,
20 Nov - A hydroelectric power plant was inaugurated in
Tamu, Sagaing Division, on 17 November.
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Cash donated in
honour of USDA Annual General Meeting 2004
Yangon,
20 Nov - As a gesture of hailing the Union Solidarity
and Development Association's Annual General Meeting
2004, a cash donation ceremony took place at Pyidaungsu
Hall of the Central Training School of the USDA in
Hmawby Township on 15 November.
Urbanization tasks inspected
Yangon,
20 Nov - Yangon Division Peace and Development Council
Chairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe and
Yangon City Development Council Chairman Mayor Brig-Gen
Aung Thein Lin inspected cleaning and sanitation tasks
carried in Yangon City this morning.
Entrance for
2004-2005 Academic Year of National Management College
Yangon,
20 Nov - 2004-2005 Academic Year of National Management
College of the Higher Education Department (Lower
Myanmar) under the Ministry of Education will be opened
on 16 December. In the college, courses of English for
Professional Purposes-BA(EPP) and Bachelor in Business
Management (BBM) will be given lecture.
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Religion
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Rail Transportation
Ministry holds offering of Kathina robes
Yangon,
20 Nov - The Ministry of Rail Transportation held its
13th offering of Kathina robes at the ministry at the
corner of Merchant Street and Theinbyu Road here this
morning.
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Sermons to be delivered at final
rites for Myingyan Sayadaw
Yangon,
20 Nov - Sayadaws and members of the Sangha will deliver
sermons at the final rites for the Myingyan Sayadaw,
Chairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, at the
central pandal of the Five Nikaya Tri Pitaka Sarthintaik
on Paleyadana Street, Ward 26, Dagon Myothit (South)
Township.
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Disciples
pay reverence to remains of Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sobhita
Yangon, 20 Nov
- Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee
Chancellor of the State Pariyatti Sasana Universities and
Pakokku Maha Withutayama Nikaya Monastery, and Presiding
Nayaka of Koesaung Monastery in Myingyan and Pitaka Thonbon
Nikaya Monastery in Dagon Myothit (South) Township Abhidhaja
Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Bhaddanta
Sobhita's remains are now being kept in the temporary hall in
the compound of Pitakat-honbon Monastery on Paleyadana Street
in Dagon Myothit (South) Township.
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Sports
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Foreign Wushu
teams, umpires arrive
Yangon,
20 Nov - South Korean and Iranian Wushu teams arrived
here by air this afternoon to participate in the 6th
Asian Wushu Championships to be hosted by Myanmar from
November 20 to 28, 2004.
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