Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attend ceremony to enshrine relics, hoist Shwehtidaw and consecrate Maha Theikdizaya Pagoda in Myeik

YANGON, 3 April — The religious ceremony to enshrine relics, to hoist Shwehtidaw of Maha Theikdizaya Pagoda, to offer Mya-thabeik and Shwekyar Thingan together with the consecration ceremony was held at the pagoda on Sandawady Hill in Myeik, Taninthayi Division, this morning.

Senior Lieutenant-General Phung Quang Thanh and party of Vietnam
arrive to pay goodwill visit

YANGON, 3 April — At the invitation of Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Chief of General Staff Senior Lieutenant-General Phung Quang Thanh and party of the Vietnamese People’s Army of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam arrived here by air at 5.45 pm today to pay a goodwill visit to Myanmar. They were welcomed at the airport by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye.

Senior General Than Shwe inspects development of Myeik

YANGON, 3 April — Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe, accompanied by members of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann, Lt-Gen Maung Bo, Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, ministers, senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence, deputy ministers, officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office and departmental heads, on 2 April morning, left here by special aircraft and arrived at Myeik Airport at 11 am.

Opening of Hpa-an Technological College the establishment of basic structure for youths in Hpa-an to learn higher education easily PM Lt-Gen Soe Win
attends opening of three-storey main building of Hpa-an GTC

YANGON, 3 April — An opening ceremony of a three-storey main building of Government Technological College (Hpa-an) was held at the college this morning, where Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win formally unveiled the stone plaque of the building and delivered an address on the occasion.

Foreign Minister leaves for Pakistan

YANGON, 3 April — At the invitation of Mr Khurshid M Kasuri, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs, left Yangon by air this morning to attend the Fourth Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 5 to 7 April 2005.

Progress of Ngamoeyeik Bridge (Kamakyi) project inspected

YANGON, 3 April — Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council and Commander of Yangon Command met with officials at the construction site of Ngamoeyeik Bridge (Kamakyi) Project on Thuwunna bank in Thingangyun Township this afternoon. He said that on completion, four-lane Ngamoeyeik Bridge (Kamakyi) linking Thakayta Township and Thuwunna will contribute to better transport of the local people who relied on two-lane Thuwunna Bridge in the past. Therefore, tasks are to be carried out for timely completion meeting the set standard.

Exhibitions to mark Armed Forces Day continue

YANGON, 3 April —The 60th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Commemorative Exhibition continued at Defence Services Museum on Shwedagon Pagoda Road today.