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Tuesday, April 5, 2005 |
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Headlines
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Senior General Than
Shwe sends message of condolence to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
YANGON, 4
April— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar,
has sent a message of condolence to His Eminence
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Dean of the Sacred College,
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, Vatican City, on
the passing away of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on 2
April 2005.
Steps will have to
be taken for emergence of new town in chosen area on Kyaukphya Bank of
Kywegu-Kyaukphya Bridge in accordance with urban projects Senior General Than
Shwe inspects tasks of developing new town in Myeik
YANGON, 4
April—Chairman of the State Peace and Development
Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior
General Than Shwe yesterday morning inspected the
project for developing new town in Myeik Myothit.
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Excerpts from
Senior General Than Shwe’s speech
* The
population of Myeik has been on the increase with the
emergence of oil palm and rubber growing undertakings
and fish and meat industry in the region.
Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye receives Vietnamese Chief of General Staff and party
YANGON, 4
April — Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development
Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye
received visiting Vietnamese Chief of General Staff Army
Senior Lieutenant General Phung Quang Thanh and party at
Zeyathiri Beikman, Konmyinttha this morning.
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Prime Minister
urges industrialists to produce export quality goods in addition to
import-substitute goods with individual innovation and cooperation among
themselves
YANGON, 4
April — Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win met with
industrialists in Mawlamyine Industrial Zone in
Mawlamyine Township, Mon State, on 2 April.
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International
Relation
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Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye hosts dinner in honour of visiting Vietnamese delegation
Yangon, 4 April
— 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
hosted a dinner in honour of the visiting goodwill
Vietnamese delegation led by Chief of General Staff
Senior Lt-Gen Phung Quang Thanh of the Vietnamese
People’s Army of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at
Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha at 7 pm today.
Visiting
Vietnamese delegation on tour of Shwedagon Pagoda, museums
YANGON, 4
April — Accompanied by Maj-Gen Than Htay and officials
of the Ministry of Defence, the visiting goodwill
delegation led by Chief of General Staff Senior Lt-Gen
Phung Quang Thanh of the Vietnamese People’s Army of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam visited the Shwedagon
Pagoda this morning.
Myanmar-Korean
Business Forum on 8 April
YANGON, 4
April— A 28-member Korean delegation led by Chairman Mr
Soon Han Kwon of Korea Importer Association (KOIMA) will
visit here from 7 to 9 April. They will attend the
business forum of Myanmar and Korean businessmen to be
held on 8 April at Traders hotel.
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9th ASEAN Finance
Ministers' Meeting on 5 and 6 April
YANGON, 4
April— Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Minister for
Finance & Revenue Col Hla Thein Swe left for Lao
People's Democratic Republic yesterday to attend the 9th
ASEAN Finance Ministers' Meeting to be held in Vientiane
on 5th and 6th April.
Appointment of
ambassador agreed on
YANGON, 5
April— The Government of the Union of Myanmar has agreed
to the proposed appointment of Mr Juan Manuel Lopez
Nadal as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Spain to the Union of Myanmar, in succession to HE Mr
Jose Eugenio Salarich Fernandez De Valderrama.
ASEAN Conference
on Civil Service Matters on 5 & 6 April
YANGON, 4
April— Director-General U Hla Kyi of Civil Service
Selection and Training Department left for Cambodia to
attend the Preparatory Meeting of the 13th ASEAN
Conference on Civil Service Matters to be held in Phnom
Penh on 5 and 6 April.
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Region
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Books donated
to departments under ministries
YANGON, 4 April — A ceremony to
donate books on culture published by Ministry of Culture to the departments
under the ministries at the minister's office on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this
morning, with an address by Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung.
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Mines Minister
views Myanma Gems Emporium
YANGON, 4 April—Patron of Myanma
Gems Emporium Central Committee Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint at 5 pm
today arrived at the Myanma Gems Mart on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road where the 42nd
Myanma Gems Emporium is being staged.
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New CEC members
chosen for MRMA
YANGON, 4 April— Ninth Plenary
Meeting 2004-2005 of Myanmar Rice Merchants Association took place at Traders
Hotel yesterday. President of MRMA U Aung Than Oo, President of Union of Myanmar
Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry U Win Myint and Patron of MRMA U
Nyein made speeches on the occasion.
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Sports
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Summer Wushu course attracts new generation youths
YANGON, 4 April — Summer Wushu
courses, jointly-organized by the Ministry of Sports and Myanmar Wushu
Federation, were being conducted with a view to turning out new generation Wushu
athletes.
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