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Wednesday, January 5, 2005  |
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Senior General
Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing host
Independence Day commemorative reception and dinner
YANGON, 4 Jan— Chairman of the
State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing hosted the 57th Anniversary Independence Day (2005) reception and dinner
at the Pyithu Hluttaw on Pyay Road here this evening.

Government will safeguard, further strengthen national solidarity in interest
of
State and people
YANGON, 4 Jan — Chin State Union Solidarity and Development held a meeting in
Haka, Chin State, on 29 December 2004 to materialize the seven objectives and
nine future tasks adopted by the USDA Annual General Meeting 2004.

Foreign Heads
of Governments send felicitations to Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win
Yangon 5 Jan - The following are
messages of felicitations from Foreign Heads of Governments sent to Prime
Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win, on the occasion of the 57th Anniversary Independence
Day of the Union of Myanmar.

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Independence
Day State Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony held
YANGON, 4 Jan—In accord with the
objectives of the 57th Anniversary Independence Day—all the national people to
collectively safeguard the national independence and sovereignty of the State
and ensure non-disintegration of the Union and national unity, ...

Foreign Heads of States send felicitations to Senior
General Than Shwe
angon, 5 Jan - The following are
messages of felicitations from Foreign Heads of States sent to Senior General
Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council on the occasion
of the 57th Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

Students able
to portray independence in detail in all aspects
Prizes awarded to winners of 57th Anniversary Independence Day
commemorative essay, poem and computer drawing contests, TV quiz
YANGON, 4 Jan — The
prize-presentation ceremony for the 57th Anniversary Independence Day
commemorative essay, poem and computer drawing competitions and TV quiz was held
at the Pyithu Hluttaw building on Pyay Road here this evening, ...
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Religion
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Merits for
renovation of religious buildings shared
YANGON, 4 Jan—Merits were shared
for all-round renovation of the Kyaik Bodhi Pagoda, the Maha Atula Manaung
Buddha Image and the Gandakuti Kyaungdawgyi Ordination Hall in the precinct of
the pagoda in Thanlyin this afternoon.
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Region
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Minister for
Information inspects GTC Printing Press
YANGON, 4 Jan— Minister for
Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Thein and
officials inspected GTC Printing Press of Printing and Publishing Enterprise in
Insein Township yesterday.
Building of
Marine Administration Dept opened
YANGON, 4 Jan—The opening of the
newly-built office of the Marine Administration Department under the Ministry of
Transport took place in the compound of Dawbon Dockyard this morning.

Departments and
enterprises of Finance and Revenue Ministry inspected in Shan State
Yangon, 4 Jan - Minister for
Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun, accompanied by Managing Director of the
Myanmar Economic Bank Col Hsan Tun and Director-General of the Customs
Department Col Khin Maung Lin, inspected the departments and enterprises under
the ministry in Shan State from 2 to 4 January.

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Independence
Day Exhibition continues
YANGON, 4 Jan—The 57th
Anniversary Independence Day Exhibition sponsored by the 57th Anniversary
Independence Day Information Sub-committee and the Exhibition Staging
Sub-committee continued at the Tatmadaw Convention Hall on U Wisara Road here
for the second day today.

Shweli gravel
road put into commission in Yaksawk
Yangon, 4 Jan - The Shweli gravel
road built by Yaksawk Township Development Affairs Committee was inaugurated in
Zawgyi Ward in the township on 30 December in commemoration of the 57th
Anniversary of Independence Day.

Union of
Myanmar
State Peace and Development Council
Notification No 2/2005
9th Waning of Nadaw, 1366 ME
(4 January, 2005)
(Continued from yesterday)
29. Daw Cherry Myo Tint, Senior
Engineer, Yangon Autotelephone, Myanma Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of
Posts, Communications and Telegraphs.

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Poem
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Safeguard Our Independence
* Under colonialist
Mire we went, in enslavement
We stayed thus, over a hundred years
Land of Myanmar, was so bereft
Few was the number of bridges
Communication was difficult

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