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 Friday,
January 7, 2005 |
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Foreign Heads
of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe
YANGON, 6 Jan — The following are
messages of felicitations from Foreign Heads of State 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.
Industry-1
Minister receives Vice President of CMEC-IEC
YANGON, 6 Jan — Minister for
Industry-1 U Aung Thaung received Mr Ding, Vice President of China National
Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation - International Engineering Co
Ltd (CMEC-IEC) and party at the ministry this morning.
 Myanmar
Women’s Affairs Federation tours Taninthayi Division
YANGON, 6 Jan—Over 1,200 members
of the Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation and the Taninthayi Division
Organization for Women’s Affairs met at the gymnasium in Myeik, Taninthayi
Division, yesterday morning.
Rules for Armed
Forces Day commemorative poem contest announced
YANGON, 6 Jan—Hailing the 60th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day which falls on 27 March 2005, the Poem Contest
Organizing Sub-committee under the Poem and Arts Competition Organizing Work
Committee, chaired by Deputy Minister for Culture Brig-Gen Soe Win Maung, has
announced to hold the Poem Contest to mark the 60th Anniversary Armed Forces
Day.
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 Agricultural
and regional development tasks supervised in Yangon North District
YANGON, 6 Jan—Yangon Division
Peace and Development Council Chairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Myint
Swe, accompanied by departmental heads, made an inspection tour of Htantabin
Township, Yangon North District, this afternoon.
Malaysian Prime
Minister sends felicitations to Lt-Gen Soe Win
YANGON 6 Jan — The following is a
message of felicitations from Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of
Malaysia, sent to Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win, on the occasion of the 57th
Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.
Surgical
operations performed at DSOH (500-bed)
YANGON, 6 Jan — Officiating
Commandant of Defence Services Orthopaedic Hospital (500-bed) Lt-Col Tun Tun,
Adviser Prof U Thet Htar Wai, orthopedic and facial specialists are performing
surgical operations together with Singaporean specialists of Plastic, facial and
oral surgery at the DSOH (500-bed) up to 9 January.
Stone Age,
Bronze Age artifacts for Tagaung Museum
YANGON, 6 Jan — A Buddhist monk
presented his collections of Stone Age and Bronze Age artifacts twice to
Archaeology Department (Upper Myanmar) in the previous month.
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Construction of
road sections in Shan State (East) inspected
YANGON, 6 Jan — Minister for
Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun inspected progress of building Kengtung-Pankyu-Tongtah-Mongpyin
Road on 3 January.
Rules on Armed
Forces Day
Commemorative Painting and Sculpture Contests announced
YANGON, 20 Aug — Hailing the 60th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day which falls on 27 March 2005, the Painting and
Sculpture Contests and Exhibition Organizing Sub-committee under the Poem and
Arts Competitions Organizing Work Committee chaired by Deputy Minister for
Culture Brig-Gen Soe Win Maung announced rules on the Arts and Sculpture
Contests.
 57th
Anniversary Independence Day observed in States and Divisions
YANGON, 6 Jan — The ceremony to
mark the 57th Anniversary Independence Day was held at the parade grounds of
Coastal region Command in Myeik on 4 January, attended by Chairman of Taninthayi
Division Peace and development Council Commander of Coastal region Command Maj-Gen
Ohn Myint.
Minister
attends SEA Archery c’ship dress rehearsal
YANGON, 6 Jan — Chairman of
Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint attended
the dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the First Southeast Asia Archery
championship held at Kyaikkasan Grounds here this morning.
Associations of
Myanmar Livestock Breeding Federation reorganized for second term
YANGON, 6 Jan — The Yangon
Division Livestock Breeding Federation, Feedstuff Producers Association, Animal
Medical Equipment Producers Association, Breeders Association and Broiler
Breeders Association of the Myanmar Livestock Breeding Federation held the
ceremony to reorganize them for second three-year term at International Business
Centre on Pyay Road this morning.
Fire fighting
demonstrated at MMPE (Head Office)
YANGON, 6 Jan — Officials of
Tamway Township Fire Services Department demonstrated fire fighting skills at
the Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise in Bahan Township this morning.
9,900 lights
for Shwezigon
YANGON, 6 Jan — A religious
association of Insein offered 9,900 lights, water and joss sticks to the Buddha
images of the Shwezigon Pagoda in NyaungU, Mandalay Division, on 29 December
evening.
Respect-paying
ceremony of YTU(Civil) to be held
YANGON, 6 Jan — The
respect-paying ceremony in conjunction with the get-together of the old students
of Yangon Technological University majoring in civil from 1974 to 1980 will be
held at M-3 Food Centre near Bahan Sports Grounds at 4 pm on 15th January.
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Tar roads,
artesian well opened in honour of Independence Day
YANGON, 6 Jan — Hailing the 57th
Anniversary Independence Day, a new Yogyi tar road was opened in Bhamo Township
on 1st January. Chairman of Township Peace and Development Council U Aung Kyaw
Khine and Executive Officer U Min Zaw formally opened the road. The road is
3,600 feet long and 12 feet wide and it was upgraded from the gravel road into
the tar road.
 Independence
Day Exhibition continues
YANGON, 5 Jan — The 57th
Anniversary Independence Day Exhibition organized by the 57th Anniversary
Independence Day Information Organizing Sub-committee and the Exhibition Staging
Sub-committee continued for the fourth day at the Tatmadaw Convention Hall on U
Wisara Road in Dagon Township from morning to this evening.
Robes donated
to 504 novices in Taungtha
YANGON, 6 Jan — Minister for
Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung attended the ceremony to donate
robes to 504 novices at Maha Bodi Monastery in Kyaukka Village of Taungtha
Township on 1 January.
The minister paid obeisance to
Joint-Secretary of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Myingyan Zeya Linkara
Pariyatti Monastery Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Kitti and members of the
Sangha. Nest, he inspected construction of the building for Buddhist Sasana
Propagation Training School in Pakokku.
 PBANRDA
Minister attends concluding ceremonies of training courses
YANGON, 6 Jan — The No 11
Advanced Management Course, No 2 Refresher Course for Executive Officers and No
20 Management Course concluded this evening at Central Training School of the
Education and Training Department under the Ministry for the Progress of Border
Areas and National Races and Development Affairs with an address of Minister for
PBANRDA Col Thein Nyunt.
Presented on the occasion were
Officer on Special Duty Brig-Gen Kyaw Thu, directors-general of the ministry,
deputy directors-general, directors, guests and trainees.
Advocacy
Meeting for Leprosy with Media Personnel held
YANGON, 6 Jan — The Advocacy
Meeting with Media Personnel for free from leprosy and rehabilitation organized
by Leprosy Elimination Project of the Health Department was held at the meeting
room of the department on 29 December 2004.
Mental Health
Unit holds second seminar
YANGON, 6 Jan — The Mental Health
Society of the Myanmar Medical Association (Central) held the second seminar at
the MMA building yesterday morning, attended by Minister for Health Dr Kyaw
Myint.
Water supply of
Gyobyu Reservoir inspected
YANGON, 6 Jan — Chairman of
Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, accompanied by
YCDC member Col Tin Soe and officials, inspected Gyobyu Reservoir in Taikkyi
Township this morning.
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Poem
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Independence Day Vow
* It’s fully fifty and seven
years
A verse is written on that account
Myanmar’s cause, the Future Path
Let’s go straight down on it
The entire citizenry’s
Unanimous call
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Sport
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MPGA & MGF
President’s Trophy Golf Tourney 12-15 Jan
YANGON, 6 Jan — MPGA and MGF
President’s Trophy Golf Tournament, organized by Myanmar Professional Golfers
Association and Myanmar Golfers Federation, will be held at Hanthawady Golf
Course in Bago from 12 to 15 January.
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