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Information Sheet N0.A-0760(I)



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MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
YANGON
Information Sheet
				     
                                  N0.A-0760(I)           10th  January 1999 	

(1)		Cornerstone Laying ceremony of Victoria Entertainment Resort Club Hotel
in Kawthoung

		A ceremony to lay the cornerstone of Victoria Entertainment Resort Club
Hotel was held in Yadanakyun in Kawthoung Township on 9 January.  This is the
ceremony to build second resort hotel in Kawthoung.  The 250-room Thahtaykyun
Resort Hotel of international standard was opened in 1993. At a time when the
government is promoting hotels and tourism services, many hoteliers from
abroad are making offers to engage in the hotel business on the beautiful
island in Kawthoung region. Victoria Entertainment Resort Club Ltd formed
with Merlion Inter-trade Co and Tet Nay Co of Myanmar. The first phase of the
250-room Victoria Entertainment Resort Club Hotel will be built. The whole
project will  be undertaken  within 30 months.

(2)		Opening of 100-bed Hospital in Minbu

		The opening ceremony of the 100-bed Minbu District People's Hospital was
held in Minbu, Magway Division on 9 January. The opening of the 100-bed
hospital in Minbu on the western bank  of Ayeyawady River will contribute
towards the uplift of the health standard of the people from townships in
Magway District and Rakhine State.

(3)		YIE Holds 32nd Convocation

		Yangon Institute of Economic held 32nd convocation at Yangon University
Convocation Hall  on 9 January. Rector U Maw Than conferred M Econ (Eco),
diplomas, B Econ (Honours) and B Econ on 417 graduates and M Com, MBA, Diploma
in Management and B Com on 621 graduates in the morning and afternoon
sessions.

(4)		Myanmar Digital Directory CD-ROM on Hotels and  Tourism Information and
Business Donated to Institutions

		A ceremony to donate Myanmar Digital Directory CD-ROM on hotels and tourism
information and business to the Ministries, Myanmar Computer Technician
Association and Yangon and Mandalay Institutes of Computer Science and
Technology was held at International Business Centre on 9 January. The CD-ROM
was arranged by Myanmar Technology Zone Ltd under the supervision  of the
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. 

(5)		Service Personnel Leave for Thailand to Attend Printing Course

		Five service personnel of Printing and Publishing Enterprise and News and
Periodicals Enterprise under the Ministry of Information left Yangon by air
for Thailand on 9 January to attend course on printing  which will be opened

at Heidelberg Graphics (Thailand) Limited., Thailand under Myanmar-German
technical cooperation programme.




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