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Subject: The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 14 October, 1999)

The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 14 October, 1999)
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(1)   Secretary-l previews 1999 Mid-Year Myanma Gems Emporium
(2)   Secretary-1 inspects Padauk Shwewa monastic education 
        school in Mayangon Township
(3)   Secretary-1 inspects carving of statue of King Alaung Mintayagyi
(4)   Health Ministers of countries of WHO South-East Asia tour upcountry
(5)   Health Ministers of countries of WHO South-East Asia tour upcountry
(6)   Ministry of Industry-1 holds bi-annual meeting
(7)   Supervisory Committee for Establishment of Land 
        and Water Transport Links between Myanmar and China meets
(8)   Minister for Home Affairs meets Ambassador of Finland
(9)   Union Kayin League condemns terrorist acts against 
         Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok
(10)   29 members resign from Thayetchaung Township NLD
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(1)   Secretary-l previews 1999 Mid-Year Myanma Gems Emporium
        
YANGON, 13 Oct - Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council 
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt previewed the 1999 Mid-Year Myanma Gems Emporium at Myanma 
Gems Mart on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this morning.


Accompanied by officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, 
Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt arrived at Myanma Gems Mart at 9.20 am today.

First, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party inspected modern jewellery.
        
Then, Secretary- 1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt gave instructions to officials.


Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party also previewed the booths of 
jewellery.


Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt gave instructions to officials.


Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt then inspected private gems and jewellery shops 
on the ground floor and left there.

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(2)   Secretary-1 inspects Padauk Shwewa monastic education 
        school in Mayangon Township

    
YANGON, 13 Oct - Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council 
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt together with officials of the State Peace and Development 
Council Office arrived at Padauk Shwewa Monastery in Ward 5 in Mayangon 
Township at 4 pm today.
Then, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party paid obeisance to Presiding 
Sayadaw of Padauk Shwewa Monastery Principal of Monastic Education School at 
Padauk Shwewa Kyaungtaik Bhaddanta Pavara and members of the Sangha and 
presented offertories to the Sayadaws.
        
Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt supplicated on students? peaceful pursuit of 
education.
        
The Secretary-1 attended to their needs of text books, workbooks, buildings 
and furniture at the school.


Then, Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt inspected the Padauk Shwewa Monastic 
Education School.

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(3)   Secretary-1 inspects carving of statue of King Alaung Mintayagyi
    
YANGON, 13 Oct - Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council 
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, accompanied by Deputy Commander of Yangon Command and 
officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, arrived at the 
work shop of Sculptor in Ward 5 in Mayangon Township at 5.30 pm today.


Then, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt inspected carving of King Alaung 
Mintayagyi Statue to be placed in the National Museum and gave instructions 
to officials.


Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt then left there in the evening.

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(5)   Health Ministers of countries of WHO South-East Asia tour upcountry
    
YANGON, 13 Oct - Health Ministers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, Maldives, 
Nepal and Sri- Lanka attending the 17th Meeting of Health Ministers of 
Countries of WHO South-East Asia Region hosted in Myanmar for the first time, 
accompanied by Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Regional Director of WHO 
South-East Asia Region Dr Uton Muchtar Rafei, WHO Resident Representative in 
Myanmar Dr Klaus Wagner and officials, visited Bagan-NyaungU, Popa and 
Mandalay today.

They went to Bagan Archaeological Museum where they were welcomed by 
Secretary of NyaungU District Peace and Development Council Major and 
officials.

The Health Ministers posed for photos in front of ancient pagodas and 
structures. They observed handicraft room of Bagan Period and Buddha images. 
They signed in the visitors? book.

The Health Ministers and party toured Bagan ancient cultural region by 
helicopter. Members accompanied by the Health Ministers visited Ananda 
Temple, Shwezigon Pagoda and Gubyaukgyi Pagoda.

They visited Myanan Sankyaw Shwenandaw, Shwenandaw Cultural Museum and 
Hsutaungpyi Pagoda in Mandalay Hill. They then made donations.


They arrived back here in the evening.

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(6)   Ministry of Industry-1 holds bi-annual meeting

YANGON, 13 Oct - The Ministry of Industry-l held the meeting on reviewing 
work done in the first six months and meeting the target for the second six 
months at the ministry this afternoon.


It was attended by Minister for Industry-l U Aung Thaung, Deputy Ministers 
and officials.


Minister U Aung Thaung made a speech.

Afterwards, departmental heads presented reports on sector-wise works and 
reviewed them.


The meeting continues tomorrow.

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(7)   Supervisory Committee for Establishment of Land 
        and Water Transport Links between Myanmar and China meets
    
YANGON, 13 Oct - The Supervisory Committee for Establishment of Land and 
Water Transport Links between the Myanmar and People?s Republic of China held 
its second coordination meeting at Royal Yangon City Hotel on Pyay Road this 
morning.


Minister Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe extended greetings.


Then, Mr Ju Chengzhi presented a painting on Sinkham Container Yard to 
Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe to mark the success of the 
second coordination meeting.


Minister Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe accepted it and spoke words of thanks.


The meeting continues till 16 October.

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(8)   Minister for Home Affairs meets Ambassador of Finland

YANGON, 13 Oct - Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing met Ambassador of 
Finland Mr Tauno Kaaria based in Bangkok who called at his office this 
evening.
Present at the call were Deputy Director-General of Myanmar Police Force 
Police and Head of Office Major.

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(9)   Union Kayin League condemns terrorist acts against 
         Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok

        Declaration condemning forcible entry into and looting of Myanmar 
Embassy 
                                         on pretext of democracy

                                                                              
       Dated 11th October 1999

1.  Union Kayin League strongly denounces the forcible entry into the looting 
of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, by a group of terrorists at a 
time when the Tatmadaw government is not only building the Union of Myanmar 
to become a modern and developed nation but also exerting its efforts for 
winning national re-consolidation through the National Convention, as the 
acts of the group of destructive elements no matter how much they tried to 
sound good on the pretext of democracy were terrorists acts.

2.  It must be assumed that the Thai government, which failed to give 
adequate security to prevent the intrusion into the Embassy representing 
Myanmar in the broad daylight by the group of armed terrorists, is mainly 
responsible.

    Moreover, we of the Union Kayin League strongly and seriously denounce 
the statement ?They are not terrorists, they are students, who fight for 
democracy, we have given them safe passage to their own country. We don?t 
consider them to be terrorists. They are students? made by Deputy Prime 
Minister and Interior Minister of Thailand Mr. Sanan Kachornprasart in 
expressing his attitude, as it is an irresponsible statement by an official 
of the Thai government.

3.  In addition to strongly denouncing the internal/external organizations 
and media which had given encouragement and support to the forcible armed 
intrusion into and looting of the sovereign Myanmar Embassy by the group of 
armed terrorists even though it is a terrorists act, we shall have to assume 
that the Thai government, which has the duty to safeguard against 
transgression of the Embassy premises in accord with the Article 22 of the 
Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations, to which the world nations have 
agreed to adhere, should be held mainlyresponsible for being the host nation 
and for having transported the terrorists to safety in Thailand.

    We seriously demand the Thai government to take measures to arrest  the 
terrorists, who can be presumed to be still in Thailand, and to take action 
against them in accord with the international law at the earliest.

    International terrorism shall certainly fall.


(  U Mahn Tin Aung Than )
Chairman
Union Kayin League
(Phone : 222410)

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(10)   29 members resign from Thayetchaung Township NLD

YANGON, 13 Oct - Twenty-nine members resigned from the National League for 
Democracy of Thayetchaung Township, Taninthayi Division.


Twenty-nine members of Thayetchaung Township NLD, Taninthayi Division, of 
their own volition, resigned by sending letters of resignation to 
Thayetchaung Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Sub-Commission 
Office and the party concerned on 26 August 1999 as they no longer wished to 
participate in party politics of NLD.

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