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Subject: The New Light of Myanmar (Sunday, 31 October, 1999)
The New Light of Myanmar (Sunday, 31 October, 1999)
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(1) Secretary-1 receives national race group
of Shan State (North)
(2) Seventh Myanmar Traditional Cultural
Performing Arts Competition continues
(3) Secretary-1 attends ceremony to hand over
new four-storey building for BEMS in Dagon
Myothit Seikkan Township
(4) Secretary-2 meets delegation of Border
Areas Development Corporation of ROK
Ministry of Agriculture
(5) Tatmadaw families, well-wishers donate
rice to Sarthintaiks in Yangon West District
(6) Secretary-2, Secretary-3 attend Seventh
Annual General Meeting of Myanmar Edible
Oil Dealers Association
(7) Commander, minister inspects Khabaung
Bridge in Toungoo
(8) Myanmar Mayflower Bank Ltd opens another
branch in Mandalay
(9) Workshop on Regional Collaboration in
Conservation of Hkakaborazi Mountain Ecosystem
held
(10) Pilgrims, holiday-makers crowd religious
and recreation centres
(11) Ramayana drama competition continues for
fourth day
(12) Minister for Mines inspects Salt Mill
and Tin Smelting Plant
(13) Myanmar cultural troupe arrives back from ROK
(14) 37th Convocation held at MU
(15) 21 members resign from Shwedaung Township NLD
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(1) Secretary-1 receives national race group
of Shan State (North)
YANGON, 30 Oct - Chairman of Work Committee for
Development of Border Areas and National Races
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development
Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt met the national race
group led by U Kan Ywet of Shan State (North) at
the Tatmadaw Guest House on Inya Road at 3.45 pm
today.
They discussed regional development tasks and
preservation of traditions and culture.
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(2) Seventh Myanmar Traditional Cultural
Performing Arts Competition continues
YANGON, 30 Oct - The Seventh Myanmar Traditional
Cultural Performing Arts Competition continued for
fifth day at the designated venues today.
Present on the occasion were Patron of Organizing
the Seventh Myanmar Traditional Cultural
Performing Arts Competition Secretary-l of the
State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo, Chairman of
Leading Committee for Organizing the Competition
member of the State Peace and Development Council.
Altogether 15 competitors took part in Maha Gita
event of higher education 1l level (women) with
the song "Badda Gaba" and 16 competitors
participated in religious song event of amateur
level (men) with, the song "Thiri Dhamma" in the
song competition at the National Museum today.
Basic education level ( 15-20) (boys) Maha Gita
event and amateur level (women) modern and old
songs event of the song competition will be held
at the same venue on 31 October.
At the National Theatre on Myoma Kyaung Road, 15
competitors of amateur level (women) and 16 of
basic education level (10-15) (boys) event took
part in the dance competition.
Competitors of basic education level ( 15-20)
(boys) and basic education level (10-15) (girls)
will take part in the dance competition tomorrow.
Competitors of professional level in the song
composing competition practiced their songs
entitled "Hnit-sei-tit-yazu-nidan" at Kanbawza
Theatre of Fine Arts Department on Kaba Aye Pagoda
Road today. Chairman of Panel of Judges of the
song composing competition Bogale U Tint Aung and
members supervised practising work.
On 31 October, competitors of amateur level in the
song composing competition will practice their
work at Kanbawza Theatre.
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(3) Secretary-1 attends ceremony to hand over
new four-storey building for BEMS in Dagon
Myothit Seikkan Township
YANGON, 30 Oct - Repave streets of Yuzana Garden
City Housing Project in Dagon Myothit, Seikkan
Township were put into service and new air-con bus
lines opened at the junction of Kyunshwewa Street
and Padauk Street in the compound of Yuzana Garden
City Housing Project this morning, attended by
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development
Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
Vice-Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and
Development Council Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Hsan
Hsint, Chairman of Yangon Division All Bus Lines
Control Committee U Phone Kyaw and Chairman U Htay
Myint formally opened No 32 and No 56 Air-con bus
lines which will ply between Yuzana Garden City
Housing Project and Hsinma-like Highway Terminal.
The Secretary-l performed ritual of gold and
silver showers to mark the success of the
ceremonies. A ceremony to hand over new
four-storey building for Basic Education Middle
School donated by Yuzana Construction Group to the
Ministry of Education was held at the school on
Gangaw Street in the compound of Yuzana Garden
City Housing Project.
Chairman of Myanmar Education Committee
Secretary- 1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt unveiled the
signboard of "No 2 Basic Education Middle School,
Dagon Myothit Seikkan Township, Yuzana Garden
City".
Afterwards, U Htay Myint reported on Yuzana Garden
City Housing Project and presented related
documents of the school to Director-General of No
3 Basic Education Department Col Thein Aung.
Director-General U Armt Kyaw presented the grant
to the Ministry of Education through Col Thein
Aung.
Next, U Htay Myint presented one million Kyat for
the school fund to the Secretary-l . Member of
the Board of Directors of Yuzana Construction
Group U Win Myint presented K 1,483,160 for
purchase of teaching aids and members of the Board
of Directors U Lay Myint and U Kyin Toe K 505,490
for one year for welfare of teachers and for
purchase of school uniform and stationery to
Headmistress Daw Kyi Kyi Mya.
In his address, the Secretary-l said before 1988,
Yangon City was crowded with squatters and
homeless people and densely populated; moreover,
Yangon City with quarters which were not in
hygienic conditions, did not possess urban
characteristics.
So, step-by-step measures have been taken to see
to it that Yangon City, the capital of Myanmar, is
pleasant and beautiful and has urban
characteristics like cities of other countries.
As the first step, Hlaingthaya, Shwepyitha and
Dagon Myothit have been established, and people
from ; densely-populated wards and squatter
quarters in the city have been moved there.
Afterwards, the Secretary1 signed in the visitors
book. In Yuzana Garden City Project, 16-mile-long
concrete road and 5-mile-long tarred road were
built at a cost of K 668.7 million.
No 32 Air-con Buses will go along the route from
Yuzana Garden City to Thakayta (Shukhintha),
Pazundaung, Sule and Hsinmalaik Highway Terminal,
and No 56 Air-con Buses will run along the route
from Yuzana Garden City to South Okkalapa,
Thuwunna, Dawbon, Pazundaung, Sule and Hsinmalaik
Highway Terminal every ten minutes from 6 am to 6
pm daily.
The four-storey middle school built at a cost of
over K 60 million by Yuzana Construction Group
includes 24 classrooms, an office room of the
headmistress, a recreation room of the teachers,
an assembly hall, a computer room, an arts room, a
domestic science room, a library and toilets, and
there are also computers, TV sets and video
cassette players. Implementation of Yuzana Garden
City Project which occupies about 800 acres of
land, continues, and single housing units, modern
apartments, buildings of international standard,
religious building sports grounds, bus terminals,
markets, super markets and parks will be built
there.
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(4) Secretary-2 meets delegation of Border
Areas Development Corporation of ROK
Ministry of Agriculture
YANGON, 30 Oct -Secretary-2 of the State Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Oo met a
five-member delegation led by Executive Director
Dr Ro Kun-Kil, Border Areas Development
Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic
of Korea, and officials of Myanmar-based Korean
company Myanmar First International, Korea-Myanmar
Cooperation Organization, in the meeting room of
the Ministry for Progress of Border Areas and
National Race and Development Affairs this
morning.
They discussed modern farming sector, mechanized
farming sector and regional development sector.
Officials present held discussions about technical
assistance in agriculture for development of
border areas, assistance for the transport sector
in border areas and that for rural development.
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(5) Tatmadaw families, well-wishers donate
rice to Sarthintaiks in Yangon West District
YANGON, 30 Oct - Tatmadaw families and
well-wishers donated rice to Mon Pariyatti
Sarthintaik in Seikkan Township, Yangon West
District, this morning, attended by Secretary-2 of
the State Peace and Development Council Chief of
Bureau of Special Operations Chief of Staff (Army)
Lt-Gen Tin Oo.
Padana Nayaka of the Sarthintaik Bhaddanta Kesara
administered the Five Precepts.The Secretary-2 and
party presented offertories to the Sayadaws.
Commodore Kyi Min, Brig-Gen Myint Swe and Col Ye
Tun presented rice donated by Tatmadaw families to
the Padana Nayaka Sayadaw.
Then, well-wishers also donated 21 sets of robes,
one bags of gram, 150 viss of iodized salt, 15
packets of soft for tooth brushing and 590 bottles
of indigenous medicines to the Padana Nayaka
Sayadaw.
The minister and deputy ministers accepted K
400,000 for the fund of the Sarthintaik donated by
well-wishers.
Director of Resettlement Col Aung Thein and
Minister for Religious Affairs U Aung Khin
supplicated on the purpose of the donations and
religious affairs.Later, the Padana Nayaka Sayadaw
delivered a sermon, followed by sharing of merits.
Similarly, a ceremony to donate rice to Chanmye
Gonwai Nunnery in Mayangon Township was held at
the nunnery this morning.Insein Ywama Pariyatti
Sarthintaik Nayaka Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vinayalankara
administered the Eight Precepts.
The Secretary-2 and party donated offertories to
the Sayadaws. Then, officials presented over K
200,000 to Padana Nayaka Nun Daw Hsekavati of the
nunnery.
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(6) Secretary-2, Secretary-3 attend Seventh
Annual General Meeting of Myanmar Edible
Oil Dealers Association
YANGON, 30 Oct - The Seventh Annual General
Meeting of Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers Association
was held at the Mayhwa Hall at 5.15 pm today,
attended by Secretary-2 of the State Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Oo and Secretary-3
of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Win Myint.
President of Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers
Association U Than Oo made a speech on the
occasion.Then, Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi
Sone extended greetings . The meeting approved
the reports of CEC and financial statement
followed by resignation and election of CEC and EC
members.Then, the meeting ended with concluding
remarks by President U Than Oo.
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(7) Commander, minister inspects Khabaung
Bridge in Toungoo
YANGON, 30 Oct - Chairman of Bago Division Peace
and Development Council Commander of Southern
Command Maj-Gen Tin Aye and Minister for
Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun arrived at the
construction site of new Khabaung Bridge in
Toungoo Township, Bago Division, this morning.
The commander and the minister gave instructions
on worksite safety, systematic storage of bridge
construction materials and works to be done with
set standard, and attended to their needs.
It is a new bridge being built at the entrance of
Toungoo on Yangon-Mandalay Highway. The bridge,
600-ft long and 48-ft wide, is being built with
four lanes and six-foot pedestrian lanes on both
sides.
Then, the minister and party inspected road
sections and bridges on Yangon-Mandalay Highway
and Toungoo-Yangon Highway.
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(8) Myanmar Mayflower Bank Ltd opens another
branch in Mandalay
YANGON, 30 Oct - A ceremony to mark the opening of
Mandalay Branch No 3 of Myanmar Mayflower Bank Ltd
was held at the Sedona Hotel in Mandalay this
morning.
In his opening address, the commander said in the
financial service sector, the opening of banks is
the most important, and now, altogether 21 private
banks are providing financial services
successfully.
The banks need to provide services beneficial to
national people and agricultural and industrial
entrepreneurs in response to the goodwill of the
State and assistance of the ministries and
regional authorities.
Then, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Tun said the
branch opened in Mandalay today is the fourteenth
of Myanmar Mayflower Bank Ltd, and efforts of MMB
to open branches in cities and provide monetary
services starting from June 1994 to date, are
highly laudable.Altogether three branches have
been opened in Mandalay, which takes up
economically strategic position of upper Myanmar.
The ceremony to open Mandalay Branch No 3 of MMB
was held at the branch in Chanayethazan Township,
Mandalay. Myanmar Mayflower Bank Ltd has already
opened seven branches in Yangon, three branches in
Shan State and three branches in Mandalay, and
arrangements are being made to open more branches
in Monywa, Meiktila, Muse, Kengtung, Myingyan and
Yangon.
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(9) Workshop on Regional Collaboration in
Conservation of Hkakaborazi Mountain Ecosystem
held
Y ANGON, 30 Oct - Workshop on Regional
Collaboration in Conservation of Hkakaborazi
Mountain Ecosystem jointly sponsored by the Forest
Department and International Center for Integrated
Mountain Development (ICIMOD) was held in Putao,
Kachin State, from 26 to 29 October.Hkakaborazi
Mountain ecosystem is endowed with unique and rich
biological diversity and covers the head-waters of
the most important Ayeyawady River.
In this workshop papers related to conservation of
biodiversity in Eastern Himalayan Region,
distribution of flora and fauna of Hkakaborazi,
socio-economic situation of local community,
conservation and management of Hkakaborazi
National Park were presented and discussed. The
recommendations on conservation and management
strategies for Hkakaborazi National Park were
adopted.During the workshop the participants
visited the environs of Putao-Mular Shidi village
and Machanbaw Township.
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(10) Pilgrims, holiday-makers crowd religious
and recreation centres
YANGON, 30 Oct - Pagodas, recreation centres and
amusement parks in Yangon were seen bustling with
activities today as it was a Saturday, an office
holiday.
Devotees, monks and people including tourists of
Yangon and various regions of the country paid
obeisance at Shwedagon, Sule, Botahtaung and
Shwephonepwint pagodas and made donations.
Holiday-makers crowded the People's Park and
People's Square and enjoyed themselves at
Shweyinbyin recreation centre.
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(11) Ramayana drama competition continues for
fourth day
YANGON, 29 Oct - The Ramayana drama competition of
Seventh Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing
Arts Competition was held at the National Theatre
on Myoma Kyaung Street at 7 pm fourth day today.
The Ramayana drama troupe of Mandalay Division
took part in the competition.
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(12) Minister for Mines inspects Salt Mill
and Tin Smelting Plant
YANGON, 30 Oct - Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn
Myint arrived at Salt Mill of Myanma Salt and
Marine Chemical Enterprise in Thakayta Township
yesterday evening.They were welcomed by Managing
Director U Saw Win and officials.
The minister inspected the mill and gave
suggestions.Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint went to
Tin Smelting Plant in Thanlyin in the evening.They
were welcomed by Managing Director of No 2 Mining
Enterprise U Tin Win and officials. The minister
and party inspected the plant and gave
instructions to officials.
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(13) Myanmar cultural troupe arrives back from ROK
YANGON, 30 Oct - A 15 member-Myanmar cultural
troupe led by Rector of the University of Culture
U Tin Soe arrived back here by air from the
Republic of Korea this evening after entertaining
at International Travel Expo ' 99 held in ROK from
27 to 29 October.
The delegation members were welcomed back at the
Yangon International Airport by Deputy Minister
for Culture U Soe Nyunt, directors-general of
departments under the ministry and officials and
their families.
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(14) 37th Convocation held at MU
YANGON, 30 Oct - The 37th Convocation of Mandalay
University was held at Convocation Hall of MU for
the first day today. Present on the occasion were
Rector of MU U Lu Ni, Pro-Rector U Saw Aung,
members of MU Management Board, faculty members,
principal, associate professors, registrar,
graduates and their relatives.In the morning
session, the rector conferred M.Sc degree on one
graduate, B.A(Hons) on 24, B.Sc (Hons) on 31, B.A
on 64 and B.Sc on 359 and 16 absentia.
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(15) 21 members resign from Shwedaung Township NLD
YANGON, 30 Oct - Twenty-one members resigned from
National League for Democracy of Shwedaung
Township, Bago Division.
Twenty-one members of Shwedaung Township NLD, Bago
Division, of their own volition, resigned by
sending letters of resignation to Shwedaung
Township Multiparty Democracy General Election
Commission and the party concerned on 29 September
1999 as they no longer wished to participate in
party politics of NLD.
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(16) WEATHER
(Saturday Oct30)
Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours
MST: During the past 24 hours, rains or
thundershowers have been scattered in Ayeyawady
and Bago Divisions and widespread in the remaining
areas with locally heavy falls in Taninlthayi
Division and isolated heavy falls in Kachin State,
lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions. The
noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Myeik
3.78 inches, Dawei 3.43 inches, Bhamo 3.07 inches,
Meiktila 2.17 inches, Aunglan 1.69 inches and
Shwebo 1.61 inches.
Maximum temperature on Oct 29 was 26.5C (80%).
Minimum temperature on Oct 30 was 23.0C (73%).
Relative humidity at 0930 hours MST on Oct 30 was
92%. - -Total duration of sunshine on Oct 29 was
0.0 hour approx. Rainfall on Oct 30 was 10mm
(0.39 inch) at Yangon Airport, 4mm (0.16 inch) at
Kaba-Aye and 8mm (0.32 inch) at central Yangon.
Total rainfall since I January 1999 was 2850mm
(112.20 inches) at Yangon Airport, 3446mm (135.67
inches) at Kaba-Aye and 3537mm (139.25 inches) at
central Yangon.
Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 9mph
from southeast at 13:35 hours MST on Oct 29.
Bay inference: Yesterday's severe cyclone storm
over the north Bay has crossed Orissa coast, near
Chandabali (lndia) and weakened gradually
overland, according to the observations recorded
at 06.30 hours MST today. Weather is partly
cloudy in the southwest Bay and cloudy elsewhere
in the Bay of Bengal.
Valid till evening of 31st October 1999: Rain or
thundershowers will be widespread in Chin, Rakhine
and Mon States, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions
and scattered in the remaining areas. Degree of
certainty is 80%.
State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in
Myanmar waters.
Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation of
rain in southern Myanmar areas.
Forecast for Yangon and neighboring area for 31st
October 1999: Some rain or thundershowers.
Degree of certainty is 80%.
Forecast for Mandalay and neighboring area for
31st October 1999: One or two rains or
thundershowers. Degree of certainty is 80%.
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