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Vice-Senior General Maung Aye addresses Graduation Parade of 5th Intake of DSINPSOnly Union Spirit is true patriotic spirit that entire national people must uphold foreverTatmadaw, with its primary duty to defend and protect the country, cannot tolerate disintegration of the Union

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan- The following is the full text of the speech delivered by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye at the Graduation Parade of the 5th Intake of Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science.

On the occasion of the Graduation Ceremony of the 5th Intake of Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science, I shall speak a few words of note on matters of importance.

The aims of the Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science is to produce nursing, pharmaceutical and paramedical professionals with the physical and intellectual prowess to serve in the National Tatmadaw and safeguard Our Three Main National Causes.

Ours is the patriotic Tatmadaw that will forever safeguard Our Three Main National Causes- Non-disintegration of the Union , Non-disintegration of national solidarity and Perpetuation of Sovereignty. Our Three Main National Causes constitute the vital national interest of over a hundred national races that reside in our country together.

Our national people are spread all over the country in every region and live in harmony.

In the period immediately following the gaining of Independence , several minorities with strong racial and geographical prejudices engaged in advocacy action that seemed to have been motivated by a desire for racial boundaries, with the result that the Union faced frequent threats of disintegration. With the large number of nationalities in our country, the disintegration of the Union would mean splintering and general weakness, which may even lead to the loss of nationhood. Our national people now possess a mature political outlook and are greatly concerned about threats of national disintegration, recognizing that only the Union Spirit is the true patriotic spirit that the entire national people must uphold forever. The Tatmadaw, with its primary duty to defend and protect the country, cannot tolerate disintegration of the Union and has the tradition of upholding Our Three Main National Causes. You comrades are to carry on the fine traditions of the Tatmadaw.

In addition to being nursing and paramedical professionals, you must also be the combat Tatmadawmen defending and protecting the lives and property of the people. You must have the command capability to lead your unit in combat. For this reason, you have received military training and training in military leadership at the platoon commander level. Later, you will also receive infantry platoon commander training, infantry company commander training and infantry battalion commander training, as appropriate to your rank.

Moreover, in serving the national defence duty, you comrades must have the Five Basic Attributes: morale, discipline, loyalty, unity and the possession of the Three Capabilities.

As hardship and adversity are unavoidable in the course of military duty, good morale is the most basic requirement. With good morale comes courage and bravery as well as the willingness to make saricfices and be daring. You will also be industrious, preserving and resilient in the face of hardship. As for discipline, it is the cornerstone of the armed forces. As you comrades must conduct yourselves to maintain the dignity of the Medical Corps, you need to be exemplary in matters of discipline. Moreover, your allegiance to the State and the people have to be unswerving so that your resolve will be unshakable. If your have the sense of comradeship based on mutual goodwill and attachment, as you take your daily oaths, you will have strong unity and be prepared to give up your own lives for one another on the battlefield. With pessimists who wish to see the disintegration of the Union constantly scheming to dismember the Tatmadaw, you comrades need attentive awareness in matters of unity. Unrelenting efforts must also be made to fulfil the last of the five Basic Attributes, which is the possession of the Three Capabilities. The Military Capability, the Administrative Capability and the Organizational Capability- through the combination of thorough training and accumulated experience.

Your role in the building of the strong and capable modern patriotic Tatmadaw will be to promote health care. For this reason, the Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science offers programmes leading to Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degrees as well as specialized programmes in diagnosis, radiology, physiotherapy and so on, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Paramedical Science. A Master's Degree Programme in Nursing has also been established and the qualified graduates will have an opportunity to continue studying for their Doctorates in Nursing.

Nursing is indispensable in the health sector. It is the kind of duty that only those with a noble heart can fulfil, who posse strong compassion and sympathy, keen goodwill, resilience in the face of hardship and selflessness.

Living up to the motto, Competent and helpful members of the Medical Corps, you comrades should also provide health care to the people while playing a role in fulfilling the national defence duty through your professional knowledge and expertise. Wherever you are assigned duties, you should care for the local population as if they were your own parents.

In line with the policy of Tatmadaw for the People, you must serve the people. You must engage in public service by participating in the Rural Areas Development Plan.

Just as you comrades who are the People's offspring provide care to the people, the people are to join in the nation-building and national defence activities, with the Tatmadaw as the cornerstone. This is the strategy of People's Warfare that the Tatmadaw is practising.

* strive to become Tatmadawmen members of the Medical Corps with physical and intellectual prowess;

* acquire the Five Basic Attributes that every unit and every comrade should posses; and

* realize the strategy of People's Warfare by providing and promoting health care not only for Tatmadawmen but also for the people, living up to your motto, ?Competent and helpful members of the Medical Corps?.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye addresses graduation parade of the 5th Intake of Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan - The Graduation Parade of the 5th Intake of Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science was held at the parade ground of Defence Services Medical Academy in Yangon this morning, with an address by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye.

Also present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Members of SPDC Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence, Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win, Ministers, Military Appointment-General Maj-Gen Hsan Hsint, Judge Advocate-General Maj-Gen Soe Maung, Defence Services Inspector-General Maj-Gen Thein Htaik, Senior Military Officers and Directors of the Ministry of Defence, Rector of DSMA Brig-Gen Ya Pyae, Rector of Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science Brig-Gen Thoe Htain, senior military officers, guests and parents and relatives of graduates.

On the occasion, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye took the salute of graduating companies and inspected them.

Next, the graduate companies marched to salute the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. Afterwards, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye presented Best Trainee Award to trainee No 1036 Nyi Nyi Aung, Best Performance in Training Award to trainee No 1049 Wai Phyo Aung and Excellent in Study Award to trainee No 1075 Phyo Thiha Lwin.

(The full text of the speech of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye is reported separately.)

Next, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye left the parade ground. After the graduation parade, he cordially met with three outstanding graduates and their parents and gave advice to them at the hall of DSMA.

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan- The following is the message sent by Mr Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus , to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

On behalf of the people of the Republic of Belarus and on my own behalf, I wish to extend to Your Excellency our sincere congratulations on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

On this happy occasion, I would like to express our firm conviction to make joint efforts for the establishment of multi-sectoral cooperation between our two countries.

Please accept, Excellency, my best wishes for your personal good health and for the peace, progress and prosperity of the people of Myanmar .

YANGON , 7 Jan - Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein met officials of Yangon University of Distance Education yesterday and discussed the reports of the officials concerned.

The minister and party went to Yangon Institute of Education and discussed conducting research for promotion of national education.

They proceeded to Yangon University of Foreign Languages and met faculty members. The minister stressed the importance of teaching aids in teaching languages. He observed teaching aids of different languages on display.

The minister also visited No 4 Basic Education High School and No 6 Basic Education Middle School in Hline Township , No 5 BEMS and No 2 BEHS in Mayangon Township and No 1 BEHS in Insein Township . He met the respective school heads and inspected learning of matriculation students at the schools.

YANGON , 7 Jan - Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein met officials of Yangon University of Distance Education yesterday and discussed the reports of the officials concerned.

The minister and party went to Yangon Institute of Education and discussed conducting research for promotion of national education.

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan - Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win arrived back here by air yesterday morning after paying a goodwill visit to the Republic of India from 1 to 4 January 2008 at the invitation of Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Shri Pranab Mukharjee .

During his visit, Minster for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, accompanied by Ambassador of Myanmar to India U Kyi Thein and members of the Myanmar delegation, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister of the Republic of India Dr Manmohan Singh on 2 January at the latter's office in New Delhi.

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Shri Pranab Mukharjee cordially discussed issues of mutual interest to further strengthen the existing friendly relations and bilateral cooperation between the two countries at the Hyderabad House on 2 January.

Also present were the cabinet ministers, secretaries of the departments concerned of India and former Indian Ambassadors to Myanmar .

Minister U Nyan Win, accompanied by Ambassador U Kyi Thein and members of Myanmar delegation, paid a courtesy call on Vice-President of the Republic of India Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari at the latter's Office in New Delhi on 2 January.

On 1 January, Minister U Nyan Win visited the Embassy of the Union of Myanmar in New Delhi where he met with the staff of the Myanmar Embassy and the Office of the Military Attache and inspected the functions of the Embassy.

On 3 January, the Minister and party left New Delhi for Gaya by Special Indian Air Force Aircraft and paid homage to Mahabodhi Mahavihara Temple and visited Myanmar Buddhist Monastery in Budha Gaya.

On 4 January, Minister U Nyan Win and party left Gaya for Kolkata by Special IAF Aircraft and visited the Consulate-General of the Union of Myanmar in Kolkata where he met with staff and inspected the functions of the Consulate-General.

Members of the Myanmar delegation, Director-General U Pe Thann Oo, Deputy Director-General U Kyaw Tin and Assistant Director Daw Cho Cho Soe of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also arrived back on the same flight.

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan - Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun and officials of Public Works inspected the maintenance of Phalanyon Bridge on Minbu-Minhla road, completion of 252-foot Ywathaya bridge and maintenance of Mann Creek Bridge , Mone Creek Bridge and Salin Creek Bridge (Nwetamai) on Minbu-Salin-Seikphyu road on 5 January.

On 6 January, the minister and party arrived at the site of Yin Creek Bridge on Magway-Taungdwingyi-Myothit-Natmauk road. He instructed the personnel to choose the axis of bridge after careful survey of the waterway.

The minister and party inspected construction of roads and bridges along Pyinmana-Taungnyo-Taungdwingyi road. On arrival at the briefing hall at Gwaygyo, deputy superintending engineer U San Wai of road construction special project group-5 reported on progress of work and future plans. The minister called for completion of the works as soon as possible in the open season.

The minister also heard the report by superintending engineer U Tint San at the briefing hall of Yangon-Mandalay highway road project and he fulfilled the requirements.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye attends graduation dinner of 5th Intake of Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan - The graduation dinner to honour graduates of 5th Intake of Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science was held at the hall of DSMA, Yangon this evening, attended by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye.

Also present at the dinner were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Members of SPDC Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, Chairman of Yangon Division PDC Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win and their wives, Ministers, the Chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Board, Senior Military Officers, the Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee the Mayor, deputy ministers, heads of departments, senior military officers of Mingaladon Station, the Rector of Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science and advisers, faculty members, trainees and their parents and relatives.

After the dinner, artistes of Myawady Music Band and Anyeint and Myanmar Music Asiayon presented songs and dances to those present.

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan- Ministry of Religious Affairs conducted its work coordination meeting at the ministry here yesterday.

First, Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung delivered an address at the meeting.

The officials of state and division offices reported to the minister on their respective tasks and Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Thura U Aung Ko gave supplementary reports.

Also present at the meeting were Adviser U Arnt Maung and departmental officials of the ministry.

Deputy Health Minister inspects township, station hospitals in Bago Division (West)

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan - National Health Committee Secretary Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo held a meeting with doctors, nurses and health staff, members of Township Health Committee and members of social organizations at Paukkhaung People's Hospital in Bago Division (West) on 31 December.

He inspected patient wards, operation theatre, drugstore and delivery room of the hospital.

He proceeded to Sinhmeswe Station Hospital , Thegon People's Hospital and Padigon Station Hospital in Thegon Township and met with doctors, nurses and health staff, members of Township Health Committee and members of social organizations. He also looked into patient wards, operation theatre, drugstore and delivery room of the hospital.

YANGON, 7 Jan-The 54th Conference of Myanmar Medical Association will be held at the MMA(Centre)'s Auditorium on Theinbyu Road in Mingalar Taungnyunt Township here at 8:00 am on 15 January.

Guests, delegates and MMA members are reminded to arrive the venue at 7.30 am, it is learnt.

YANGON, 7 Jan-Banks Supervisory Committee opened General Banking Services (officer level) Training Course No 11 at Myanmar Banks Association here today with an address by Chairman of Banks Supervisory Committee Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Col Hla Thein Swe.

The deputy minister said the course is being opened with the aim of boosting efficiency and widening the scope of banking knowledge of bank officers, adding that bank staff are to keep pace with changes and developments in order that they can realize international banking services that are experiencing rapid development in addition to abiding by the law, disciplines, rules and regulations of banking services. And the deputy minister urged the trainees to maintain the good results of previous courses opened by BSC and to try their best for further development.

A total of 40 trainees from State-owned and private banks are attending the 10-week course.

The opening ceremony was also attended by Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar U Maung Maung Win, Banks Suprevisory Committee members and directors-general and managing directors of departments and enterprises of the ministry and instructors.

YANGON, 6 Jan-Under the arrangements of the Myanmar Fisheries Federation and the Myanmar Shrimp Association and sponsorship of the Ayeyawady Fingerling Enterprise, Professor Dr Aung Tun Thet will give talks on Results-Based Leadership at Thiri Annawa hall of MFF on Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogon Ward in Insein Township here at 2:30 pm on 12 January. Those interested may attend the talks.

YANGON , 7 Jan - An agreement was reached regarding the assistance of Royal Myanmar Teamix for filming Lwin Moe making a trip to Myeik archipelagos' episodes. The agreement signing ceremony took place at the office of Myanmar Distribution Group Co Ltd at Myittamon Housing in Natchaung Ward, Tamway Township this morning and attended by MDG Managing Director U Aung Maw Thein, Actor Lwin Moe and company staff.

Sale & Marketing Consultant U Min Tala Nyan extended greetings and U Aung Maw Thein and Lwin Moe signed the agreement and exchanged the documents. The cast members are altogether 24 and it will take about one month to make the trip.

Royal Myanmar Teamix has been produced since 2001 by using advanced technology to ensure a whole some product.

YANGON , 7 Jan-Religious Affairs Department under the Ministry of Religious Affairs has put on sale its publications such as Tipitaka Pali-Myanmar dictionaries (2008-2010), various kinds of treatises and other books on religious and Sasana Yaungchi monthly at the book shop of the department on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road . For more information, dial 660843 and 661302.

YANGON, 7 Jan - A ceremony to honour XXIV SEA Games medallists was held at Karaweik Palace yesterday, attended by Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.

The minister presented cash award K 70.5 million for all medallists who had won in canoe/kayak, traditional rowing, shooting, judo, wushu, taekwondo, billiards and snooker, physical culture, soccer, track and field, western rowing, muaythai, sepak takraw, pencak silat, boxing, karete-do, archery and yacht staged in XXIV SEA Games. A gold medalist won K 500,000, a silver medalist K 300,000 and a bronze medalist K 200,000. Eleven coaches received K 3.3 million.

Next, Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin presented K 11.5 million for medallists and Chairperson of Central Work Committee for Myanmar Women's Sports Federation Daw Aye Aye, K 940,000 for them.

Wellwishers handed K 14.45 million and US$ 2600 for victorious athletes through officials concerned. One of the athletes, Naw Ah Lela Shee spoke words of thanks.