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ARCHIVES	Sunday, 13 January 2008	THE MYANMAR TIMES

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye attends opening of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Golf Tournament

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan-The opening ceremony of the Defence Services Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Golf Tournament for 2007-08 was held at Nay Pyi Taw Golf Course, here, this morning, attended by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye.

Also present on the occasion were Member of the SPDC General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence, Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Secretary-1 of the SPDC Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, the SPDC members, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air), senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence, the Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command, ministers, the Auditor-General, members of the organizing committee for the tournament and golfers from 16 teams.

Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, teed off the Tracer ball to formally open the tournament.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives ministers, deputy ministers from ASEAN+3 nations, the ASEAN Secretary-General, high-ranking officials

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan-Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein received ministers and deputy ministers from ASEAN+3 nations, the ASEAN Secretary-General and high-ranking officials, who will attend the Third Meeting of the ASEAN and ASEAN+3 Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) to be held in Myanmar, at the Prime Minister's Office here at 3 pm today.

Also present at the call were Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint, Director-General Col Kyaw Kyaw Win of the State Peace and Development Council Office, Director-General Col Thant Shin of the Government Office, Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department and officials from the Ministry of Culture of Myanmar, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Brunei Darussalam Hon Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Awang Mohammad bin Haji Daud, Minister of Information and Culture of Lao People's Democratic Republic Mr Mounkeo Oraboun, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage of Malaysia YB Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim, Minister of Information, Com-munication and Arts of Singapore Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam Mr Tran Chien Thang, Assistant Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China Mr Ding Wei, ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan and high-ranking officials from Cambodia, Indone-sia, the Philippines, Thailand Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Yangon, 12 Jan - Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence attended the 14th Annual General Meeting of the Myanmar Industry Association at the hall of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Min Ye Kyawswa Road in Lanmadaw Township this afternoon.

In his address, Lt-Gen Myint Swe stressed the need to lay down the plans for enhancement of production capacity to develop the industries and to export value-added products. He said that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute much to development of the economic sector. Therefore, priority is to be given to laying down of policies, rules and regulations and procedures for development of the SMEs, he added. He praised them for manufacturing value-added products with the use of agricultural products, meat and fish products, forest products and minerals. He cited that accomplishments of the association within 14 years are to be put on record. In conclusion, Lt-Gen Myint Swe urged them to implement programmes of the association and emphasis is to be placed on raising the funds of the association.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, UMFCCI President U Win Myint and Chairman of the association U Paw Hein accepted K 18,600,000 and FEC 1,000 donated by 51 wellwishers and presented certificates of honour to them.

Afterwards, the Annual General Meeting of the association followed in accord with the procedures. Later, the meeting ended with the concluding remarks by the chairman.

Basic Administrative and Management Course No 1/2008 for Newly-graduated Doctors opened

Yangon, 12 Jan - The Basic Administrative and Management Course No 1/2008 for Newly-graduated Doctors of the Ministry of Health was opened at the University of Nursing ( Yangon ) on Bogyoke Aung San Street here today.

The course is being attended by 466 newly-graduated doctors from the Health Department, 86 from the Medical Science Department, seven from Medical Research Department (Lower Myanmar), two from MRD ( Central Myanmar ) and five from Traditional Medicine Department.

Yangon, 12 Jan - The seventh collective blood donation ceremony of Bayintnaung Market took place at the market in Mayangon Township here this morning. It was attended by Deputy Head U Tun Naing of Markets Department of Yangon North District, doctor in charge of the National Blood Centre of Yangon General Hospital Dr Thida Aung, Chairman of Market Development Affairs Committee U Myint Tun and shopkeepers.

Secretary of Market Development Affairs Committee U Khin Maung Lwin explained the purpose of the blood donation, and well-wishers donated K 1,717,280 to Dr Thida Aung. Next, 425 shop-keepers donated blood.

The family members of Bayintnaung Market have doanted 1,837 bottles of blood and over K 7.2 million to NBC for the seventh time.

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan - Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforce-ment Supervisory Committee held its 1/2008 meeting at the Nay Pyi Taw Command yesterday.

Patron of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforce-ment Supervisory Committee Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin delivered a speech. He called on committee members to speed up traffic rules enforcement and reduction of crime and number of accidents and deaths in cooperation with local people.

The commander also presented prizes and certificates of honour to police members who made arrest of the abscondee in a car accident in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township .

Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory Committee reported on the minutes of the previous meeting and inspection on traffic rules and observing the traffic rules. The meeting came to a close with the concluding remarks by the commander.

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan - CEC member of the Union Solidarity and Development Association Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs Nay Pyi Taw Mayor Col Thein Nyunt welcomed Vice-Chair-person of Standing Committee of National People's Congress and President of Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament Madame He Luli and party at the Nay Pyi Taw Airport yesterday.

The mayor con-ducted them round the on-going construction tasks and progress of construction of hotels zone, shopping complex, Nay Pyi Taw Myoma and Thabyaegon Markets and staff quarters.

Next, the mayor hosted a luncheon in honour of the Chinese delegation at Thingaha Hotel.

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan-Minister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint received Mr Lu Wenjun and party of China National Heavy Machinery Corporation from the People's Republic of

China

at the ministry, here, on 10 January.

They discussed matters related to construction of national grid of Yeywa Hydro Electric Power Project and materials for the main power station.

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan-The export and import procedure course No 32 organized by Directorate of Trade under the Minisry of Commerce will be opened from 21 to 29 January at Yangon branch of Directorate of Trade at No 228-240, Strand Road, Yangon.

The 42nd Vinayadhika Mon literature examination organized by Ramanya Nikaya will be held at Mon Dhammayon, southern stairway of Shwedagon Pagoda, from 18 to 20 January. A total of 150 members of Sangha will sit for the examination under the supervision of Ovadacariya Sayadaws, supervisor sayadaws and sayadaws who will prompt or cue candidates reciting Buddhist Scriptures in the examination. Those who wish to donate cash and kind may contact Ph: 375590.

A coordination meeting of PyinOoLwin District Information and Public Relations Department was held at the office of head of district IPRD in PyinOoLwin, Mandalay on 5 January. It was attended by the Head of PyinOoLwin District IPRD, heads of township IPRDs in the district and staff, and they held discussions on information tasks.

The ceremony to present the prizes to the winners of Baby Show organized by Mindat Maternal and Child Welfare Association to mark the 60th Anniversary Independence Day was held at the office of the association on 4 January.

Daw Khin Win, chairperson of Mindat District MCW Supervisory Committee, and members presented awards to the winners.

The opening ceremony of work efficiency course for ward/village PDCs organized by Ywangan Township Peace and Development Council was held at the office of township PDC on 26 December in the township, Shan State (South), with an address by Chairman of Ywangan Township PDC U Aung Lwin.

The ceremony to conclude the First Aid Course (Multiplier) No 3 and 4 organized by Momauk Red Cross Society was held at the hall of Man Naung Village Basic Education High School (Affiliated) in the township, Kachin State on 8 January. Police Captain Myint Kyu, head of township RCS, made a speech and presented certificates to the trainees.

KNU insurgent killed while preparing to plant bomb in Pyu Township Hard-core insurgent captured Four innocent people wounded

Nay Pyi Taw, 12 Jan-A bomb exploded yesterday in the football ground in Nyaungbintha Village, Pyu Township, Bago Division, killing one who was making preparations to plant the bomb, and wounding four innocent people.

At about 7:30 pm yesterday, a KNU insurgent, about 25, was killed when the bomb he was planting to detonate exploded prematurely near U Maung Maung circus show being staged in the football ground to mark the Independence Day. People nearby seized a US-made 0.22 revolver in a holster, 20 rounds of ammunition, and a bomb made of two explosive blocks from the body.

As soon as the bomb exploded, a suspect among the crowd tried to run away, so the people captured him.

The explosion wounded Ma San Yu Maw, 30, of Nyaung-bintha Village , Maung Min Htaik Tha, 4, and Ma Nwe Nwe Win, 26, of Yay Oh Zin Village, and Ma Tin Yu Maw, 22, of Kyeemanoe village.

The man who tried to run away was Saw Ra Makee, 28, of Tatkon Village , Kyaukkyi Township . According to his confession, the man who was killed in the incident was Saw Di Thaw Mu with the rank of corporal in charge of collecting extortion money of battalion (8), brigade (3) of KNU; that in January 2006 when Saw Di Thaw Mu visited the village to collect extortion money, he made friends with him; that at 6 am on 11 January, the two left Kyeebin Village and arrived at Nyaungbintha Village through Kanyutkwin at about 5 pm; that then they got to the football ground of Nyaungbintha Village where Independence Day commemorative ceremony was being held, and they had crisps at the food stalls; that at about 6 pm, Saw Di Thaw Mu with the bag he had brought went to a well near the food stalls taking the shelter of the darkness, he prepared the bomb and then the bomb prematurely exploded. He said that he was afraid and tried to run away and was captured by the people.

A major group from abroad that is desirous of practising hegemony over Myanmar provided terrorist insurgent saboteurs with cash and related equipment with the intention of harming the public, causing panic among the people and undermining peace and stability.

Likewise, a bomb exploded in a public toilet in the compound of the staff quarters near Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Railway Station at 4.30 am yesterday. Further investigation revealed that traces of explosives were found on the clothes in the luggage of Naw Gay Lar who was killed in the blast. And it is learnt that the women was killed by the blast like the incident in Nyaungbintha Village while she was preparing to detonate the bomb.

In today's incident also, Saw Di Thaw Mu was at the village to harm the people enjoying the show and he lost his life while he was preparing to detonate the bomb. It can be assessed that the same major organization masterminded those atrocities, for explosives used in both incidents are the US-made powerful explosives and they are identical.

It is learnt that the entire people loathed such atrocities that harm the innocent people.

The authorities are striving to expose the insurgent destructionists and explosives and have urged the people to practise a constant vigilance against the saboteurs and to come forward with information.