The New Light of Myanmar (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)
Okkar
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1. Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to
His Highness of State of Kuwait
2. Malaysian Minister calls on Secretary-1
3. Keeping department offices neat and tidy coordinated
4. National Training Workshop for Community
Learning Centres Personnel held
5. MMPE holds coordination meeting
6. Transport Minister attends opening of
Seismology Course
7. Coord meeting of Ministry of Energy held
8. Health Ministry booth inspected
9. Training course on administration of justice opened
10, Training course for enhancing calibre of public
relations officers opened
11. Myanmar-Japan Business Forum held
12. NPED Minister meets Malaysian Minister
13. Commerce Minister meets Malaysian Minister
14. Myanmar study group arrives back from Singapore
15. Minister receives guests
16. Labour Minister meets Malaysian Minister
17. Professional golfers for Myanmar Open
Golf Tour arrives
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1. Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to
His Highness of State of Kuwait
Yangon, 25 Feb — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a
message of felicitations to His Highness Sheik Jaber Al- Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait on the occasion of the National
Day of the State of Kuwait which falls on 25 February 2003.
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2. Malaysian Minister calls on Secretary-1
Yangon, 24 Feb — Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development
Council General Khin Nyunt received Minister of Primary Industries of
Malaysia Dato Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik and party at Zeyathiri Beikman on
Konmyinttha here this morning.
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3. Keeping department offices neat and tidy coordinated
Yangon, 24 Feb— A coordination meeting to keep department
offices neat and tidy was held at the meeting hall of Yangon City
Development Committee at the City Hall this afternoon.
Present were Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council
Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Chairman of YCDC Yangon
Mayor U Ko Lay, the deputy ministers, Vice-Chairman of YCDC Vice-Mayor
Col Maung Pa, heads of departments of the office of the Chief Justice,
the Attorney-General’s Office and the Auditor-General’s
Office, Commander of No 4 Military Region Brig-Gen Myo Myint, the
directors-general and managing directors of departments and
enterprises, Secretary of Yangon Division Peace and Development
Council Lt-Col Kyaw Tint and chairmen of District Peace and
Development Councils.
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4. National Training Workshop for Community
Learning Centres Personnel held
Yangon, 24 Feb—A ceremony to open the National Training Workshop
for Community Learning Centres Personnel co-sponsored by Myanmar
Educational Research Bureau under the Ministry of Education of Myanmar
and the Asia-Pacific Region Bureau for Education of UNESCO Bangkok was
held at MERB on Pyay Road here this morning with an address by
Chairman of Myanmar UNESCO National Commission Minister for Education
U Than Aung.
In his address, Minister U Than Aung said: today’s capacity
building workshop is jointly organized by MERB of the Ministry of
Education, Myanmar and the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education,
UNESCO Bangkok. This one is the third workshop conducted by MERB and
UNESCO Bangkok.
The products of the previous workshop are the translation and
publication of the materials concerned with the introduction of
Continuing Education via Community Learning Centres. Participants were
also invited to the Regional/Sub-regional workshop. As a result, this
workshop can be conducted at MLRC with the financial and technical
support from the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO
Bangkok.
The workshop is aiming at improving the capacity or power that means
the ability to do something on the effective management and the
strategic implementation of Continuing Education via Community
Learning Centres. To achieve the aim and objectives of the workshop 30
participants from different States and Divisions will endeavour to
learn how to manage and implement CE activities effectively and share
the knowledge and skills of existing CE in Myanmar. The participants
will pay a visit to Community Learning Centres of Hlaingthaya Township
which was established, managed and implemented by themselves with
“For them, By them, With Them” concept.
The topics are as follows: Establishment of new CLC; Community
Mobilization; Needs Assessment; Participatory planning and resource
mobilization; Networking and linkage; Monitoring and evaluation;
Documentation and dissemination; and Capability building.
The participants need to have the clear thinking for the effective
implementation of NFE activities in Myanmar. In doing so, some
essential NFE concepts should be clearly understood. What is NFE, CE
and CLC? We should find out the concepts first.
Non Formal Education refers to any organized educational activity
operating outside the formal school system to provide selected types
of learning to out-of-school youths and adults.
Continuing Education includes all of the opportunities all people want
or need outside of the basic literacy education and primary education.
Community Learning Centre is a learning place usually set up and
managed by community people. It serves all people in the community
including adults, youths and children regardless race, sex, caste and
region etc. It is known that some Myanmar CLCs are now trying to apply
ICT in Basic Literacy Programme, Income Generating Programme and
Better Life Programme. The result will be CLC as the learning centre
for that specific community. As the literacy decade is now declared
from 2002 to 2012, Basic Literacy Programme will be continued
according to Myanmar 30 year long-term plan and EFA Plan of Action. CE
will be provided through CLC parallell.
I would like to urge the participants to bear in mind our vision that
states “ To create an education system that can generate a
learning society capable of facing the challenges of the Knowledge
Age”. And also our motto that states “ To build a Modern
and Developed Country Through Education” and ask you to try your
best with concerted effort for NFE activities to form Myanmar learning
society.
In addition to these, it must be conceived that NFE is not concerned
only with the Ministry of Education, but all related ministries, NGO,
INGO and well- wishers which should be well organized and cooperated
with each other in order to build Myanmar as a modern and developed
nation.
Improve your organizing capacity, implementing capacity and managing
capacity through this opportunity.
Then, Ms Darunee from the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education,
UNESCO Bangkok made a speech.
The workshop continues up to 1 March.
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5. MMPE holds coordination meeting
Yangon, 24 Feb— A coordination meeting of Myanma Motion Picture
Enterprise was held at the MMPE (Head Office) this afternoon.
Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan discussed matters relating
to the lease of the cinemas, quick payment of installment for lease of
the cinemas, maintenance of the cinemas, durability of equipment used
in film industry, purchase of modern film equipment, welfare for
service personnel of MMPE and cooperation with Myanmar Motion Picture
Asiayon for emergence of Myanmar films of international standard.
Present were Managing Director of MMPE U Bo Kyi and officials.
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6. Transport Minister attends opening of Seismology Course
Yangon, 24 Feb — A ceremony to open Seismology Course, jointly
organized by Ministry of Transport and World Seismic Safety
Initiative-WSSI which was organized by international seismologists
and scientists was held at the Department of Meteorology and
Hydrology on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this morning with an address by
Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe.
Directors of WSSI Prof Haresh C Shah and Mr Satoru Ohyu explained
about salient points of seismology and purpose of the course and the
ceremony came to a close.
Altogether 30 representatives of Yangon City Developement Committee,
Myanmar Engineers Association, Seismologists Committee, Yangon
Technological University, Public Works, Department of Human Settlement
and Housing Development, Department of Geology of Yangon University
and Department of Meteorology and Hydrology are attending the course.
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7. Coord meeting of Ministry of Energy held
Yangon, 24 Feb — The fourth quarterly coordination meeting of
Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, the Ministry of Energy, took place at
the ministry on Pyay Road this morning.
Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi made an opening speech. At the
meeting, general managers of oil fields reported on production of
petroleum and natural gas and the minister laid down future tasks.
Energy Planning Department Director-General U Soe Myint, MOGE Managing
Director U Sann Lwin and officials gave supplementary reports.
The minister then gave instructions on boosting production of
petroleum and natural gas, measures to be taken for prevention of fire
and minimizing loss and wastage and made concluding remarks.
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8. Health Ministry booth inspected
Yangon, 24 Feb— Minister for Health Professor Dr Kyaw Myint
inspected preparation of the Ministry of Health booth at the Defence
Services Museum on Shwedagon Pagoda Road this afternoon.
The minister was conducted round the Twelve Objectives booth, uplift
of health, fitness and education standards of the entire nation at the
social objective booth, newly opened upgraded dispensaries and
hospitals at the nation-building tasks booth by Director-General of
Health Planning Department Dr Kyi Soe and Director Dr Khin Than Oo.
The minister fulfilled the requirements.
The minister inspected the booths of the Ministry of Health booth,
guidance on health policy by Head of State Senior General Than Shwe,
two objectives of the ministry and three methods for implementation of
those objectives. Director-General Dr Kyi Soe and officials reported
on preparations.
The minister gave instructions on display of rural region health
development and health care services.
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9. Training course on administration of justice opened
Yangon, 24 Feb— The Ministry of Home Affairs opened the training
course No 2 administration of justice and prosecution at the hall of
the ministry at the corner of Saya San Road and Industry-1 Road
yesterday morning, with an address by Minister for Home Affairs Col
Tin Hlaing.
Then, Deputy Chief Justice U Than Oo and Deputy Attorney-General U
Myint Naing gave speeches.
Also present on the occasion were Chief Justice U Aung Toe,
Attorney-General U Tha Tun, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen
Thura Myint Maung, Director-General of Myanmar Police Force Police
Brig-Gen Khin Yi, senior police officers, directors-general and
directors of Supreme Court and Attorney-General’s Office, the
director-general of Civil Service Selection and Training Department,
directors-general, deputy directors-general, directors and deputy
directors of departments under the Ministry of Home Affairs, course
instructors officers and trainees.
Altogether 82 trainees of General Administration Department and MPF
are attending the course which will last five weeks.
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10, Training course for enhancing calibre of public
relations officers opened
Yangon, 24 Feb — Information and Public Relations Department of
the Ministry of Information opened the training course for enhancing
the calibre of public relations officers at the training hall of News
and Periodicals Enterprise on Pansodan Street here this morning with
an opening address by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.
The minister said IPRD has already opened 61 district-level offices,
248-township and 28 out of 39 sub-township offices in the country.
Every office is carrying out public relations task in the whole
country even in the border areas by establishing libraries with
television sets. They are holding photo exhibitions, educative talks,
organizing wall magazines and publishing pamphlets. Public relations
personnel, who are working closely with the public, have been trained
in their respective fields. Training course for enhancing the calibre
of public relations officers was opened with the objectives to upgrade
the
capability of the staff and prepare for the future; to uplift the
mental ability, thought and skill of the staff; and to be able to
achieve the goals of the Ministry of Information and IPRD actively and
effectively.
Due to the rapidly changing modern information and communication
technology, public relations and electronic mass media technologies
and information system become faster and more effective these days.
Misusing these modern information technologies, some nations are
persuading the citizens of developing countries like Myanmar to
accept their ideas, culture, traditions and life style, and the danger
of mentally being dominated isbecoming greater and greater, the
Minister said.
In order to prevent such danger it is needed to firmly build the
patriotism and Union Spirit among our people. Public relations staff
who are working among the people down to grass-root level must pay
attention to this, he said.
The Minister also urged the officials of districts and townships to
follow the guidance of the Head of State to sharpen their public
relations skills, to cover the mass media down to border areas, to
make field trips down to villages in their respective areas even in
this year to implement public relations task effectively, to see that
each and every village get at least one daily newspaper, and to
organize and cooperate to keep at least a set of television and radio
in each village.
It is necessary to carry out their duties dutifully with goodwill and
innovation within the principle and framework laid down by the
Government. He also urged them to diligently try in such a way that
their activies become active and interesting.
The subjects to be lectured in this training course are aimed at
renewing the information sector with the clear national outlook,
correct national stand and honest national interest, in other words,
to improve the effectiveness in public relations work. Trainees are
urged to participate in building the modern developed nation with new
spirit after receiving the training, he concluded. Director General of
Myanma Radio & Television U Khin Maung Htay, Managing Director of
Printing and Publishing Enterprise U Myint Thein, Managing Director of
News & Periodicals Enterprise U Tin Kha, officials, instructors and
trainees attended the opening ceremony.
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11. Myanmar-Japan Business Forum held
Yangon, 24 Feb — Myanmar-Japan Business Forum conducted by
Ministry of Defence of the Union of Myanmar and the Association for
Communication of Transcultural Study (ACT), Japan, opened this morning
at MICT Park in Hline Township.
Vice-Chief of Military Intelligence Maj-Gen Kyaw Win, Managing
Director of ACT Foundation Mr Tomoyoshi Kaneko and Japanese Ambassador
to Myanmar Mr Yuji Miyamoto made addresses.
Director of the Industrial Science and Technology Policy and
Environment Bureau Industrial Science and Technology Policy Division
of Japan Mr Masahiro Fujita gave talks on Economic Relationships
between Japan and Myanmar and Mr Kunihiko Shinoda, representative of
Japan Overseas Development Corporation (JODC), Bangkok, on economic
and industrial Cooperation
between ASEAN and Japan.
Next, prospects for mutual cooperation, that for the mutual
cooperation in agriculture and prospect for mutual cooperation in
information technology were also discussed.
The forum was also attended by Head of Department of the Office of
Military Intelligence Brig-Gen Thein Swe and senior military officers,
departmental officials, entrepreneurs from agricultural, IT sectors
and practitioners, and guests.
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12. NPED Minister meets Malaysian Minister
Yangon, 24 Feb — Minister for National Planning and Economic
Development U Soe Tha met with Minister for Primary Industries of
Malaysia Dato’ Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik and party at his office
this afternoon.
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13. Commerce Minister meets Malaysian Minister
Yangon, 24 Feb — Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone met
with Dato' Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik, Minister for Primary Industries of
Malaysia, and party at his officer here this afternoon.
Commerce Minister hosted a dinner in honour of the Malaysian Minister
and party at Karaweik Palace this evening.
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14. Myanmar study group arrives back from Singapore
Yangon, 24 Feb— After studying the major departments and bodies
in Singapore from 16 to 23 February, the Myanmar delegation comprising
10 high ranking officials from the ministries led by Rector Col Zaw
Min Thein of the University for Development of National Races arrived
back here this afternoon.
The delegation visited Singapore under the programme to send abroad
the staff who took part in the discussions of the Seminar on Upgrading
the Skills of Civil Service, organized by Civil Service Selection and
Training Board and Sasakawa Peace Foundation Bank of Japan held in
November 2002.
The delegation was welcomed at the Yangon International Airport by
Director-General U Hla Kyi of the Civil Service Selection and Training
Department and Director-General U Khin Maung Myint of the Civil
Service Affairs Department, officials, family members and relatives.
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15. Minister receives guests
Yangon, 24 Feb — Minister for Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Thein
Zaw received Managing Director of Scantrade Co Mr Bjorn Burchard and
party at 2 pm, Chairman of Andaman Club Co Mr Vikron Aisiri and party
at 3 pm at his office separately.
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16. Labour Minister meets Malaysian Minister
Yangon, 24 Feb — Minister for Labour U Tin Winn met with
Malaysian Minister for Primary Industries Dato’ Seri Dr Lim Keng
Yaik and party at his office this morning.
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17. Professional golfers for Myanmar Open
Golf Tour arrives
Yangon, 24 Feb — The Myanmar Open Golf Tour 2003, co-organized
by Myanmar Professional Golfers Association and Asian Professional
Golfers Association and mainly supported by Rothmans of Pall Mall
Myanmar Pte Ltd, will be held at Danyingon Golf Club from 27 February
to 2 March.
Altogether 27 golfers from Chinese Taipei, 14 from Thailand, eight
from the US, five from South Africa, four each from India and Sweden,
five from Singapore, two each from Australia and Pakistan and two from
Malaysia including Zaw Moe and Kyi Hla Han of Myanmar arrived here to
participate in the tour.
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