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INFORMATION SHEET No.A-0212(I)



                          INFORMATION SHEET
 
No.A-0212(I)		 		            Date.16-11-97
 
(1)		Commander-in-Chief of Indonesia and Wife Conclude 
		Goodwill Visit

		Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia General
Feisal Tanjung and wife and party left Yangon by special flight at 10 am on
15 November. They were seen off at Yangon International Airport by
Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General
Maung Aye and wife and officials concerned.
 
(2)		Second Medical Seminar Held

		The Second Medical Seminar, sponsored by the East Asiatic Co Ltd (Dumex)
and the Myanmar Medical Association, was held at Sedona Hotel on Kaba Aye
Pagoda Road (Yangon) on 15 November. Present were chairman of MMA and Myanmar
Maternal and Child Welfare Association, departmental officials, 
specialists and physicians from hospitals, medical experts and nutritionists
from Singapore and Malaysia and guests.

(3)		Eye Treatment Team of Orbis International Arrives

		An eye treatment team of Orbis International arrived Yangon on 15 November
to exchange new techniques on eye operation with Myanmar eye doctors and
nurses. The team will stay from 17 November to 5 December and hold seminar on
eye disease and treat patients suffering from eye disease with eye
specialists and health staff.
 
                     OFFICE CALLS IN YANGON ON 15 NOVEMBER

(A)		Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council 
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe received
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia General
Feisal Tanjung and party at Dagon Yeiktha of the Ministry of Defence.

(B)		Secretarty-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt received William M Scholl of the Centre for Strategic and International
Studies Department of the United States and Mr Ernest H Preeg of the
International Economics Department, a former ambassador, at Dagon Yeiktha of
the Ministry of Defence.
 
(C)		Minister for National Planning and Economic Development Brig-Gen Abel
received Mr Ernest H preeg of the Centre for Strategic and International
Studies, a former ambassador, and Charge d'Affairs ai of the US Embassy 
Mr Kent M Widemann at his office.

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