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Information Sheet No. A .0987 (I)



MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
YANGON

Information  Sheet
No. A .0987 (I)                                15 July 1999

(1)		Yaw Creek Bridge on Yangon-Sittway Highway Commissioned into 
Service
		Yaw Creek Bridge on Yangon-sittway Highway in Myebon 
Township, Rakhine State, was commissioned into service on 14 July near the 
bridge. The tasks of implementing the Yangon-Sittway Highway Project will be 
completed soon. The project includes building of 10 major bridges and 800 
minor bridges; and Yaw Creek Bridge is included in the major bridges. The 
bridge is a main link on Yangon-Sittway Highway and will ensure easy access 
to major towns of other States and Divisions from Minbya in Rakhine State, 
through Minbu in Magway Division. The 1,100 feet long Bailey-type bridge with 
steel frames was built at a cost of US $ 0.5 million and K 580 million. In 
addition to Yaw Creek Bridge, other large bridges such as Min Creek Bridge 
and Kisssapanadi Bridge, which are over 2,000 feet long, 1,300-foot Ramong 
Bridge, 900-foot Dalet Creek Bridge and Maei Creek Bridge have been built or 
are being built in Rakhine State. 

		Minbu-ann-Tattaung and Taungup-Thandwe motor roads, which are 
connecting Rakhine State with other states and divisions, have already been 
tarred. Upgrading of Buthidaung-Kyauktaw and Kyauk-taw-Paletwa roads will 
bring greater potential to extend trade with the neighbours. In implementing 
border area development tasks, K 274.13 million have been used from Border 
Area Development Fund in building of roads within townships, opening of three 
hospitals and six dispensaries, 18 primary schools, two middle schools and 
one high school and uplifting of farming and energy sectors. Traditions and 
culture, building of  ancient cultural heritage and religious building are 
being restored and preserved; and Rakhine State Cultural Museum and Rakhine 
State Buddhology Museum were built to gather and kept invaluable ancient 
cultural heritage. Tourism is gaining progress in Rakhine State which has 
ancient pagodas, religious buildings and cultural heritage, enchanted land, 
water and hills, beaches and significant traditions and cultural traits. 
Farming to which the government is giving assistance, deep-sea fishing, and 
fish and prawn breeding are developing in the state.  Border trade is 
developing in the state where there is good potential to build deep-sea ports.


		Due to the rich natural resources and good economic potential 
and regional endeavours of the government, Rakhine State is gaining 
development with high momentum leading to the progress of socio-economic 
lives of the people of the state. Rakhine nationals had set up city states in 
the same period of Tagaung and Thayekittara city states, extending cordial 
relations with all the national races, since before the Buddha attained the 
Enlightenment, during 4 B.C. The bridge is 1,100 feet long and 10 feet and 
nine inches wide. It can withstand up to 20 ton loads.

(2)		Chairman of MIC Receives MD of Chiyoda Corporation

		Chairman of Myanmar Investment Commission received Managing 
Director of Chiyoda Corporation of Japan Mr. Naotake Naritomi and party who 
called at his office on 14 July. They discussed situation of mutual 
cooperation between Chiyoda Corporation and Public Works in copper 
exploration of Ivanhoe Myanmar Holdings Ltd and investment opportunities on 
development of infrastructure.

(3)		Minister Leaves for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

		At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and of the Minister for Foreign 
Affairs of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Minister for Foreign Affairs 
left Yangon by air on 14 July to pay goodwill visits to Sri Lanka and 
Bangladesh.

(4)		Myanmar Musical Concert Staged in London

		A Myanmar musical concert jointly organised by Myanmar 
Association (UK) and Myanmar Embassy in London took place at Acton Townhall, 
London, at noon on 4 July where Myanmar families in Britain enjoyed it.

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