MYANMAR HOLDS MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE

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 MYANMAR HOLDS MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE 

 Xinhua, Yangon, 16 December 1999.A MYANMAR MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE, 
SPONSORED BY THE COUNTRY'S UNIVERSITIES HISTORICAL RESEARCH 
DEPARTMENT, IS BEING HELD HERE AND IS PARTICIPATED BY MYANMAR 
AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS. 

AT THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE, WHICH BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY, THE SCHOLARS
WILL EXCHANGE VIEWS AND HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON CULTURAL HERITAGE OF
MYANMAR HISTORY AND TRADITIONS AND CULTURE, LESSONS TO LEARN AND
CHALLENGES OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM. 

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE, MYANMAR MINISTER
OF EDUCATION U THAN AUNG SAID FOSSILS OF HUMAN BEINGS WERE RECENTLY
FOUND IN PONDAUNG AND PONNYA REGIONS, THE COUNTRY'S SAGAING
DIVISION, CALLING FOR CONTINUATION OF THE WORK TO RECOVER THE
VALUABLE RECORDS OF THE PAST. 

HE HOPED THAT THE NEW MEANS TO BE FOUND BY THE MYANMAR AND
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS AT THE PAPER READING SESSION OF THE
CONFERENCE WILL HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND OVERCOME THE
CHALLENGES OF THE NEW CENTURY. 

SCHOLARS FROM AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, BANGLADESH, CHINA, FRANCE, GERMANY,
INDIA, JAPAN, MYANMAR, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED STATES, THAILAND AND
VIETNAM ARE SCHEDULED TO READ 44 PAPERS AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDING
THAT ON MYANMAR'S PAST 2,000 YEARS. 


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