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Subject: News and Views from Myanmar  ( Vol.1 , No.51 )

News and Views from Myanmar  ( Vol.1 , No.51 )
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INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS

919.3 acres of poppy destroyed Sept to 11 Dec 99

    The government is resolved to eradicate narcotic drugs as national duty , 
and the combined teams comprising members of Tatmadaw columns ,local 
intelligence units , myanmar Police Force and local people with the 
leadership of the respective military commands have been incessantly 
destroying the poppy plantations illegally grown in far-flung areas of Shan 
State ( South ) , Shan State ( North ) , Kayah State and Chin State.

    A total of 46 acres in Muse Township , 42 acres in loilem Township , 634 
acres in Phekhon Township  , 25.5 acres in Hopong Township , 171.5 acres in 
Loikaw Township and 0.3 acre in Mindat Township were destroyed from September 
to 11 Decemeber 1999.

    A total 919.3 acres of poppy plantations illegally grown have been 
destroyed . and efforts are continuing to search and destroyed the illegal 
poppy plantations. 

Senior General Than Shwe and Mr KH Abdurrahman Wahid exchange message of 
felicitations on Fiftieth anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic 
Relations between Myanmar & Indonesia

    Chairman of the State peace and Development Council Senior General Than 
Shwe and President of Republic of Indonesia Mr K H Abdurrahman Wahid today 
exchanged message of felicitation on Fiftieth Anniversary of Establishment of 
Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Indonesia .

    The strong bonds of traditional friendship and understanding between 
Myanmar and Indonesia are dated back to the time of our struggle against 
colonialism during its final days in the late 1940s. When we both regained 
our Independence , our friendship and understanding  became even stronger  as 
we have closely cooperated in defending our freedom and in leading our 
contries independent courses through the non-aligned movement ,  which had 
originated from the Bandung Conference. We also cherished the five principles 
of peaceful co-existence as beacon in promoting our friendship and 
understanding and in maintaining regional peace and security.

    Diplomatic Relations between our two countries  were established on 27 
December 1949 and since that historic milestone , the cordial relationship 
has been strengthened with each passing decade.

Minister for Foreign Affairs exchanges message of Felicitations with 
Indonesia counterpart

    Minister for Foreign Affairs of Union of Myanmar U Win Aung and Minister 
for Foreign Affairs of Republic of Indonesia  Mr Alwi Shihab today exchanged 
messages of felicitations on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Establishment of 
Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Indonesia.  

Myanmar Women urged to preserve rights in accord with Myanmar's history , 
religious teaching , traditions and culture

    Myanmar National Working Committee for Women's Affairs of Ministry of 
Social Welfare , Relief and Resettlement held a coordination meeting No. 2/99 
at the meeting hall of the Ministry on 28 Decemeber.

    Throughout the successive eras , Myanmar women have enjoyed equal rights 
with me ; they have taken part in talks benefiting the  race , religion and 
nation together with men; thus , Myanmar women are endowed with brilliant 
intellectual ability , good experiences and the spirit of self-reliance.

    The government has acknowledged and is uplifting the strength of women in 
nation-building tasks. It is encouraging to see the significant progress in 
the all round ability of women.

    Myanmar National  Committee for Women 's affairs has six separate bodies 
under it in undertaking tasks to develop the women in all sectors. The 
committee is conducting health education talks for young women, workshops on 
health for women , basic on job courses , basic accountancy courses and 
domestic science courses to enble the women to earn more money, It is also 
disbursing loans to women, undertaking cresearch on women's life and 
explaining the committee's functions to other welfare organization.

    The Working Group for Preventing Violence Against Women is rendering free 
advocating services for women victims of violence,giving encouragement and 
protection and conducting workshops and seminars on preventing violence 
against women. Especially , it is striving to let young Myanmar women 
understand the value of metta and cetena , and to enable them to love and 
preserve the traditions and culture.
    In the international relations , the committee is working in accord with 
the Declaration of the Fourth Women's Conference ( Beijing ) ,sending women 
delegates abroad to attend meetings , seminars or workshops , contributing 
articles on Myanmar women's sector to international magazines and holding 
workshops in coordination with the UN.

    As Myanmar women have already enjoyed their rights , efforts are being 
made for further progress of their rights. It should be made known to the 
world that Myanmar women will preserve their rights in accord with the 
Myanmar's history, teachings of the religion and traditions and culture.As 
those who are against the Myanmar's interests are trying to spread false 
information and data on Myanmar , women should taken part in getting the 
world know Myanmar's true conditions and facts.

    Secretary-1  urged the committee to strive from their sector for the 
emergence of a peaceful, pleasant , developed and modern nation; to strive in 
harmony with other social associations. For progress of education , health , 
social sectors of the nation and to give the straight forward and correct 
leadership to the brilliant women force of the nation.

Myanmar Surgeons successfully perform kidney transplant

    Myanmar surgeons and health staff successfully performed a surgical 
kidney transplant on a patient at new Yangon General Hospital on 28 December.

    The success was the combined efforts of surgeons , nurses and health 
staff of new Yangon General Hospital and Thingangyun General Hospital.

Senior General Than Shwe sees off goodwill delegation led by Secretary-2 on 
its departure for Lao PDR

    Secretary -2 of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of the 
Bureau of Special Operations Chief of Staff ( Army ) Lt-Gen Tin Oo left 
Yangon special flight at Yangon Interantional Airport on 27 December to pay a 
goodwill visit to Lao PDR at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and 
Minister for Defence Lt-Gen Choummaly Sayasone of Lao People's Democratic 
Republic.

    Members of the delegation included Commander of Triangle Region Command , 
Ministers and officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office , 
Ministry of Defence , Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Information.

Ceremony to mark 1999-2000 School Family Day held

    A ceremony to mark the 1999 -2000 School family Day was held at the 
façade of Diamond Jubilee Hall in Kamayut Township on the morning of 27 
December attended by Chairman of Myanmar Education Committee Secretary -1 of 
the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.

    The School Family Day was observed with the objectives - to turn out good 
citizens and scholars possessing the habit of innovation and creation who 
will build and defend a peaceful , modern and developed nation , to speed up 
educational activities  undertaken in 20th centuary to 21 st century with 
momentun , to turn out persons who fully understand the norms of social life 
for future State , to turn out good sons and daughters who can uphold 
morale,civics , traditional culture and national character with patriotism 
and Union spirit for the state , to link progress on international knowledge 
, techniques and communication technology for human resources development and 
to raise momentum of work by honouring the efforts of higher and basic 
education sectors unnder the education promotion programmes. Booths of six 
Universities , Universities's Central Library , Ministry of Information and 
local and foreign publishing houses at the educational book fair , handicraft 
, art , Myanma tranditional handicraft and domestic science booths of No.1,2 
and 3 Basic Education Departments, education promotion programme booth of 
Education Planning and Training Department , physics,chemistry , geography 
and geology booths of Yangon University , Model Media Classroom and Media 
Classroom and IT and Education in Myanmar 2000 booth were opened at Diamond 
Jubilee Hall.

Mutual regard and esteem

    One of the milestone s raised during the millennium about to end was the 
establishment of ties between the Union of Myanmar and the Republic of 
Indonesia on 27 December 1949 , which meant five decades of mutual respect , 
sincerity and goodwill has been passed along by the successive government 
which took the reins in these two countries.

    This historic milestone was marked by the exchange of messages of 
felicitations between Senior General Than Shwe and Mr K H Abdurrahman Wahid , 
whose statesmanship ,  foresight and consideration for the wellbeing of 
nationals of both countries are beyond reproach.

    Senior general Than shwe  in his message said  he took great pleasure to 
extend warmest felicitations to the leader and peoples of Indonesia and HE Mr 
Wahid similarly shared such sentiments.

    It is to be pointed out  here that both Indonesia and Myanmar were among 
the founding nations of the non-Aligned Movement , and there has been 
incomparable cohesion between the two nations by way of cooperation even 
during the struggle for regaining independence.

    Both nations have nurtured mutually beneficial cooperation and held aloft 
the five principles of peaceful coexistence which were laid down at Bandung 
and which have become a beacon in promoting friendship and understanding 
between the two countries.