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ARCHIVES	Monday, 4 September 2006	THE MYANMAR TIMES

Lt-Gen Ye Myint attends opening ceremony of Sewing Machine Factory (Annexe) in Kyaukse The factory producing all 57 parts from only 22 at opening in 2003

Nay Pyi Taw, 3 Sept — The Sewing Machine Factory (Annexe) under Myanma General and Maintenance Industries of the Ministry of Industry-1 was commissioned at the factory in Kyaukse yesterday morning, attended by Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence.

Also present on the occasion were Chairman of Mandalay Division PDC Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, officials of the SPDC Office and ministries concerned, officials of the Indian Embassy, employees and local people.

Managing Director U Aye Mauk of Myanma General and Maintenance Industries and Chairman of Kyaukse District PDC Lt-Col Tin Ohn formally opened the Sewing Machine Factory (Annexe). Lt-Gen Ye Myint unveiled the signboard of the factory.

Next, they inspected manufacturing of parts of the sewing machine. At the hall of the factory, Managing Director U Aye Mauk reported on tasks of the Sewing Machine Factory (Kyaukse).

Speaking on the occasion, Lt-Gen Ye Myint said that the sewing machine factory manufactures sewing machines and its parts. The factory is going to produce all parts of the sewing machine, and the people can use quality sewing machines and spare parts conveniently.

He added that the factory was established on 27 January 2003. Since its birth, the factory had been manufacturing 22 items out of 57 kinds of parts of the sewing machines. Afterwards, technicians of the factory took innovative measures to produce five more kinds of the lower structure of the sewing machine. With a view to manufacturing all parts of the machine, machinery and equipment were installed at the factory in 2004-05 financial year. In 2005-06, the factory began to produce all 57 items of parts for the whole sewing machine to save foreign exchange and manufacture import-substitute sewing machines and parts.

In conclusion, Lt-Gen Ye Myint thanked those who contributed to manufacturing of machine parts and urged the employees to discharge their duties conscientiously for the durability of the factory.

Next, the commander also delivered an address. A local resident expressed gratitude for construction of the Sewing Machine Factory (Annex). Factory Manager U Than Oo presented K 100,000 each to Kyaukse Township Union Solidarity and Development Association, Township Maternal and Child Welfare Association and Women’s Affairs Organization, and one set of wheel chair to Kyaukse District General Hospital.

Families of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air), wellwishers offer provisions to monasteries and nunneries in Sangyoung, Thakayta, Dawbon

Yangon, 3 Sept — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence attended the ceremony to donate provisions of Tatmadaw families and wellwishers to 15 monasteries and one nunnery held at Thantithukha Dhamma-yon of Koedatgyi Pagoda in Sangyoung Township this afternoon.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe offered robes and alms to member of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Wailuwun Monastery Presiding Nayaka Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Aggavamsa.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa and senior military officers presented offertories to members of the Sangha and nuns.

Lt-Col Myo Naing of Yangon Command Headquarters, Cmdr Myint Swe of Ayeyawady Naval Region Command and Lt-Col Swe Lin of Mingaladon Air Base donated provisions of Tatmadaw families to the Sayadaw. Likewise, other wellwishers offered cash and kind to the funds of the monasteries and the nunnery.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa, senior military officers and departmental heads accepted donations in cash and kind from wellwishers and presented certificates of honour to them.

Lt-Col Swe Lin of Mingaladon Air Base supplicated on the purpose of the donations. Today’s donations to monasteries and nunnery in Sangyoung Township totalled 430 bags of rice, 161 viss of edible oil, 1,582 viss of iodized salt, 2,303 bottles of traditional medicine, 316 viss of gram, 1,580 bars of soap, 316 tubes of toothpaste and K 7,198,000. A similar ceremony was held to donate cash and kind to 26 monasteries and two nunneries in Thakayta and Dawbon Townships this afternoon.

At Zina Manaung Pagoda in Thakayta Township, Lt-Gen Myint Swe offered robes and provisions to Presiding Nayaka of Sasana Alinyaung Monastery Bhaddanta Jotika.The commander, the vice-mayor and senior military officers donated alms to members of the Sangha.

On behalf of Tatmadaw families, Lt-Col Myo Naing of Yangon Command Headquarters, Cmdr Myint Swe of Ayeyawady Naval Region Command and Lt-Col Maung Maung Kyaw of Mingaladon Air Base offered provisions of Tatmadaw families to the Sayadaw.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and party accepted cash donations from wellwishers and gave certificates of honour to them. Lt-Col Maung Maung Kyaw of Mingaladon Air Base supplicated on the purpose of the donations.

Today’s donations in Thakayta and Dawbon Townships totalled 608 bags of rice, 375 viss of edible oil, 2,656 viss of iodized salt, 2,656 bars of soap, 531 tubes of toothpaste, 1,105 bottles of traditional medicine, 531 viss of gram and K 45,505,000.

Yangon, 3 Sept — A ceremony to open Mr Dentist Dental Clinic was held at the Ballroom of Summit Parkview Hotel here this afternoon.

Manager Dr Min Yaung of Mr Dentist Dental Clinic opened the clinic and Chief Editor U Hein Latt of Popular Journal gave a speech. Manager Dr Min Yaung replied to the questions raised by journalists.

Experienced dentists will attend to the patients with the use of modern medical equipments. The clinic opens at rooms 245-246 on the second floor of Summit Parkview Hotel from 10 am to 7.30 pm daily. Anybody may dial 095006692 for emergency service and may dial 211888 (Ext: 245) for further information.

Yangon, 2 Sept — Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung accompanied by officials inspected soil condition and the site chosen for the construction of Cement Plant at the foot of the Taung Ni Ma Mountain in Kyaukse, Mandalay Division yesterday. At the briefing hall, the minister heard reports on potential of limestone by Chairman of Kyaukse District Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Tin Ohn and Manager U Myint Swe of Kyaukse Fire Brick Factory.

The minister looked into location of limestone mountain and gave instructions on construction of roads and buildings and installation of power line. At the meeting hall of Kyaukse Sewing Machine Factory , the minister met with factory managers of Kyaukse Industrial Region and gave necessary instructions. The minister also inspected Footwear Factory, Candy Factory and Win Thuza Shop in Kyaukse. Minster U Aung Thaung inspected manufacturing processes and heard reports by an official at Paleik Textile and Finishing Plant. The minister also inspected looms and handwoven clothes, and gave necessary instructions.

Yangon, 2 Sept — Myanmar Wushu Federation hosted a dinner in honour of the athletes of Wushu Federation of the People’ s Republic of China at Traders Hotel yesterday.

Present at the dinner were Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, officials of the ministry, Chairperson of Central Working Committee of Myanmar Women Sports Federation Daw Aye Aye and members, President and executives of MWF, Charge d’ Affaires ai of the People’ s Republic of China Mr Yu Boren, Cultural Attaché Mr Wang Ruiqing and embassy staff, leader and members of Chinese Wushu demonstration team and guests.

Firstly, Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint extended greetings and President of MWF made an address on the occasion. Leader of Wushu demonstrators Miss Yan Li Sheng expressed thanks.

President of MWF and Leader of PRC Wushu demonstration team exchanged gifts and the dinner was hosted to those present.

Yangon, 2 Sept—Yangon East District Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee organized mass activities for greening and sanitation of Thingangyun Township at No 3 Basic Education High School in Thingangyun Township, this morning.

Chairperson of Yangon Division (MCWSC ) Daw Mar Mar Wai delivered an address on the occasion. U Win Lwin-Daw Myat Myat Maw (Kyaw Tha Co) and U Aung Myat (Managing Director, Mother Trading Co Ltd) donated K 450,000 for school health activities; entrepreneurs in the wards, K 530,000; and alumni (1974) of Thingangyun Township BEHS No 3, K 1.5 million to Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Chairman Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win; and TV sets and school equipment to the school heads. Daw Mar Mar Wai presented sanitation items to the ward Maternal and Child Welfare Associations in the township.

Head of Yangon Division Health Department Dr Hla Myint presented educative posters about dengue hemorrhage fever to the township through Chairperson of township MCWA Daw Cho Mar Thein, who then presented facts about the association.

At the tree-planting ceremony of Thingan-gyun Township, the commander and wife distributed saplings and planted commemorative trees. They viewed the growing of saplings by members of social organizations, students and the people.

The commander inspected the model plantations of crops, herbal plants and physic nut of Yangon East District MCW Supervisory Committee in the compound of District PDC and sanitation work being done in the township.

Nay Pyi Taw, 3 Sept —A ceremony to open the Fourth Year National Immunization Days took place at Nanmyint Tower Hall in PyinOoLwin, Mandalay Division this morning with an address by Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw.

It was also attended by Daw Khin Pyone Win, wife of the commander, Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint, heads of department, the Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar, resident representatives of WHO and UNICEF, officials under the Ministry of Health, the chairperson of Mandalay Division Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee and members, those from NGOs and social organizations.

In his address, Commander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw said that the national immunization days was carried out to stamp out the incidence of polio in Myanmar; that Myanmar has been able to stand among ASEAN nations as a country free from polio; that this year also, on the grounds of the finding of vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV) in PyinOoLwin Township, Mandalay Division, the Fourth Year National Immunization Days will be held in 80 townships in the 100-mile radius of PyinOoLwin Township.

Next, Commander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw and wife, Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint and guests viewed round the booths on health care services such as giving polio vaccine to children.

Later, the guests proceeded to New PyinOo- Lwin Hospital (200-bed), No 1 Military Hospital and No 22 Basic Education Primary School where they gave oral polio vaccine to children under 5.

Yangon, 3 Sept — The get-together of members of Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association was held at its office on Shwedagon Pagoda Road in Dagon Township this morning.

Members Daw Pwint Phyu Ei and Daw Yin Lè Win recounted their experiences on research methodology and proposal writing course at Khon Kaen University of Mekong Institute of Thailand.

Next, Dr Khin Aye Aye of Myanmar Business Coalition on AIDS gave lectures on human resources and HIV. Likewise, Executive Daw Mya Thaung Wai who won the 1st Ladies Award in the Asian Cross Country Rally held on 6 August recalled her experiences.

Chairperson of MWEA Thiri Thudhamma Theingi Excellent Performance in Social Field (First Class) Daw Khin Myint Myint extended greetings. Next MWEA presented K 100,000 to Daw Mya Thaung Wai and Daw Khin Myint Myint awarded K 100,000, executives of MWEA K 100,000, Daw Cho Cho Lwin of Sein Yadana Gold Shop, jewellery worth K 1 million, Daw Aye Aye Mu of Phone Han Gyaw Gold Shop one tical of goldware, Daw Aye Aye Nyunt of KSS CO Ltd K 100,000, MWEA members who visited Malaysia K 100,000, Daw Aye Aye Than of Aung Nadi General Service Co FEC 100, Construction Group K 50,000, Daw Chaw Su Myat K 30,000 and Daw Marlar of Royal Rose Co Ltd K 30,000 to the 1st Ladies Award winner Daw Mya Thaung Wai.

Yangon, 3 Sept — Basic Education High School in Thuwunna, Thingangyun Township, honoured its outstanding students for the academic year 2005-2006 today. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of Parent-Teacher Association.

At the ceremony, 86 students who passed the 2006 matriculation examination with flying colours including four 6-distinction-winners and other outstanding students were honoured. The school also honoured wellwishers who donated cash to the school and old student Dr Aye Aung who contributed over 500 books to the school library.

Yangon, 3 Sept—Merchants in Lashio, Shan State (North) held a meeting to set up companies at the motel hall in Lashio on 19 August with an address by Secretary of Shan State (North) Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Kyaw Shwe.

Director-General of Border Trade Department U San Pyi explained matters on border trade and normal trade, functions of One Stop Services and Muse 105-Mile Trade Zone and assistance to be provided by BTD to the setting up of companies.

Next, responsible persons of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry dealt with matters on the forming of companies. The meeting ended with the concluding remarks by Secretary Lt-Col Kyaw Shwe.

Yangon, 3 Sept — A ceremony to open the new building of Pre-Primary School was held at Affiliated Basic Education High School in Kwambi Village of Hlaingbwe Township on 26 August.

Kayin State Education Officer U An Ku, Chairman of Township Peace and Development Council U Lwin Min and Township Education Officer Daw Naw Dizernda formally opened the new building. Outstanding students unveiled the education stone plaque.

Next, the ceremony to present prizes to outstanding students for 2005-06 academic year and the annual meeting of Parents-Teachers Association followed. Col Tin Maung Nyunt of the local station, Kayin national U Saw Kyar Inn and officials gave speeches. Headmistress Daw Naw Treasurer expressed gratitude.

After the annual meeting of the Parents-Teachers Association, officials presented prizes to the outstanding students.