Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Turkey

YANGON, 29 Oct— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Ahmed Necdet Sezer, President of the Republic of Turkey, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, which falls on 29 October, 2005.

 Prime Minister sends message of felicitations to Turkey

YANGON, 29 Oct— General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, which falls on 29 October, 2005.

Foreign Minister sends message of felicitations to Turkey

YANGON, 29 Oct— On the occasion of the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, which falls on 29 October 2005, U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Abdullah Gul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.

Paddy production beyond food sufficiency in Ayeyawady Division

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than on inspection tour of Ayeyawady Division YANGON, 28 Oct — Ayeyawady Division has cultivated 3,600,351 acres of monsoon paddy and harvested 52,160 acres. At present, 3,896,352 baskets of paddy has been produced. The per-acre yield was 74.70 baskets of paddy. Due to the favourable climatic conditions and the use of correct agricultural methods, the division has surplus production of paddy. Soon, tasks to harvest paddy will be completed in the division.

On his inspection tour of Ayeyawady Division on 26 October, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Member of the State Peace and Development Council, said that 3.6 million acres of land has been put under monsoon paddy in Ayeyawady Division for 2005-06, and it is necessary to harvest paddy in time to be able to grow summer paddy and cold season crops on the same plots. As the Government has provided necessary assistance, local farmers are to make concerted efforts in the cultivation tasks, he added.

While in Zayat-kwin Village of Kyaung-gon Township, he met with members of the Township Agricultural Development Supervisory Committee and local farmers, and heard reports on cultivation of 113,161 acres of monsoon paddy and harvesting of 10,000 acres of paddy in the township, setting up of model paddy fields in 26 townships, cultivation of paddy on 400 acres model field and harvesting of monsoon paddy presented by officials.
After the meeting with officials, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than viewed Ayeya-1 power-tillers and 4-inch diametre pumps manufactured by Myanma Agricultural Machinery Industries, and Leyar-16 power-tillers and harvesters produced by Agricultural Mechanization Department.

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than proceeded to Inma Model Village of Pantanaw Township, and attended the ceremony to open the Gangaw building of BEHS in the village and hand it over to Ministry of Education.

Commander Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung and Chairman of the School Board of Trustees U Nyein Myaing unveiled the stone plaque of the two-storey school building which is 200 feet long, 30 feet wide and 25 feet high. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than pressed the button to open the new school building.

Wellwishers U Nyein Myaing and wife Daw Khin Khin Yi who spent K 58 million on construction of the building handed over the documents related to the building to Pantanaw Township Education Officer U Min Naing.

On the occasion, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than said that the 30-year long-term education plan was laid down and is being implemented for development of human resources in the nation. For enabling school-age children to have the opportunities to pursue education, the Government has extended basic education schools, opened universities and colleges in major cities of 24 special development regions and appointed teachers at necessary schools, he added. He noted that the newly-opened school building was the result of cooperation between the authorities and local wellwishers. He urged teachers to turn out outstanding students and all to safeguard the school building for its durability. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than arrived back here in the evening.

“Storm News”

YANGON 28, Oct — According to the satellite meteorological observations at (09:30) hours M.S.T today, the tropical depression over Southwest Bay and adjoining West Central Bay has crossed Andrapradesh coast, about (230) miles Northeast of Chennai, India.