Senior General Than Shwe sends message of sympathy to Indonesian President

YANGON, 29 March — Messages of sympathy have been sent from Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe to President of Indonesia Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, from Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Vice-Senior General Maung Aye to Vice President of Indonesia Mr Jusuf Kalla, from Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar Lt-Gen Soe Win to President of Indonesia Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and from Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, U Nyan Win to Foreign Minister of Indonesia Dr N Hassan Wirajuda for the extensive loss of life and property suffered by Indonesia as a result of the powerful earthquake that occurred off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on 28 March 2005.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/nlm/
 

Curriculum Vitae of His Excellency Mr Lee Hsien Loong,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore

His Excellency Mr Lee Hsien Loong was born on 10 February 1952. He was educated in Nanyang Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He was graduated in 1974 with First Class Honours in Mathematics and a Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge of the United Kingdom. He also obtained a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University of America in 1980.

He joined the Singapore Armed Forces in 1971 and served in various capacities up to the rank of Brigadier General until 1984 when he joined in politics in 1984. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from the People’s Action Party (PAP) in 1984 and re-elected in 1988, 1991, 1997 and 2001. After serving as a member of Central Executive Committee, Second Assistant Secretary-General and First Assistant Secretary-General of the PAP, he has been promoted as Secretary-General of the party in December 2004.

He was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence in 1984. He was promoted to Acting Minister for Trade and Industry in 1986 and confirmed as full Minister in 1987. He became concurrently Second Minister for Defence at the same time.

On 12 August 2004, he succeeded Mr Goh Chok Tong as Prime Minister. He retains his post as Minister for Finance. His Excellency Mr Lee Hsien Loong is married to Madame Ho Ching. They have three sons and one daughter.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/nlm/
 

 U Soe Myint presents credentials to President of Turkey

YANGON, 30 March — U Soe Myint, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Trukey, presented his Credentials to His Excellency Mr Ahmet Sezer, President of the Republic of Turkey, on 30 March 2005, in Ankara.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/nlm/
 

MWAF President receives adviser to JICA

YANGON, 29 March — Chairperson of Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation Daw Than Than Nwe received adviser to Japan International Cooperation Agency-JICA Ms Yumiko Tanaka and Ms Takamatsu Kana of JICA Myanmar Office at the hall of the federation on Thanlwin Road here at 11 am today.

Present at the call were Vice-President of MWAF Daw Khin Lay Myint, head of organizing division Dr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo, head of international relation division Daw Myint Myint Soe, joint-secretary Daw Khin Htar May, second leader of international relation division Prof Daw Myint Kyi, group leader of education Daw Min Thet Mon.

During their meeting, the two sides discussed functions of MWAF and cooperation with JICA.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/nlm/

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