Daw Kyaing Kyaing attends ceremony to hoist Shwehtidaw, Seinbudaw, Hngetmyatnadaw atop Laykyun Sakkyashin Maha Hsutaungpyae Pagoda in Dagon Myothit (East) Township

YANGON, 24 April — A ceremony to keep religious objects into the reliquary of Laykyun Sakkyashin Maha Hsutaungpyae Pagoda was held in conjunction with the Shwehtidaw hoisting and consecration ceremony at the pagoda in Sitpintaung Ward, Dagon Myothit (East) Township, this morning, attended by Daw Kyaing Kyaing, wife of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe.

The ceremony was graced by the presence of Vice-Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Dawei Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Arçinnabhivamsa and member Sayadaws, members of the Sangha and nuns. Also present on the occasion were Daw Mya Mya San, wife of Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann, Daw Than Than Nwe, wife of Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win, Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, wives of the SPDC members, the wife of the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe and wife, Vice-Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe, officials and local authorities and local people.

First, Daw Kyaing Kyaing and Daw Mya Mya San and party, together with the congregation opened the ceremony by reciting Namo Tassa three times. They took the Nine Precepts from the Vice-Chairman Sayadaw.

Daw Kyaing Kyaing offered Sein-budaw and religious objects for the pagoda to the Vice-Chairman Sayadaw.

Similarly, Daw Mya Mya San donated Hngetmyatnadaw and religious objects for the pagoda to Joint-Secretary Sayadaw Kalewa Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Jagara-bhivamsa.

Daw Khin Lay Thet, Daw Than Than Nwe and Daw Khin Khin Win offered Hsatthaphudaw and tiers of the Htidaw for the pagoda to members of the Sangha.

The commander, the vice-adjutant-general and officials donated offertories to the Sayadaws. The Joint-Secretary Sayadaw delivered a sermon and Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party poured water as an act of sharing merits.

Next, they conveyed the Seinbudaw, Hngetmyatnadaw, Hsatthaphudaw and religious objects round the pagoda. Daw Kyaing Kyaing and Daw Mya Mya San sprinkled scented water and conveyed them atop the pagoda. The Sayadaws, Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Maj-Gen Hla Shwe and lay persons kept the religious objects into the middle and upper reliquaries.

Daw Kyaing Kyaing and Daw Mya Mya San sprinkled scented water on tiers of the Htidaw and conveyed them atop the pagoda. At the same time, the Sayadaws, the commander, the vice-adjutant-general and lay persons hoisted Htidaws atop the encircling zedis.
Next, Daw Kyaing Kyaing and Daw Mya Mya San conveyed Hsatthaphudaw and Seinbudaw atop the pagoda, and the Sayadaws, Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Maj-Gen Hla Shwe and lay persons hoisted them atop the pagoda.

Daw Kyaing Kyaing performed the rituals of golden and silver showers to mark successful completion of the ceremony. Later, the consecration ceremony followed at the Gandakuti Building of the pagoda.

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

Industrial sector has promising future Prime Minister addresses coord meeting (2/2005) on industrial development

YANGON, 24 April — The coordination meeting (2/2005) on industrial development took place at the Ministry of Industry-1 on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road here this afternoon with an address by Industrial Development Committee Chairman Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win.

Also present at the meeting were Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Chairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe, ministers who are also members of the committee, the Yangon City Development Committee chairman mayor, deputy ministers, the vice-mayor, officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, departmental heads, chairmen and members of industrial zone supervisory committees and industrial zone management committees, the president and members of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, chairmen and members of Myanmar Industrialists Association, Myanmar Engineering Society, Yangon Division All Bus-line Control Committee and other committees.

Next, Industrial Development Committee Chairman Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win made a speech. He said that at every meeting of the committee for industrial development, all the members are able to hold discussions and seek better ways and means for industrial development. As a result, remarkable success has been achieved in the industrial sector.

In the past four years, an average annual industrial development rate indicates about 24 per cent. The target has been set to achieve 27.5 per cent in the final year of the five-year plan.

In 2004-2005 fiscal year, the industrial sector contributed 10.7 per cent towards the GDP, the agricultural sector, 40.7 per cent, and the meat and fish sector, 9.2 per cent. So, except the agricultural sector, the turnover of the industrial sector stands first in the State’s economy.

The industrial sector has a promising future for the development according to its prospects and the targets set.

In the process, emphasis is to be placed on further development of the private enterprise that is the majority of the nation’s industrial sector in quality and production volume. The entire private sector will make progress in parallel with the development of the private small and medium enterprises.

As the private small and medium enterprises play a fundamental role in the industrial sector. Measures are thus to be coordinated for making such an essential requirement strong on the correct path. Hence, it is needed to collect data and figures for the industrial sector such as number of factories, types and scales of enterprises, and strength of employees.

The Prime Minister called for figures of large, medium and small enterprises from respective states and divisions.

He highlighted the parallel development of all the industrial zones in the drive for further progress of the private enterprise.

The process can be divided into two categories. The first includes development of Mandalay, Monywa and Ayethaya industrial zones.

The modern foundry plants, forging shops, and forging machines in these three industrial zones will launch their manufacturing processes in late May.

It has been a great change in the private enterprise as the nation’s iron casting industry was transformed from cottage industry to better one with the use of modern machinery.

Each modern forging shop in the three industrial zones has a capacity to melt more than 1,000 tons a year. So, the industrial zones have been able to manufacture iron products on a large scale.

With the use of lathe machine, milling machine, drilling machine, slotting machine, grinding machine, boring machine, gear cutting machine and tolls grinding machine, the workshops of the foundry plants can produce a large range of iron products.

So, it is important to operate the plants and workshops at full capacity round the clock. It is important to have man, material, money and market for the industrial development in the long run as there have been modern machinery.

Management system of factory and mill should be flexible according to the economic nature and it cannot be practised as the management system of the governmental department. Only when there is proper management system of factory and mail, will the foundry industry run constantly and gain benefits.

The factory and mill management committee will have innovation and initiative to meet ISO and ensure Add on in producing machine parts in order to be able to penetrate foreign market.

When the industry is in the process of advancement, it will be able to add other items such as spectrometer, ultrasonic crack dactor, precision measuring instrument, preheating furnace, CNC machine etc. one after another.

Then only, are the factories and mills to apply the electronic technology to catch up with those of international community and they will be able to switch from import-substitute industry to export -oriented one which is exporting mechanical spare parts.

Hence, officials concerned are to make integrated and well-coordinated efforts for ensuring proper management system at the foundries, constantly producing technicians and technocrats and penetrating foreign markets.

With development of foundry industry, progress will be made in industries such as power tiller production industry, farm-used small trucks production industry, motorcycle production industry, bus and lorry production industry and small rice mill and hydel power turbine production industry.

To be able to do so, those in charge of the respective industrial zones and sub-committees are to make close supervision and coordination. The government on its part is to provide all the necessary assistance to the industrialists to put them on the right track on which they handle their jobs on their own.

At the same time, it is required for other industrial zones to meet with success. It can be assessed that industries of other industrial zones will make progress at a time when foundry industry is meeting with success.

However, it is important to search and expose the industrial talent in the industrial zones, he said.

Based on the strength of qualification, money and kinds of entrepreneurs in industrial zones, encouragement is to be given to industries with great potentials. Only then, will all the industrial zones meet with success. If development pace of the industrial zones slows, development gap among the industrial zones will be great later on. In short, today’s discussions cover ensuring development of private industry, constant production of machine parts by foundries of Industrial Zone-3 and parallel development of all the industrial zones.

Only when private industries develop will a modern and developed nation emerge. At present, the existing factories and mills are required to run at full capacity since the government will not yet establish factories and mills.

Therefore, efforts are to be made for development of current private industries and to put them on the right track. Invitation is to be extended to foreign private industrialists who want to invest cent per cent in addition to national private industrialists.

Only then, could development momentum of industrial sector be added.

Next, Secretary of Industrial Development Committee Chairman of Myanma Industrial Development Committee Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung reported that the Government today is placing emphasis on development of the industrial sector with momentum. And, the Government provides assistance to industries for their development.

With regard to development of the industries and industrial zones, a total of 11,895 industries have been established during the 10 years from 31-3-1995 to 31-3-2005. Value of the production amounted to K 31,843.46 million in 2001-2002, and K 285,736.45 million and US$ 556.38 million on 31 March 2005. Therefore, the industrial sector could increase its production worth K 253,892.99 million and US$ 556.38 million. Similarly, there are 152,754 employees working in the industrial sector and its number is 82,323 more than that in the past. Next, the minister continued his reports on investment, production and development of the their zones.

The minister briefed the Prime Minister on import of machinery for establishment of foundry plants, forging shops, mould shops and machine plants at Mandalay, Monywa and Taunggyi (Ayethaya) Industrial Zones with US$ 5 million assistance provided by the Government in order to manufacture quality products with the use of modern technology, progress in conversion of CNG run vehicles and assembling of bus and truck.

Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin reported on arrival of machinery from abroad for foundry plants in Mandalay, Monywa and Taunggyi (Ayethaya) Industrial Zones, distribution and installation of machinery at respective industrial zones and technological assistance.

Deputy Minister for Industry-2 Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw presented reports on progress in building the mould and die factory and conversion of diesel and petrol run vehicles to CNG run vehicles.

Secretary of Myanmar Industrial Development Committee Director-General U Khin Maung of Directorate of Industrial Planning submitted reports on checking automobiles produced at industrial zones.

Chairmen and officials of the respective sub-committees reported on progress of tasks and future programmes.

Chairmen of Industrial Zone Supervisory Committees reported on requirements for industrial development.

Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win gave instructions on conversion of CNG run vehicles with correct method, systematic manufacturing of automobiles, emphasis to be placed on producing bus and truck, priority to be given to research and development tasks and holding of seminars.

Chairmen and officials of Myanmar Industrialists Association, Myanmar Engineering Society and UMFCCI and entrepreneurs from industrial zones took part in the discussions.

Next, Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe explained arrangements for convenient conversion of buses plying in Yangon City to CNG run buses.

After hearing the reports, the Prime Minister gave instructions on development of the industrial sector, industrial zonewise progress to be made, production of machine parts by operating foundry plants and he urged that the Government and people are to realize mutual understanding for convention into CNG run vehicles.

After the meeting, Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win and party inspected display of the parts of power-tiller manufactured by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation at its booth, the booth of Myanmar Engineering Society, iron-cast products to be imported to Republic of Korea manufactured at North Okkalapa Industrial Zone and the electronic equipment booth of T&D Co.

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

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