Senior General Than Shwe felicitates President of Israel

YANGON, 12 May— 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 Moshe Katsav, President of the State of Israel, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the State of Israel, which falls on 12 May 2005.

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Prime Minister sends felicitations to Israel

YANGON, 12 May— Lt-Gen Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency, Mr Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the State of Israel, which falls on 12 May 2005.

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The Union of Myanmar
The State Peace and Development Council
The Law Amending the Workmen’s
Compensation Act, 1923
(The State Peace and Development Council Law No 4/ 2005)
The 4th Waxing Day of Kason 1367 ME
(11th May, 2005)

The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following law: -

1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923.

2. Clause (n) (i) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 shall be substituted as follows:

“(i) any person employed otherwise than by way of manual labour whose monthly wages exceed the amount prescribed by notification by the Ministry of Labour, with the approval of the Government; or”

3. In the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, the expression” Kyats 2,160 and Kyats 7,200” contained in clause A (i) of sub-section (1) of section 4, the expression “two hundred Kyats” contained in clause A (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 4, the expression “ Kyats 3,024 and Kyats 10,080” contained in clause B (i) of sub-section (1) of section 4, the expression “twelve hundred Kyats” contained in clause B (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 4, the expression “one hundred Kyats” contained in the proviso of sub-section (1) of section 8 shall be substituted respectively by the expression “the amount of compensation prescribed by notification by the Ministry of Labour, with the approval of the Government.”

4. The expression “subject to a maximum of thirty Kyats” contained in clause D (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 shall be deleted.

5. The expression “ten Kyats” contained in sub-section (2) of section 8, the expression “twenty five Kyats” contained in sub-section (4) of section 8, the expression “ three hundred Kyats” contained in the first proviso of sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 shall be substituted respectively by the expression “the amount of money prescribed by notification by the Ministry of Labour, with the approval of the Government”.

6. The expression “shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred Kyats” contained in sub-section (1) of section 18 A of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 shall be substituted by the expression “shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Kyats 10,000”.

(Sd) Than Shwe
Senior General
Chairman
The State Peace and Development Council

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U Than Tun accredited to Italy

YANGON, 12 May — The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Than Tun, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Italy.

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Foreign Minister sends felicitations to Israel

YANGON, 12 May— On the occasion of the Independence Day of State of Israel, which falls on 12 May, U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency, Mr Silvan Shalom, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel.

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

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