Mr Saran, whose position is equivalent to that of a deputy foreign minister, was also expected to meet the Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, and the Foreign Minister, U Nyan Win, during the two-day visit, the source said.

More than 100 representatives from the ministries of Agriculture and Irrigation, Forestry, Health, Livestock and Fisheries, Education, and Science and Technology discussed how Myanmar should respond to the flow of genetically modified (GM) crops into the country as their use increases among Asian countries.

Maung Hein Htet Wai, Maung Aung Thant and Maung Ye Myat Minn, who call themselves the Cyber Warriors, based their entry on a lesson from a Grade Eight English text book, The King’s Nightingale.

Myanmar is accelerating efforts to increase its use of renewable energy in accordance with plans made by ASEAN countries earlier this year to cooperate in the development of sustainable energy policies, the Ministry of Energy said last week.

The library will be named in honour of writer and journalist U Htin Gyi (U Tin Maung), who died in January 2004 after devoting his life to studying Myanmar literature, said U Myo Thant (Maung Hsu Shin), a member of the association’s executive committee and an advisor to the Ministry of Information.

U San Lin, a general manager at Myanma Perennial Crops Enterprise, which helped organise the event, said the prizes will be awarded to private-sector farms and organisations whose work is related to agriculture, livestock and fisheries, and forestry.

The exhibition, held at the Sedona Hotel on September 24 and 25, was the first to be held in Myanmar as part of a program by Thailand’s Commission on Higher Education to develop closer academic cooperation with other member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Since 1993, the KMD Computer Co., Ltd., and Myanmar Computer Co., Ltd., have provided training under which 9618 people have qualified for internationally-recognised diplomas in computer studies issued by Britain’s National Computer Centre.

THE Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory Committee is seeking to promote road safety in Yangon by educating students about traffic and pedestrian rules, Major General Myint Swe, the chair of the Yangon Division Peace and Development Council, said last week.

The authors begin with a consideration of literacy in Myanmar during pre-colonial times and cite praise from foreign visitors about the contribution made by Buddhist monastery schools.

MYANMA Paper and Chemicals Industries under the Ministry of Industry (1) plans to start work later this year on US$81.5 million project that will more than triple kraft paper production at a mill in Bago Division, a senior government official said last week.