Burglars, who broke into six shops around the same time on 19 October night are yet to be identified and arrested by the police in Thang Tlang Town, northern Chin state, Burma. “A drug store, a general store, a tape recorder repairing shop, two restaurants and a goldsmith’s outlet situated on the main road of Than Tlang were burgled. Goods of around 5 lakh Kyats were stolen,” said a local. The thefts were carefully planned and executed by a gang of thieves. The simultaneous burglaries are being investigated by the local police, said a police officer in Than Tlang. Local…
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A refresher training course for the Chin National Army (CNA) was held on the Indo-Burma border for the first time in nearly two and-a-half decades of the Chin National Front’s (CNF) revolution. The training was organized by CNF’s military affairs committee and was concluded recently. Members of the Supreme Council, Central Executive Committee members, Central Committee members of the CNF and army officers numbering 17 attended the training conducted in the last week of October. “This is the first time a refresher training course was held in the CNF’s revolution era. Theoretical knowledge was imparted in the training. Next time…
Leaders of the Chin National Front have been invited to the Chin cultural festival, Tho in local parlance, to be held in Kalemyo, Sagaing division, Burma between 26 and 29 October. The Chin Tho festival is being held for the first time in Kale-Kabaw valley of Sagaing and Magwe divisions in Burma. The festival is being organized by the Laimi Funtomnak Bu (LFB), a social group of a Chin tribe led by Pu Enoch, who was an independent candidate from Sagaing division in Burma’s 2010 general election, said an organizing committee member. “Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong, Pu H.C Ralhnin, CNF…
Burma’s education department in Matupi Town, Chin state, has brought down fees for application forms for job vacancies from 3,000 to 1,500 Kyats per form starting this month. Matupi’s No. 1, Basic High School and No.2, Basic High School authorities reduced application form fees to 1500 Kyats per application form following a letter of complaint submitted by student’s parents. “The headmaster of Matupi high school said, now one needs to pay 1,500 Kyats for an application form. Around 400 applicants have applied against vacancies,” said a school teacher. Besides, the authorities of Matupi education department have been demanding between 6,000…
A football tournament is being held with funds collected from local people by the authorities of Matupi, the second capital of Chin state, Burma for its township administration trophy as of 15 October 2012. Eighteen footballers each from Cangbawng, Khoboi, Lawngvan block of Matupi, Laymyo football club, the Education Department club, the Combination Department club, and football teams from Phaneng and Ngaleng villages participated in the tournament, said a local. “About 60,000 Kyats as food charges for the footballers and 8,000 Kyats for the football team’s uniforms were collected from local people by the authorities, while 20,000 Kyats were paid…
The Matupi cultural dance group grabbed the maximum number of prizes at the state level cultural dance competition, in Chin state, Burma. The competition was held in Hakha, the capital of Chin state between October 14 and 15. Cultural bamboo dances, individual dances, group songs, instrumental music, mixed songs of man and woman and individual instrumental music competitors participated in the cultural dance. Eight township competitors participated, said a local. Matupi contestants were awarded the first prize for the cultural bamboo dance, group song, and individual singer categories, while the second prizes went to Mindat Township competitors. Colonel Zaw Min…
The Chin National Front (CNF) has sent a survey team to scout for land for its army camp sites and for families to resettle in Than Tlang Township, Chin state, Burma following an agreement between President Thein Sein’s government and the CNF.
The United Nation’s ‘World Teachers’ Day,’ was celebrated at the Pu Con Bik hall, Hakha, the capital of Chin state, Burma on 5 October 2012. State ministers, departmental officials, private boarding owners and the Township’s education department officials, totalling around 350 people attended the World Teachers’ Day celebrations, a celebration committee member said. “Only 22 school teachers on pension out of 48, over 70 years of age attended the celebrations,” said the committee member from Hakha. A local newspaper said that awards of 15,000 Kyats were given to each pension holding school teachers. A composition and poem reading competition was…
Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong, Chairman of the Ethnic National Council formed by ethnic armed groups and political parties, and a member of the Chin National Front’s supreme council will visit Burma tomorrow. “I will be attending a seminar on ‘Will Democracy Bring Peace to Myanmar’ organized by the Myanmar Egress and Peace Research Institute, Oslo from 13 to 14 this month,” Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong said. Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong will read a paper in the seminar “The 2008 constitution and Ethnic Issues: To What Extent did it satisfy the aspiration of various ethnic groups?” He will be…
Members of the Khumi Youth Association (KYA) cleaned the civil hospital of Paletwa Town, southern Chin state, Burma on a self-help basis on October 6. KYA members, who are students staying in the town and hail from rural areas and staff members of the civil hospital, totaling 47 people participated in the clean up drive, said a local. “We cleaned the hospital compound to eliminate mosquitoes. This will help the patients. It will also remove the smell in the hospital compound,” said a member of the youth group. The Khumi Youth Association was set up in Paletwa in 2002 with…