ARIGNEWS
DAILY FRONTIER NEWS BULLETIN

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Date:Wednesday, April 26, 2000 Page:A

MAIN EVENTS
Regional tourism development conference
A regional conference was held by the National Tourism Center to find ways of improving developing tourism. The purpose of the conference was to how best to bring Mongolian tour agencies up to world standards, to increase tourists traveling to Mongolia and to develop tourism as a leading economic branch in order to do this is to develop tourism regionally.
FACTS: After the National Tourism Center considered the tourism source and tourists` interests, they divided the tourism places into 15 regions.

 

Receiving of the State Orders
Today a ceremony was held at the Government House for the receiving of the State Orders by the decision of the President of Mongolia. The Medallion of the Meritorious Teacher was given to B.Galmandah music teacher of school 52 for his efforts in giving musical education to children, and the Medallion of the Outstanding Artist was granted to head of the "Kharanga" music band Ts.Enkhmanlai for his contribution of developing rock music in Mongolia. And other medallion was given to as well.

FACTS: The first ever medallion was made in 1913 during the reign of the "Bogd King" or "Sacred King". The name of the Medallion was "Erdeniin Ochir" which means "Diamond".

 

RURAL NEWS
The center of the Dornod aimag Choibalsan province cannot be connected by the phone with Sumber province due to the fire that has spread throughout the region. At the present 3 cars, 6 tractor, 200 people, 6 firefighters are working in those provinces to quell the flames

ENTERTAINMENT
On April 28, one of the most wanted music bands "Bolor" or "Crystal" is going to have it`s 1st unplugged concert at Top Ten disco club at 8PM.It`s the only Mongolian band with an American drummer.

ELECTION NEWS
A treaty was signed between the Mongolian Civil Courage party and the Mongolian Green Party to run together in the upcoming election. Afterwards the heads of both parties planted trees around the Gandantegchilen monastery and they had a worshipping ceremony in honor of the god "Janraisag".

 

WHO SAID WHAT?
If the Mongolian People`s Revolutionary Party does not win in this election Mongolia will be ruined. Anyone who wants to commit suicide can vote for the other parties. We must remember who recovered a country with a rationing system, shops only selling salt and 200 million dollar debt before it was handed over to M.Enkhsaihan.

Member of the Parliament and member of the Mongoian Peole`s Revolutionary Party(MPRP)
M.Zenee /Daily News 2000.4.20/
FACTS: In 1992 the MPRP won the Parliamentary Election and in 1996 The Mongolian National Democratic Party together with the Mongolian Social Democratic Party won the Parliamentary Election. The first Prime Minister was M.Enkhsaihan and at the present R.Amarjargal is the 4th Prime Minister