Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation HTAY Oo of Burma

Htay Lwin Oo was a respected teacher and member of the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy.

Htay Oo is the secretary general of the organisation.

Since the time USDA leader general Htay Oo said the group could transform itself into a political organisation if necessary, the USDA members have been participating in social and development activities, Htay Aung said.

Htay Oo is now in Rome attending the Food and Agriculture Organisation meeting.

Htay Oo said irrigation coverage in Myanmar has reached 12 percent of the total sown area, adding that 189 dams and irrigation works and 298 pump lift irrigation facilities were brought into operation, providing irrigation for nearly 2 million hectares against a net sown area of 12 million hectares.

First Secretary of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council Lieutenant-General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo met with visiting Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress He Luli in the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw Friday.

Htay Oo is very close to Than Shwe and he is part of the junta’s campaign to intimidate voters into saying ‘yes’ at the referendum,’’ says Zin Linn, spokesman for the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the Burmese government in exile.

By MIN LWINMonday, December 29, 2008 Burmese labor rights activist Htay Lwin Oo has died in Mandalay prison—the second political prisoner known to have died in Burma this month.

Burmese labor rights activist Htay Lwin Oo has died in Mandalay prison—the second political prisoner known to have died in Burma this month.

There are still no plans however, to fill the Secretary Two position that has been vacant since Lt-Gen Tin Oo was killed in a helicopter crash last February, and the position of Secretary Three, which was formerly held by Lt-Gen Win Myint, who was dismissed on November 9.

Mongton Township, opposite Chiangmai Province of Thailand, came out.

Burmese Agriculture Minister Htay Oo says authorities have stepped up monitoring, but have found no cases in wild or domestic birds so far.