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Development activities inspected in Ayeyawady Division

Yangon, 3 April — Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of the Ministry of Defence, went to Pyinsalu Station Hospital in Labutta Township of Ayeyawady Division in the morning of 1 April and inspected tasks to upgrade the hospital.

Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr Yin Yin Aye conducted Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party round the man and woman patients wards, the theatres, medical store house, and the delivery rooms.

At the meeting hall of the hospital, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party met with departmental officials, members of social organizations, and local people and gave instructions. Then, they went to Yegyawkyi Village in Pyinsalu and inspected the prawn ponds and the salterns undertaken by national entrepreneur U Shwe, who later reported on the digging of prawn ponds, salt production process, and the distribution of salt.

U Shwe’s 80-acre saltern can produce 600,000 viss of salt in average in the salt-making season. There are a total of 9,445.73 acres of saltern in the whole Labutta Township and 54 million viss of salt could be produced in 2001-2002.

Salt is produced in Ngapudaw Township of Pathein District, Labutta and Myaungmya Townships of Myaungmya District, Phyapon and Bogale Townships of Phyapon District in Ayeyawady Division.

On arrival at Labutta Township, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party met with local authorities, departmental officials, members of social organizations, crab and prawn entrepreneurs, and local people at Shwenady Hall and gave instructions on regional development tasks.

Then, officials reported on paddy yield, cultivation of summer paddy, the harvesting and winnowing of paddy, cultivation of beans and pulses and edible oil crops, production of salt, and the breeding of sea prawns.

After hearing the reports, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than gave instructions on the cultivation of summer paddy and edible oil crops exceeding the target, making efforts to boost the economy of the division, and the cooperation the local people and social organizations with the local authorities in modernization of the division. Next, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party inspected the development condition of Labutta Township by car.

On arrival at the Shwebuddaw Pagoda in Myaungmya, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Commander Maj-Gen Htay Oo and Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein offered flowers, water, lights and joss sticks to the pagoda. Afterwards, they left the pagoda for Yangon, arriving in the evening.