Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects development of Mawlaik

YANGON, 26 March - Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence inspected the People's Hospital in Mawlaik Township, Sagaing Division on 25 march.

Accompanied by Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Brig-Gen Khin Maung Aye of Kale Station and officials, Lt-Gen Ye Myint visited the wards, oral and dental department, operation theatre, X-Ray room, delivery room, medical stores, the main building and the compound. He stressed the need to ensure cleanness of the buildings and the compound, maintenance of the buildings and systematic use and storage of medicines.

At the Mawlaik Township Basic Education High School, he inspected classrooms, computer room, domestic education room, multi-medial centre and the school maintenance work. He also inspected the town by car.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint met with Tatmadaw members at the regional battalion, speaking of the need to dutifully carry out the nation-building tasks, to conduct farming on manageable scale to raise their family income, to join hands with the locals for regional development and to strive to improve the health and education standards of the families. He presented sewing machines to the battalion, and inspected welfare shops, crop cultivation, vegetable cultivation and fish breeding.

In the afternoon, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party met with departmental personnel and local authorities at the regional battalion and discussed region development undertakings. Lt-Gen Ye Myint said collective efforts are required for the success of the departmental functions. Weekly meetings should be held to coordinate town greening and development. The town will have to extend perennial crops plantation. Gravelling of the 36-mile Kalewa-Mawlaik earth road should be carried out only after it has been upgraded and extended. As the town is located in the area where a lot of creeks are flowing, dams should be built to supply potable water to Mawlaik. Local authorities and departmental personnel will have to supervise the town development undertakings. The participants also took part in the discussions.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party arrived back here on 26 March.