Monday, July 21, 2008

Minister for Information attends fifth week tree planting ceremony

NAY PYI TAW, 20 July — Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attended the rainy season tree planting ceremony for the fifth week of 2008 in the environs of the Ministry of Information, here, this morning.
The minister planted a Gangaw (Mesus ferrea) sapling. Managing Director U Soe Win of News and Periodicals Enterprise grew a star-flower sapling, Managing Director U Aung Nyein of PPE, a gum-kino sapling and General Manager U Zaw Min Oo of NPE a gold mohur sapling.
Next, the minister viewed participation of staff in the tree planting ceremony and flow of water into the dams and breeding of fish.
In the fifth week ceremony, the Ministry of Information planted 449 perennial saplings in the ministry’s environs in Nay Pyi Taw, 2,344 saplings at Myanma Radio and Television in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon, 812 saplings at Nay Pyi Taw Newspaper House in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon and 525 saplings at Nay Pyi Taw Printing Press in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon, totaling 4,130.
The ministry will weekly grow the trees in vacant and virgin lands for greening. The plan is under way to grow the remaining trees at the designated places in July.

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