USDA CEC Member supervises development tasks in Kayah State

YANGON, 1 Sept—Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung went to Kokway Timber Extraction Camp in Taunggyi on 29 August and urged officials concerned to make efforts for afforestation and meeting the objectives of the Forest Department.

At the meeting, Deputy General Manager of Shan State (South) Timber Extraction U Sein Win
reported to the minister on tasks for extraction of timber from Shan State (South) and Director of Forest Department U Kyaw Soe Khaing on forest plantation and conservation of reserve forests and seizure of timber smuggling.

Member of the Central Executive Committee of Union Solidarity and Development Association
Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung and Chairman of Kayah State Peace and Development Council Brig-Gen Win Myint attended a ceremony to conclude transplanting paddy seedlings at Htayngarhlyar Village in Loikaw Township on 30 August.

After the ceremony, they inspected natural fertilizer, paddy strains and natural and chemical insecticides produced by Myanma Agriculture Service and farm equipment produced by Agricultural Mechanization Department displayed at the
ceremony.

During the tour of Kayah State on 30 August, CEC Member of USDA Minister Brig-Gen Thein
Aung, and Brig-Gen Win Myint also attended a ceremony to honour outstanding students who passed the matriculation examination for the 2007-2008 Academic Year. At the ceremony, they presented prizes to two five-distinction winners, four four-distinction winners, six two- distinction winners and 33 one-distinction winners.

Afterwards, Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung and Chairman of Kayah State PDC Brig-Gen Win
Myint attended a ceremony to open a new school building of No. 5 Basic Education High School in Dawnoku Ward in Loikaw and delivered speeches. They donated K 500,000 and exercise books to the school.

They also attended a ceremony to open a new building of No. 6 Basic Education Post Primary School and handed over exercise books and K 900,000 to the school.
In the afternoon, they went to Kayah State Home for the Aged and donated medicine and cash to 23 aged men and women.