December
15, 2017
Vice
President U Myint Swe delivered a speech at a ceremony to mark the completion
of the nationwide population and household census, which was held at the
Myanmar International Convention Centre-2 (MICC-2) yesterday morning.
At
the ceremony, Vice President U Myint Swe said the 2014 census was taken after
30 years had passed, and started with a signing of a memorandum of
understanding between the Myanmar government and United Nations in 2012.
As
expected, the taking of the census faced challenges and unavoidable
difficulties. Census work requires much investment in both time and money, and
many government departments need to work together at all stages.
More
than 120,000 teachers participated, as the government coordinated with relevant
departments and persons throughout the country, resulting in the successful
completion of the census.
In
the 2014 census, many internationally recognized statisticians, population
experts and social scientists provided suggestions, which is in accord with
international standards. Their help was very much appreciated, said the Vice
President.
In
conducting the nation’s development work, especially in the socio-economic
sector, political reform, establishing democracy and peace processes, census
data are very useful. It has been 30 years since the country’s projects were
conducted, with only an estimated population. The longer the estimates were
used, the less accurate were the numbers. Those inaccuracies were corrected in
the 2014 census. The census is the leading important work process of all the
other national level works. The experience from the census greatly supported
the general election and peace process. Particularly, the voices of small
ethnic nationals were heard and trust was constructed.
Based
on the 2014 census data, union level reports, 15 states and regions level
reports, 13 detailed analysis research reports, census result map results, and
town and township reports totaling more than 400 reports were made and all
reports were posted online.
The
2014 census was a valuable investment for Myanmar and international
organisations, as well as supporting the establishment of a democratic system
and increasing the capacity of organisations and individuals for progress in
the development process. As exact and correct data were made available in a
timely manner, information obtained from daily work is urged to be used for the
best benefits.
The
government will continue to work toward publishing the remaining data from
ethnicity lists in the census. Furthermore, as per the suggestion of the United
Nations, preparations are being made to conduct the census once every ten
years.
Special
thanks to United Nations Population Fund for helping in the smooth completion
of the census work. Also, thanks on behalf of the nation to donor countries
Australia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Britain.
The
Vice President then announced the successful completion of the population and
household census work, and proclaimed the availability of reports
simultaneously to data users country-wide and throughout the world.
Union
Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe explained about the
“Policy Brief” obtained from census data, followed by remarks from United
Nations Resident Coordinator Mr. Knut Ostby.
Afterwards
the usefulness of census data was discussed by Ministry of Planning and Finance
Permanent Secretary U Tun Tun Naing and Dr. Zaw Moe Aung of the Leprosy Mission
Myanmar. Discussions on the census works process was then continued, and will
be conducted until 15 December.
The
ceremony was attended by Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar Chairperson U Myo
Nyunt, Union Election Commission Chairman U Hla Thein, Union Ministers, Pyithu
Hluttaw Affairs Committee chairmen, Deputy Ministers, diplomats,
representatives from UN and international organisations, representatives of
donor countries, officials and invited guests.
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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