February
7, 2018
Vice
President U Henry Van Thio, who has been in Chin State over the last several
days, visited Matupi Township General Hospital yesterday.
He
toured the two extended patients’ wards and two new faculty residential
buildings that have finished construction. Dr. Thar Htun Kyaw, the Director-General
of Public Health Department, and Dr. Kyaw Swar Lin, Chief of the District
Health Department, explained the progress to the Vice President. The Vice
President then signed the hospital’s guestbook and gave cash donations to
patients.
The
Vice President and his entourage then travelled to a guesthouse on
Matupi-Mindat Road and were entertained with traditional dances from local
residents.
He
then inspected the site for the construction of Mindat College and was briefed
on the progress by Deputy Speaker of Chin State Hluttaw U Aung Than and
Director General Dr. Thein Win of the Department for Higher Education. The Vice
President offered advice on the process of supplying clean water to local
residents. The site for Mindat College was a collective donation from Mindat
residents for the betterment of Chin State’s education.
The
Vice President then travelled to Mindat District’s General Hospital and
conferred cash donations to patients there. He then inspected the newly
extended patients’ wards and faculty residential buildings.
Next,
they travelled to the construction site for the new Mindat Market. Chin State
Minister Salai Isaac Khen and District Administrator U Soe Thein reported on
the the progress of the project to the Vice President.
The
Mindat Market was burned down in an accidental 2016 fire and is now being
reconstructed in a new location using funds from the National Reserve Fund and
National Natural Disaster Fund. The new market will be 150 by 127 feet wide and
will include a two-storey building made with reinforced concrete.
Afterwards,
the Vice President and entourage travelled by car to survey the expansion
project of Mindat-Kanpetlet Road in progress.
Finally,
they arrived at Win Unity Hotel in Kanpetlet and were welcomed with traditional
dances from local residents.
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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