A flag-lowering and tribute ceremony was held at 7:30 am yesterday at the Secretariat Building, formerly known as the Ministers’ Office, on Theinbyu Road in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, where General Aung San and other national martyrs were assassinated.
Attendees
included Yangon Mayor U Myo Myint Aung, who serves as secretary of the 79th
Martyrs’ Day Organizing Work Committee, committee members, government
officials, district and township administrators, firefighters, Red Cross
members and honour guards.
They
paid tribute to General Aung San and the fallen leaders by lowering the
national flag to halfmast and observing two minutes of silence.
To
mark Martyrs’ Day, the meeting room where the leaders were killed and the
Parliament Building within the Secretariat compound were opened to the public
free of charge from 9 am to 5 pm.
Exhibits
included 28 personal items left behind by the martyrs, the tables and chairs
used during their meeting, contemporary news reports and articles, the
building’s history and architecture, and historical photographs of the more
than 130-yearold Parliament Building. Students and visitors also took part
enthusiastically in a quiz programme, with commemorative gifts awarded to
successful participants.
MNA/ST
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