March 16, 2017
Vice President U
Henry Van Thio visited and inspected the Dhoe Kwin coffee mill and other
private coffee plantations and also inspected the implementation status of the
New Yadanabon City in Pyin Oo Lwin yesterday morning.
U Ye Myint, Chairman of Myanmar Coffee Association (MCA) explained to the
delegation led by U Henery Ven Thio in the reception hall of the mill how the
MCA was founded and achievement of market share, how they were doing quality
control, marketing, exporting to other countries and cooperating with foreign
partner organizations.
Next, U Henry Van Thio, in his capacity as a Head of the Leading Committee for
Farmers Rights, Protection and Interests Promotion, looked around the quality
testing of the coffee beans, grinding of the coffee bean samples and coffee
fruits by machines, storing of the coffee beans in the warehouse and drying of
the coffee beans by drying machine in the mill.
After that, the delegation led by the Vice President visited the coffee garden
of Pwint Kaung and Khin Nwe Yi Co., Ltd. and manager of the garden explained
about planting of the coffee fruits, annual yield of coffee fruits from the
garden , growing of multiple crops, market conditions and better quality
accessing methods.
During the visit of the Vice President to the coffee plantations, he said
planting of coffee could not only provide better weather conditions but also
aid in getting more foreign income to the country; for that reason it was
necessary to upgrade and maintain the quality of coffee products by drawing up
systematic schemes.
It is known that, the quality of PyinOoLwin coffee meets the world standard and
19,000 acres of coffee plants had been planted around PyinOoLwin Township.
Later, U Henry Van Thio and party visited the National Kandawgyi Botanical
Garden, the fossil museum and saw many species of plants and flowers of the
garden by vehicles.
Next, the Vice President visited the Public Service Office where he delivered a
talk saying that Public Service Offices have been opened all round Myanmar and
instructed public service personnel of the office to be dutiful, to provide
effective service to the public, to gain their confidence and trust and not to
get involved in bribery and corruption.
After that, the delegation also visited the New Yadanabon City planning area
and looked around the complex of the city by vehicles. When they arrived at the
main building of the Yadanabon Teleport, U Aung Kyaw Oo, Director of Urban and
Housing Development Department explained about the aims of the project, payment
of compensation for the confiscated lands, how land has been allocated to the
IT companies, the proposed Master Plan, the acreage allotment for various
phases of the plan, and other details of the plan. Then a representative of the
entrepreneurs explained about difficulties they were encountering.
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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