Collaborative efforts called for respective regional interests to further development

 

STUDENTS play a key role in the further development of Rakhine State in the future, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in inspecting the progress of rehabilitation measures in Sittway of Rakh­ine State yesterday morning.

 

The Senior General in­spected the urban areas of Sittway and Shukhintha Road as well as the progress of re­habilitation tasks.

Speaking on the occasion, the Senior General said an emphasis must be placed on the interests of the region in rehabilitation measures with farsightedness, rather than the current spending of funds. Shukhintha Road must be built as a circular road along the beach with systematic motor­way and pedestrian ways for the safety of the people.

After inspecting the view­point of Sittway, the Senior General looked into the pro­gress of the rehabilitation of Shukhintha Road.

At the multipurpose jetty, the Senior General inspected the distribution of rehabilita­tion materials from MV Royal Venus and MV Fortune to the disaster-hit regions.

At the Rakhine State gov­ernment office, the Senior General heard reports on the improvement of transport facil­ities, repair of basic education schools, healthcare services, completion of TV retransmis­sion, supply of water, sale of meat, fish and eggs, growing of windbreaks, sending of reha­bilitation materials for storm victims, repair of Sittway Uni­versity, University of Computer Studies and basic education schools, health infrastruc­tures, religious buildings and communication facilities, sup­ply of electricity, cultivation of monsoon paddy, difficulties to repair freshwater fish hatch­ing camps, distribution of fish species to farmers, and culti­vation of mangrove forest and shade trees presented by the Rakhine State Chief Minister.

Union ministers also dis­cussed the progress of relief and rehabilitation, repair of basic education schools, up­grading the shelters and re­quirements in the work pro­gress of ministries.

In his address, the Sen­ior General said that reha­bilitation measures must be undertaken by emphasizing food sufficiency and distribu­tion of quality paddy strains. As Rakhine State has sufficient feedstuffs to successfully oper­ate livestock breeding, a bet­ter feedstuff and water supply system will improve livestock farms. They have to operate seawater fish and prawn farm­ing tasks to have market share.

The Senior General stressed the need to rebuild basic education schools for learning areas of students and these can be changed as shelter if necessary. Rakhine State Public Health Depart­ment needs to arrange emer­gency treatment and advanced treatment at Sittway General Hospital with physicians, spe­cialists and retired physicians. The government will provide medicines and medical equip­ment for healthcare services to locals.

The Senior General point­ed out that power cables of national grids may cause an outage of electricity in a dis­aster-hit period. So, it needs to seek ways for generating elec­tricity in the region. Relevant ministries and local authorities need to systematically upgrade construction tasks. If local au­thorities and locals cooperate with each other, Rakhine State will be better than the previous situation. Effective action must be taken against those who sell construction materials and equipment at high prices. Anyone should not seek self-in­terest by exploiting locals.

Agriculture, livestock and industrial training schools are opened for students to have basic knowledge of respec­tive subjects. Students play a key role in the further devel­opment of Rakhine State in the future. The government is giving training to education staff and planning to assign teachers needed for Rakhine State for the development of the state in the future.

The Senior General urged residents and service person­nel discharging duties in Rakh­ine State to serve the interests of their regions.

— MNA/TTA

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