However powerful the forces instigating a handful of terrorists from behind are, constructive strength of the people will win over destructive groups Kayan Sluice Gate put into commission

YANGON, 12 May—The inauguration of Kayan Sluice Gate constructed by Construction (6) of the Irrigation Department of the Ministry for Agriculture and Irrigation took place at the facility near old Chaungwa village in Thanlyin Township, Yangon South District, this morning, with an address by Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein.

Also present on the occasion were Yangon Division PDC Chairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Minister for A & I Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung, Yangon City Development Committee Chairman Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, Deputy Minister for Construction U Tint Swe, Deputy Minister for Transport U Pe Than, Deputy Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs Brig-Gen Than Tun, senior military officers, officials, local authorities, members of social organizations and local people totalling more than 5,000.

The Secretary-1 in his speech said that the facility is part of the project for all-year-round greening of 30-mile radius of Yangon, the capital, initiated by Head of State Senior General Than Shwe.

In the process, the government has implemented dam projects in the regions in the north of Yangon where water is scarce, and sluice gate projects and Moeyungyi Lake project in the regions in the south of Yangon that are inundated in the rainy season and have scanty water in summer.

The agricultural sector, the major business of rural farmers, the majority of the nation’s population, plays an indispensable role in regional food sufficiency and raising the national economic life.

That is why the government has given the top priority to irrigation projects, aiming at making progress in the agricultural sector as a national objective for enhancing national economic life and the economic and social life of the people.

In the drive, the government has constructed large, medium and small irrigation facilities everywhere necessary in the region.

The projects for water supply and prevention of entering sea water benefit not only low-lying areas such as Pyundazar plain and Bago plain in Bago Division but also adjacent regions in Yangon Division such as Kayan, Thongwa and Thanlyin townships.

In Bago Division, the construction of dams on Ye Nwe, Baidah and Kawliya creeks, the dredging of silted creeks and canals, and the construction of embankments along the waterways effectively prevents flooding against Pyundazar and Bago plains from being flooded.

In addition, the construction of floodgates such as Shankaing, Paingkyoun, Tarwa and Shwehlay along the Bago-Sitttoung Canal prevent flooding against the nearby regions.

Thanks to the construction of a sluice gate on Kayan Creek in Thanlyin Township, low-lying areas in Kayan, Thongwa and Thanlyin townships can be put under crops all-year round. The government is constructing infrastructures for regional development in the interests of local people the length and breadth of the nation.

Based on unity and Union Spirit, the Government has been striving for harmonious development of the nation and improving the people’s living standard. The Government is in the process of laying down and implementing plans for development of the nation and the people, with goodwill to serve public interest. With the strength of the national people including the intellectuals and intelligentsia and the government departments, it has been launching the development drive and achieving success, while overcoming all sorts of internal and external disturbances.

The people should be proud of the fact that the whole nation has been witnessing unprecedented developments that even reach the far corners of the nation. Terrorist acts to ruin the nation’s dignity and kill innocent people must be crushed with the four-point People’s Desire. However powerful the forces that are instigating a handful of terrorists from behind the scene are, the constructive strength of the people will always win over the destructive group.

As the task of implementing the seven-point Road Map to build a peaceful, modern and developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation is gradually gaining ground, the terrorist group is withering away to meet its end.

As their days are numbered, the terrorists are committing more crimes hysterically, the entire nation will have to watch and crush their danger with national awareness.

In this regard, the people while taking part in the nation-building endeavours should ward off the terrorists and the acts to cause dissension in the nation with the four-point People’s Desire.

With patriotism and Union Spirit as the core, the people will have to strive with unity in the task to develop the nation in all aspects, while understanding the Government’s goodwill.

The Secretary-1 unveiled the stone plaque of the sluice gate.

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo also spoke on the occasion. They also formally opened the sluice gate. A local thanked the Government for building the facility.

The Kayan Sluice Gate will prevent inundation in Kayan, Thongwa and Thanlyin townships in Yangon Division during the rainy season. It will also provide water for irrigation and other purposes. Built on Kayan Creek, near old Chaungwa village, Thanlyin Township, Yangon South District, it has 406-foot by 16-foot valves and is connected with a 4,000-foot feeder canal and 2,500-foot outlet canal.

The Secretary-1 made arrangements to ensure water supply for the greening project in the region. The Secretary-1 and party arrived back here later in the morning.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/nlm/
 

MRTV Director-General arrives back

YANGON, 12 May — After attending the Asia Media Summit 2005 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9 to 11 May, Director-General U Khin Maung Htay of Myanma Radio and Television arrived back here by air this afternoon.

He was welcomed back at Yangon International Airport by Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein, departmental heads and officials of MRTV.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/nlm/

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