Nay Pyi Taw February 25
State
Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing delivered address at the Administration Committee
meeting (2/2021) held at the meeting hall of the State Administration Council
Chairman’s Office here this afternoon.
Also
present at the meeting were Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)
Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Union Ministers General Mya Tun Oo, Lt-Gen Soe
Htut, U Wunna Maung Lwin, Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Win Shein, U Aung Naing Oo, U
Ko Ko Hlaing, U Chit Naing, U Tin Htut Oo, Admiral Tin Aung San, U Khin Maung
Yi,
U
Aung Than Oo, U Myint Kyaing, Dr Pwint Hsan, Dr Nyunt Pe, Dr Thet Khaing Win, U
Shwe Lay, Dr Thet Thet Khaing, U Maung Maung Ohn, U Saw Tun Aung Myint and
Union Attorney-General Dr Daw Thida Oo.
In
his address, the Senior General said, the Council has been serving the State
duties for nearly a month. During the period, it has implemented the tasks in
time. It has also enforced the rule of law. Although it is continuing the task
of enforcing the rule of law, it will also carry out other tasks. COVID-19
prevention is an unstoppable job. There were over 113 million positive cases
and over 2.5 million deaths worldwide. In Myanmar, positive cases exceeded
140,000 and nearly 3,200 died of the virus. Currently, the infection rate is
falling. But it may be due to the drop in the number of checks. No one can guarantee that there was no
infection among the crowds occurred during the previous weeks. So, necessary
measures must be taken. Hospitals and clinics have to close down because of the
CDM. It is an improper act to stay away from providing public healthcare
services. The respective ministries should take action against the person
causing disturbances to prevent the opening of hospitals.
The
best way to prevent COVID-19 infection is to strictly observe the rules and
guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Sports. The COVID-19
vaccination program continues in accord with the schedule. Efforts are being
made to get vaccines and more vaccines will arrive in Myanmar under contracts.
Private companies are systematically permitted to import the vaccines under the
approval of the respective ministries. People will be able to work or pursue
education only if they are healthy. Administration councils at region/state,
district and township levels will steer the people to systematically follow the
COVID-19 pre-vention and containment procedures. Efforts are being made to
reopen the schools.
In
the economic sector, agricul-tural tasks that see least impact during the
COVID-19 outbreak must be implemented to boost productivity. Respective
administration
councils
at various levels need to supervise for that matter. Agricul-tural businesses
must be encouraged for food security which is crucial for the country.
Encouragement is also necessary for livestock breeding. There are good land and
water resources for agricultural and livestock undertakings so they must be
tapped beneficially. Livestock breeding tasks must be carried out in a
systematic manner. Efforts must be made to produce abundant food for the
country. Fish breeding is easy. Watercourses and water bodies must be provided
with fingerlings of various species. Systematic undertakings of agri-cultural
and livestock breeding tasks will ensure domestic food security as well as
commercial production. With decreasing rainfall annually, water must be
efficiently used. Damming creeks and streams will be able to store water for
irrigation purposes. This also leads to temperate climate. In addition to
storing water, running water in the rivers, creeks and ditches must be
maintained as well. River water pumping projects need to be implemented again.
If renewable energy projects like solar power can be implemented along the
Ayeyawady River for river water pumping, the villages in the area will enjoy
irrigation water and electricity. So, all should try to conserve the Ayeyawady
River.
In
the sport sector, sports and games suspended for nearly a year should resume.
As Myanmar traditional martial art can be played by everyone and is a self
defence, it should be designated as a national sport. Despite the ongoing
system of cost sharing in public healthcare in the health sector, it is
regrettable to see losses caused by poverty and unaffordability. For this
issue, appropriate part of salary should be raised for healthcare funds, and
free healthcare must be considered at people’s hospitals for the public ranging
from civil servants.
US$-3
billion has to be spent annually on import of fuel in the energy sector. Five
percent of those fuels is spent on generating electricity and the remaining 95
percent on transport and factories. To reduce fuel usage in the transport
sector, relevant ministries need to manufacture portable electric cars as a
first step for inter-city travel and short journeys. Transport sector is
important for the country. Therefore, measures must be taken for opening the
railroads and motor roads quickly and for their betterment. The Yangon-Mandalay
railroad project being implemented in partnership with JICA must be completed
quickly.
Import
of edible palm oil also costs over US$-500 million a year. Efforts will be made
to reduce import and ensure domestic sufficiency. The Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Irrigation and
respective administration councils at various levels must encourage
agriculture by motivating the people. Cutting fuel and edible palm oil imports
will also reduce deficits. Every responsible official from this committee need
to work hard and give suggestions for national economic growth and all-round
national development, the Senior General said.
Then,
Union Ministers U Win Shein, U Tin Htut Oo, U Aung Naing Oo, U Aung Than Oo and
U Shwe Lay and Union Attorney -General Dr Daw Thida Oo explained matters
related to approval for signing the agreement, appointment, signing of the
agreement, exemption and renewal of the agreement.
Then,
Union Ministers U Tin Htut Oo, U Chit Naing, U Win Shein, U Myint Kyaing, Dr
Thet Khaing Win, Dr Pwint Hsan, U Aung Than Oo, Dr Nyunt Pe, U Maung Maung Ohn,
Dr Thet Thet Khaing and U Saw Tun Aung Myint and Union Attorney-General Dr Daw
Thida Oo reported on supplying fishes to rivers, creeks, lakes and dams in the
entire country, releasing news, systematic spending of government funds,
providing social security cash assistance and healthcare services,
vaccination
against COVID-19, the reduction of
imports of edible palm oil, preparations for reopen-ing schools, plans for
hydropower projects, signing of ASEAN tou-rism agreement, social protection and
organizing festivals of national
races.
After
hearing the reports, the Senior General urged them to appoint staff who are
loyal to the state, to lead staff unitedly without discrimination, to promote
staff who fulfil their duties and to take action in accordance with the law
against staff who violate rules and regulations before pointing out that
changing eating habits by reducing the consumption oil can contribute to health
and prevention of smuggling goods through illegal routes can increase the
revenues of the State.
The
Senior General added that ministries are required to encourage research and
development for the development of respective sectors, to take measures to
reopen factories and workshops that have been suspended, to review operations
that are suffering losses and to monitor staff to prevent them from posting
matters that can undermine the stability and security of the State on social
media. The Senior General said that efforts are being made to implement a
valuable democratic system as democracy is valuable only when it is adopted in
accordance with the law and repayment of loans that amounted to two months’
salaries to government employees will be suspended for some time. The Senior
General continued that it is necessary to make further efforts for development
of Nay Pyi Taw as it is the capital of the country and to attract foreign
investors for education, agriculture, livestock breeding sectors and to open
factories and workshops that will not damage the environment to Nay Pyi Taw as
it was founded at the hub of the country. In conclusion, the Senior General
said that the 81-foot-high world’s largest marble Buddha image is being built
in Nay Pyi Taw for the public and urged all to exert efforts for the development
of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory.
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