UNION Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population and wife Daw Mya Theingi handed over the collective cash donation of officials and staff members to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement yesterday afternoon.

The cash donation is aimed for the childcare centre established in Nay Pyi Taw by the Association for Prevention, Care and Protection of Abandoned Children.

Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye expressed thanks for the donation that will be used for early childhood care and development services of the Social Welfare Department including protections for single mothers and the abandoned children.

At the ceremony, Daw Mya Theingi, wife of MoLIP Union Minister, presented K10 million for one cash endowment to the Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye and received the certificate of honour.

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MINISTRY of Ethnic Affairs donated K3 million worth of a refrigerator and four air conditioners to the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the 1000-bedded General Hospital in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning in Nay Pyi Taw.

The families of the MoEA also donated meal boxes and canned foods to the medical staff and patients in 1000-bedded General Hospital; 300-bedded General Hospital, the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital and Dental Hospital in Nay Pyi Taw.

The donation ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs Naing Thit Lwin and wife Mi Kyin Than, Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe and wife Dr Nan Khan Mine, Deputy Ministers Dr Mya Lay Sein and U Hla Maw Oo, the Permanent Secretaries, Directors-General, Hospital Superintendents, doctors and officials.

Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs Naing Thit Lwin and wife Mi Kyin Than presented K3 million worth of one refrigerator and four air-cons for COVID-19 ICU at 1000-bedded General Hospital to Dr Aung Lin Aye, the Deputy Superintendent of the hospital.

The Union Minister and wife also handed over K3.3 million worth of meal boxes and canned foods produced by Sein Hin Thar Co., Ltd for the medical staff and patients at the Eye.ENT hospital and Dental Hospital in Nay Pyi Taw.

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UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe, in his capacity as the Secretary (2) of the committee, accepted the cash assistance to the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19 virtually yesterday.

Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations in his capacity as the Chairperson of the Myanmar Investment Commission U Thaung Tun explained the reason for the donation. He also congratulated to all volunteers and medical staff from the Ministry of Health and Sports who has been working together for the fight against COVID-19.

The donations were K30 million from the MPRL E&P Group of Companies, $25,000 from Ooredoo Myanmar Limited, K13 million from Wilmar Holding Ltd, K23 million from MYANWEN and well-wishers, K10 million from U Tun Naing Oo from Marga Landmark, K5 million from International Beverages Trading Co., Ltd, K5 million from Chairman of Pathein Industrial City U Zaw Win Shein, K5 million from Chairman of Mother Group Companies U Aung Myat and K5 million from Chairman of Super Seven Star.

The COVID-19 national committee will hand over the cash assistance to the Ministry of Health and Sports to be used in hospitals and COVID-19 medical centres, in buying medical equipment and necessary medicines and the installation of Oxygen pipelines and upgrading intensive care units.

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THE Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation held a coordination meeting on meat production sector development and national nutrition plan via videoconference yesterday morning.

At the meeting with heads and officials of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, regions and states administration departments, Union Minister Dr Aung Thu discussed food security to meet the international market standards without affecting the sources.

The Deputy Minister, the Permanent Secretary and the attendees to the meeting presented the action plans for meat production sector development and national nutrition plan.

The MoALI made efforts for the development of the breeding sector, local food security, official exports of animals and animal products without affecting the local resources and creating job opportunities with breeding industry in line with the Agricultural Development Strategy.

The country has seen the 2.9 per cent growth in this sector in 2019-2020 fiscal year.

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CHAIRMAN of the Union Election Commission U Hla Thein received Norwegian Ambassador to Myanmar Mrs Hilde Solbakken and party in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

During the meeting, they cordially discussed the preparation for the General Election to be successfully held on 8 November 2020 in accordance with the prescribed five criteria, preparation for preventive measures for the voters from the COVID-19, cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Sports to ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedure in the campaign period and voting process.

They also discussed completion of advance voting for Myanmar citizens abroad, preparation for advanced local voters, voter education of the UEC on its Facebook page, cooperation with Myanmar Press Council and the Facebook Myanmar Team to prevent the spread of misinformation and electoral hate speech on social media, and the implementation of COVID-19 control and prevention for election observers.

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THE Constitutional Tribunal of the Union presented certificates of honour to the officials from the Department of e-Government and the Department of Justice for their role in e-Court judgements on Submission Letter No.1/2020 to the tribunal yesterday morning.

The ceremony was attended by Chairperson of Constitutional Tribunal of the Union U Myo Nyunt, the members and its Permanent Secretary.

The tribunal decided to use the e-Court system amid the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic as it has already adopted an e-Bench System to be able to proceed with the e-Court process without difficulties until the judgements were made.

The chairperson said that he would like to honour the performance of the officials who worked hard to deliver the first-ever e-Court judgements, and that’s why certificates of honour were given to the officials. He then expressed thanks to all the stakeholders involved in the process.

Department of e-Government Director U Nyi Nyi Lwin explained the e-Court process. Department of Justice Director U Min Thein and Department of e-Government Director U Nyi Nyi Lwin received the cash award and certificates of honour.

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Chinese business companies in Myanmar donated cash and aid for COVID-19 measures to the Ministry of Health and Sports yesterday.

The Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy talked about the donation of cash, CCTV sets and surgical masks at the donation ceremony held at the Department of Medical Research in Yangon.

The donation items from China-based companies included 150,000 surgical masks worth about US$20,000 from Knitted Wear Co., Ltd, $10,000 worth of CCTV sets and accessories from Digital Technology Co Ltd, and 50,000 surgical masks worth about K3 million from the Sun Grow Power Supply Co., Ltd.

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THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over the sealed ballot papers for advance votes sent by 28 Myanmar embassies, missions and consulates in foreign countries to the Union Election Commission yesterday.

Forty-three parcels containing ballot papers were delivered by Myanmar DHL Service at 6:30 am with tight security to Nay Pyi Taw via Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw Highway and arrived at the Nay Pyi Taw Toll Gate at 10:30 am. Then, Managing Director U Kham Aung of Myanmar Post under Ministry of Transport and Communications handed over these parcels to Director-General U Aung Soe Win of Planning and Administrative Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After that, he transferred to Director-General of UEC U Khin Maung Oo.

The Myanmar embassies, missions and consulates in foreign countries respectively sent back the ballot papers for advance votes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ministry systematically transferred the ballot papers sent from a total of 34 polling stations to UEC – the ballots sent from 4 polling stations on 14 October, from 2 polling stations on 15 October and from 28 polling stations on 19 October. Moreover, 273 Myanmar nationals in the UAE cast their advance votes in Dubai on 18 October and a total of 554 voters cast vote on the first two-day of polling.

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THE Myanmar Posts under Ministry of Transport and Communications will sell K200 postage stamps to honour the 100th anniversary of Myanmar motion picture industry today.

The stamps are available at the central offices in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Mandalay and the local post offices in cities of regions and states, commencing 9:30 am.

The postage stamps and first day covers bought on 13 October can be stamped mark and date at the Central Post Offices of Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay as a special offer.

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THE Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation yesterday morning organized a virtual meeting on production processes of monsoon paddy for this year via videoconferencing.

Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Dr Aung Thu; Union Minister for Commerce Dr Than Myint; Deputy Ministers, the Permanent Secretaries, the Directors-General and officials of the two ministries; Myanmar Rice Federation Chairperson and other officials of the federation; and officials of the Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Mechanization Department participated in the virtual meeting held via Zoom Application.

Union Minister Dr Aung Thu talked about the need to eliminate needless costs in the production processes of monsoon paddy during harvest this year. He said that his ministry will make necessary negotiations and arrangements in advance to cope with various relevant difficulties, which can be caused by travel restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic.

During the meeting, the participants discussed growing monsoon paddy rice this year, possible paddy yields, situations related to the need of paddy field workers and skilled workers, difficulties sparked by travel restrictions, and necessary preparations and arrangements to overcome the difficulties.

This year’s monsoon, it was planned to grow a total of 15.1 million acres of monsoon paddy, and out of them, 14.7 million acres were grown by the end of September.

Areas in lower Myanmar have already begun harvesting for monsoon paddy. More than 30,000 acres in Bago Region, about 1,000 acres in Yangon Region and more than 20,000 acres in Ayeyawady Region have been harvested by late September.

By the end of October, an estimated 350,000 acres will be harvested.

Because of changes in farming techniques and systems, paddy farmers need to harvest their crops in the same period, so many paddy-harvesting machines, transportation of them and skilled workers will be needed in the period. The meeting is also intended to make necessary discussions to respond to those challenges and to overcome the possible impacts on paddy prices, which can pose difficulties for farmers.

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