6 May

A  water  distribution  pipe  from  Kanthaya  Dam  was  inaugurat-ed  at  Kanthaya  Village  in  Gwa  Township  yesterday,  with  an  address  delivered  by  Rakhine  State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu.

The facility was jointly built by  Rakhine  State  Government  and  UNDP-Myanmar  with  the  aid  provided  by  the  Japanese  government.

Japanese  Embassy  Coun-cilor in Myanmar Mr Kazuyuki Takimi    and  Peter  Batchelor,  UNDP  Resident  Represent-ative  for  Myanmar,  also  gave  speeches.

Techno  Roys  Engineering  Co.,  Ltd  transferred  the  water  distribution  facility  to  Rural  Road Development Department.

Then  the  Chief  Minister  and  his  cabinet  members  and  donors  formally  launched  the  water distribution system, which supply potable water to a station hospital  and  four  villages  from  the dam.

Rakhine State Chief Minis-ter U Nyi Pu formally opened a village-to-village  road  in  Taun-gup  Township,  Rakhine  State,  on 4 May.

The 3.5-mile long and 20 feet wide earth road was jointly built by  Rakhine  State  Government and UNDP-Myanmar with the aid provided by the Japanese government. The Chief Minister also met with local people after the road opening ceremony.

At the ceremomy the Chief Minister,  Japanese  Embas-sy  Councilor  in  Myanmar  Mr  Kazuyuki  Takimi    and  Peter  Batchelor, UNDP Resident Rep-resentative  for  Myanmar,  gave  speeches.

Then Khaing Yaza Tun Com-pany transferred the documents to Rural Road Development De-partment.

In  the  morning,  the  Chief  Minister  met  local  people  at  Gwaychaung village monastery in Thandwe Township. The town-ship administrator explained the regional development undertak-ings in detail. Locals presented requirements for regional devel-opment. Officials fulfilled the re-quirements through coordinated efforts.

The Rakhine State govern-ment  presented  K  5  million  for  Gwaychaung Dam and K 1 mil-lion for the village library respec-tively. —MNA