Magway, 1 July
Organized by Magway region women affairs committee, a mass tree planting event was conducted in commemoration of Myanmar Women Day which falls on July 3 in the compound of Basic Education High School No-4 in the town of Magway this morning.
At the event, chairman of the region women affairs committee, the region minister for social affairs, director of the region social welfare department and director of the region forestry department handed over a total of 220 saplings to participants to grow. The saplings include teak, mango, margosa trees and others.
A total of 280 people including the region social affairs minister Dr. Khin Maung Aye, departmental heads at the region level, government personnel, members of the committee, members of social organizations, teachers and schoolchildren.—Than Naing Oo ( Ngaphe)
Translated by Khine Thaw
