I’ll pay homage to Magway Myathalun Pagoda with my parents and then visit my friends later in the evening when there will be oil lamp floating festival in Magway Town.
Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint arrived at Mandalay Region Patheingyi Township Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) yesterday afternoon and inspected the construction of a Community Centre and a hall.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi accompanied by Union Ministers Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe, Lt-Gen Ye Aung, U Min Thu, Dr Win Myat Aye, U Ohn Win and officials left Nay Pyi Taw by special flight and arrived at the Mandalay International Airport yesterday morning.
During the ARSA terrorist attacks in 2017 in Rakhine State, local people fled their homes, and since then there have also been people who sought shelter in the homes of their closest relatives, but did not flee to the neighbouring country.
Manaung Island is separately situated in the Bay of Bengal with a peculiar custom. Ancient people who would become Manaung Islanders had probably crossed from the nearest Yanbye town and the Rakhine coastal regions.