Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met MSME entrepreneurs at Pyin Oo Lwin Town Hall in PyinOoLwin, Mandalay Region. Also present together with the Senior General were SAC Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo, union ministers Admiral Moe Aung, U Khin Maung Yi, Dr. Charlie Than, Mandalay Region Chief Minister, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the Central Command commander, departmental officials of PyinOoLwin District, and MSME entrepreneurs from the district.
During the meeting, Pyin Oo Lwin District Administrative Body Chair, MSME entrepreneurs and officials reported the following points:
- Agriculture and livestock farming processes, operation of MSME industries, and coordinated efforts for the success of MSMEs in the district.
- The progress in implementing the directives given by the Head of State during his visit to PyinOoLwin in 2024, development undertakings for the district and MSMEs.
- The State’s involvement in reducing the coffee production cost, and other requirements.
- The necessary support provided by Mandalay Region Government for MSME development in the district.
As regards the reports, the Senior General underlined the following points:
- Basically, policies have been adopted for MSMEs and the pivotal and key requirement of a product is raw material. In this regard, the availability of raw materials locally is a must.
- MSMEs need adequate raw materials, technology, inputs and capital.
- Production business must be beneficial, and 65 percent of country’s MSMEs are food producers.
- The percentage of other industries such as personal goods producers and machine tool producers is still low.
- The availability of raw materials for food industries depend on the success of farming business.
- As for the electricity requirement for production industries, manageable-scale solar-power plants can be set up. The State is setting up solar-power generation industries.
- The State is facing difficulties in fulling producing and distributing electricity due to the inability of the plants to fully generate power, destruction of power plants and towers by terrorists, inadequacy of gas supply.
- If all the power projects started in 2005 can be successfully implemented, the country will have enough electricity supply by now. But various attempts to disturb the power projects had stopped them.
- In its tenure, the government encouraged the projects of generating electricity from solar energy implemented a short term due to difficulties in electric power sector. Upon completion, these projects will produce electricity sufficiently.
- Using locally made foodstuffs, personal goods and clothes can reduce spending of foreign exchange, contributing much to economic development of the State. Hence, it is necessary to encourage locally made products and sustain State economy.
- They have to submit proposals for using the farmlands in other forms under laws and regulations by seeking approvals at different levels. As such, officials need to supervise these issues.
- It is necessary to systematically manage quality strains, fertile soil, water and agricultural techniques.
- Operating MSME production requires technology, machinery and skilled human resources for manufacturing quality products.
- As dairy products in PyinOoLwin are in high quality, if other dairy products are produced in addition to existing products, businesspersons will have greater success.
- It is necessary to manufacture quality foodstuffs with the use of basic agricultural produce of PyinOoLwin. Likewise, as PyinOoLwin has sound foundations to operate livestock breeding farms, efforts must be made to secure success in livestock breeding sector and frozen meat must be produced.
- Pyin Oo Lwin is famed as a recreation city named as the cherry city as well as a flowery city. As it is a peaceful and prosperous city, policies have been adopted for education and healthcare services so as to shape it as an education city and a healthy city.
- Residents have to participate in following disciplines for visitors to take relaxation enjoying beauties of the city with physical and mental well-being.
- If city dwellers systematically dispose garbage, Pyin Oo Lwin will become a clean city. Likewise, they grow trees and flowery plants, the city will be a green city.
- As the government is making efforts to improve the State, everyone has to join hands with the government in these measures.
After the meeting, the Senior General and party cordially greeted MSME businesspersons as well as coffee entrepreneurs and interestingly viewed round the domestic coffee products and foodstuffs.
At National Kandawgyi Garden, the Senior General, his wife and party viewed the occasion of the 17th Flower Festival to mark the 100th Anniversary of the garden. After inspecting 100 year-old Ginkgo Biloba plant, the Senior General instructed the officials to conserve the tree systematically.
The Senior General and his wife planted a cherry tree to mark the centennial celebration of the garden. The Chief Executive Officer of the company as well as in-charge of the garden reported on grandly the holding the Flower Festival, efforts for long-term existence of the garden and plans to build new fences. The Senior General gave guidance to the officials on systematic greening of the garden and beautification, and proper flow of water at the lake, it is reported.
Source: MWD (12-1-2025)
- Key requirement of a product is raw material. In this regard, the availability of raw materials locally is a must.
- As for the electricity requirement, manageable-scale solar-power plants can be set up. The State is setting up solar-power generation industries.
- The State is facing difficulties in fulling producing and distributing electricity due to the destruction of power plants and towers by terrorists, inadequacy of gas supply.
- Using locally made foodstuffs, personal goods and clothes can reduce spending of foreign exchange, contributing much to economic development of the State. Hence, it is necessary to encourage locally made products and sustain State economy.
- Operating MSME production requires technology, machinery and skilled human resources for manufacturing quality products.
- Pyin Oo Lwin is famed as a recreation city named as the cherry city as well as a flowery city. As it is a peaceful and prosperous city, policies have been adopted for education and healthcare services so as to shape it as an education city and a healthy city.