Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Inspects Dala Shipyard, First of its Kind in Myanmar

The Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by entourages, inspected the Dala Shipyard in Yangon region on 2 July. In his response to the reports by officials on Dala shipyard, the Senior General stressed the following points:

• Although water transport is the most cost-effective and fastest way to transport a large number of goods in the transport sector of the country, there is no proper development for it fails to conduct systematically.
• There should be fine waterways, jetties, ships, resting areas on the jetty for passengers, locations for freight transport and places to keep the products.
• It should make efforts to lure the trust of people in the water transport sector. If measures can be taken to improve water transport system, it will certainly be to the country’ benefit.
• The local transport sector received proper achievements in the past but the State-owned transport was affected seriously due to financial difficulties and smuggling.
• Due to the weaknesses in repairing the aged machinery and ships, it affects the State-owned transport sector and so it needs to conduct repair works on them based on their terms or years correctly.
• It also should adopt the coastal transport system, carrying goods by car first and then using vessels.
• It should use the delta region and rivers such as Ayeyawady, Chindwin and Thanlwin effectively in the inland water transport sector.
• It should build modern ships and shipbuilding can be studied at the partner-shipyards.
• If the people prefer inland water transport with a sense of trust, the nationwide travel and flows of trade can be improved and there will be an economic system that can be launched across the nation.

Then, the Senior General and party took an inspection tour of the shipyard and gave instructions on fixing and maintaining buildings, refilling necessary equipment for shipbuilding work, and resuming functions of machinery on a full capacity basis. He also presented gifts and cash prizes to the staff through officials.

• Although water transport is the most cost-effective and fastest way to transport a large number of goods in the transport sector of the country, there is no proper development for it fails to conduct systematically.
• It should make efforts to lure the trust of people in the water transport sector. If measures can be taken to improve water transport system, it will certainly be to the country’ benefit.
• If the people prefer inland water transport with a sense of trust, the nationwide travel and flows of trade can be improved and there will be an economic system that can be launched across the nation.