The Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Joint Secretary Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo and Member Jeng Phang Naw Taung of the SAC, union ministers, Chief Minister of Taninthayi Region, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Commander of Coastal Region Command and officials, inspected Dawei Special Economic Zone and Deep Sea Port projects in Nabule area, 17-mile northwest of Dawei in Taninthayi Region, on 4 November.
At the briefing hall of the project, Union Minister for Commerce U Aung Naing Oo and Chairman U Aung Soe of Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee reported to the Senior General on initial implementation of the projects, development delays due to various reasons, jetties, factories and buildings which have been completed or under construction or planned in the zone area, and requirements and future tasks for resumption of the projects.
After hearing the reports, the Senior General said the following points:
- Dawei special economic zone is a project that is beneficial not only for the country but also for the international community.
- The needs to implement the projects successfully as goods which can be distributed to South Asia and the Gulf region by using Dawei Deep Sea Port and East Asian countries transported goods to Dawei Deep Sea Port by using a major port in Vietnam.
- Western countries can transport goods to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam through Dawei Deep Sea Port and goods can be distributed to East Asian countries through those countries.
- The needs to maintain the completed buildings in the project not to be damaged and to be long-term existence.
- It is necessary to solve the work process through relevant committees so as to achieve success in further implementation and the Senior General inspected the layout plan of the project and left necessary instructions.
Afterwards, the Senior General and party viewed the sites chosen for the Dawei SEZ and the deep-sea port project and gave necessary instructions.
Source: Myawady Daily Newspaper (5.11.2022)
- The Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister and party made an inspection tour around the sites chosen for the Dawei SEZ and the deep-sea port project.
- The Senior General left necessary instructions regarding the statements to solve the work process through relevant committees so as to achieve success in further implementation.