Members of State Administration Council and Union ministers visited the outstanding places of cultural significance in Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships on 11 January and had a discussion at the Central Committee of the Kachin Artists Association for the advancement and success of the artistic activities of the Kachin people.
First, State Administration Council members Jeng Phang Naw Taung, U Moung Har, U Sai Lon Seng, U Shwe Kyein, and Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Maung Maung Ohn, U Hla Moe, U Thaung Han, U Aung Naing Oo, Dr Nyunt Pe, U Min Thein Zan, U Myo Thant and U Saw Tun Aung Myint, Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan, Northern Command Commander, the chief justice of Kachin State High Court and ministers of the state government visited the Shinbin Myatswa Sutaungpyae Pagoda on Shwe Moe hill in Minenar Village-tract, Waingmaw Township and made donations for the renovation of the pagoda.
Afterwards, they visited the Kareinnaw Resort near the Ayeyawady River bank in Manhkrein Ward, the Myitkyina University, the Sitapur Ward and Manaw field; viewed round the respective places and had a friendly meeting with the officials.
Next, they visited the Central Committee of the Kachin Artists Association in the Manaw field and met with the officials. The Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn made a coordination meeting on filming the natural beauties, traditions and customs of ethnic peoples and stories describing the state's characteristics, in addition to producing a new generation of ethnic artists, and provided grants for the association.
In the afternoon, SAC members and Union Ministers left the Nanbao Airport in a special military plane, it is reported.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar Newspaper (12-1-2023)
- SAC members and Union ministers visited the outstanding places of cultural significance in Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships and had a discussion at the Central Committee of the Kachin Artists Association for the advancement and success of the artistic activities of the Kachin people.