As Mandalay Region is a focal point for travels, it is necessary to emphasize systematic operation of tourism services, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the meeting with members of the Mandalay Region government at its office in Aungmyethazan Township yesterday afternoon.
In his speech, the Senior General urged the Mandalay City Development Committee and the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development to join hands in manufacturing the value-added products of agriculture and livestock farming tasks. Products of agriculture and livestock breeding tasks must be mass production.
The Region Chief Minister and ministers reported on development tasks of the city and uplift of the sports sector in the region. Members of the State Administration Council and Union ministers gave supplementary reports.
In his response, the Senior General instructed officials to organize local farmers to use natural fertilizers and EM Bokashi in their farms. Efforts must be made for increasing the per-acre yield of cotton in the Mandalay Region and for systematically growing of the staple cotton plantation to meet the demand of the country.
It is necessary to consider the construction of the underground circular railways in the future in implementing the public transport project. As a large sum of foreign exchange is spent on fuel supply, the use of fuel should be reduced. Efforts must be made for running the bus lines and circular trains in Mandalay City. Travelling and cargo transport plays a key role in fulfilling the requirement of the people, so domestic transport and tourism services are allowed. As Mandalay Region is a focal point for travel, it is necessary to emphasize the systematic operation of tourism services.
The Senior General noted farmers need to strive for increasing the per-acre yield of agricultural crops while the government must provide necessary assistance to them.
Trees must be grown in Mandalay City for ensuring favourable climatic conditions. Rural areas of the region need to grow village firewood plantations. If a household solar system can be implemented in the rural area of the Mandalay Region, it will meet the electricity demand. The Government and the Tatmadaw are striving for the production of solar panels.
The Senior General pledged he encourages measures of ethnic culture, literature and ethnic affairs. All ethnicities need to be united. He stressed the need to complete the trials of cases in realizing the rule of law. It is necessary to strive for putting all the tasks undertaken by the government in its tenure on record. — MNA
