SAC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects No 1 Oil Refinery (Thanlyin), development tasks in Yangon Region

Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected No 1 Oil Refinery (Thanlyin) of Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy in Thanlyin Township of Yangon Region yesterday afternoon.
Managing Director U Aung Myint of MPE reported to the Senior General on halting the factory’s operation as of 2017 and future plan. The Senior General discussed still requirements of fuel at home and importing many tonnes of fuel abroad on a monthly basis and plans to upgrade the transport route for the smooth import process.
The Senior General and party inspected the oil tanks, jetty, canned lubricant factory and oil refineries in the factory compound. After hearing the reports of officials, From Page-1
the Senior General instructed them to strive for re-operating some factories to meet the domestic fuel demand on one hand and attend to the needs.
The Senior General and party visited the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Portugal Church) built in locally-called Yenangon near the refinery in 1749 AD and instructed officials to maintain the ancient building for long term existence.
The Senior General met with members of Yangon Region Administration Council and departmental personnel at the office of the regional council on 11 April and discussed regional development and needs of undertaking the prioritized tasks, which practically benefit the lives of the people, such as prevention of flooding and inundation in the city in monsoon, enforcement of traffic rules, sanitation and beautifying of the city, and sufficiency of water in the dry season. With regard to his guidance, the Senior General inspected the progress of the tasks to mitigate flooding and inundation this monsoon implemented by the Yangon City Development Committee yesterday afternoon.
The Senior General inspected the drain as river outlet on Bo Myat Tun Road in Botahtaung Township, No 10 sluice gate at the corner of Sule Pagoda Road and Strand Road in Kyauktada Township, and the river outlet of Ywathit Creek in Lanmadaw Township. Chairman of Yangon Region Administration Council U Hla Soe, Mayor U Bo Htay and officials reported to the Senior General on work progress. The Senior General instructed them to systematically carry out the tasks for further mitigation of flooding and inundation. — MNA