SAC members, Union ministers join fingerling releasing ceremony, hot-air balloon releasing ceremony in Hpa-an

A ceremony to set on fingerlings free into the Thanlwin River at Tayokhla river water pumping station in Hpa-an Township of Kayin State yesterday morning.
Chief Minister of Kayin State U Saw Myint Oo explained releasing of more than 150,000 two-inch fingerlings produced from Hpa-an and Kyondoe fishery stations into the Thanlwin River.
Members of the State Administration Council Mahn Nyein Maung and Saw Daniel, Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Myint Kyaing, Dr Pwint San, U Min Thein Zan, Dr Thet Thet Khaing and U Saw Tun Aung Myint and the Chief Minister, officials and local people participated in the fingerling releasing ceremony.
They also joined the ceremony to release hot-air balloons of Tazaungdine festival organized by the Kayin State government at Myoma football ground in Ward 3 of Hpa-an. They then presented awards to 11 departments which released hot-air balloons and the Kayin traditional cultural don dance troupes.
They also paid homage to Shweyinhmyaw Pyidawaye pagoda in Hpa-an. Afterwards, they donated alms to Kyaukkalat Monastery Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vimala and paid homage to Kyaukkalat Pagoda in Hpa-an.—MNA