The government’s responsibility is to ensure that all citizens are able to cast their votes.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing urged that everyone has to work together for the development of the region and the nation for the benefit of their region and the State.

Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and State Security and Peace Commission Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said so at a meeting with departmental officials, town elders, and businesspersons of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at Minbu U Obhasa Hall of Sasana Beikman in Minbu yesterday morning to discuss regional development measures.

In his speech, the Senior General stated that polling will be held on 28 December and it will be conducted in three phases. Whether or not to vote is the choice of each voter, while the responsibility of the government is to ensure that people can cast their votes.

He added that casting a vote in the election signifies support for the democratic system, while not voting means not supporting the continuation of the democratic path. Therefore, he urged that everyone in the Minbu region should work together to ensure the successful holding of the election.

Due to the lack of meeting the target cultivation, the Senior General revealed that Minbu District alone faces a decrease in income amounting to more than K500 billion. Hence, he urged all to strive to meet the target cultivation to notably improve the regional economy.

He emphasized that it is necessary to meet the target cultivation of cotton per acre. There are some 500,000 acres of cotton across the nation. If local farmers are capable of boosting the per-acre yield of cotton, it will contribute to raising the yarn and fabric production at home.

He revealed that there are nine kinds of crops planted in the Minbu region. Hence, he urged local farmers to use modern agricultural techniques so as to increase the per-acre yield of crops.

He underlined that if local farmers make efforts to develop domestically agricultural product-based industries, they will have a better socioeconomic life.

In the livestock breeding sector, the Senior General highlighted that everyone has to ensure local food security. They need to use domestic agricultural products as raw materials for the necessary feeds for livestock breeding activities.

He noted that agriculture and livestock breeding projects need well-rounded human resources to achieve success. Hence, the government establishes industrial, agricultural, and livestock basic education high schools in order to produce qualified human resources.

The Senior General called for the extended cultivation of trees in relevant villages in order to reduce the heat of the region and ensure improvement of climatic conditions.

At the meeting, the district administrator reported on efforts to increase the per-acre yield of major crops, implementation of ensuring rice and cooking oil sufficiency, agriculture and livestock based production, development of education sector, opening of industrial, agriculture and livestock basic education high schools, progress of development activities, preparations to successfully hold the election in townships of Minbu District, and production of oil, natural gas and coal in Minbu District.

Magway Region Chief Minister U Tint Lwin presented the supplementary reports on the success of agriculture and livestock activities, efforts to ensure rice sufficiency in Magway Region, achieving more success in the cultivation of crops than in the past due to using solar-powered river water pumping process, an increase in the regional GDP, and working to grow cotton and oil crops in the region.

Town elders reported on the needs of school buildings at the Basic Education High School Branch in Kaungthayway Village of Minbu Township, and further extension of solar-powered river water pumping works to sufficiently irrigate the crop plantations.

Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Min Naung, U Hla Moe and U Khin Maung Yi discussed efforts to ensure stability, peace and the rule of law across the nation, prepaations to ensure correct voter lists and successfully hold the multiparty democratic general election, drug eradication measures, combatting telecom fraud and online gambling activities, repatration of illegal foreign nationals to relevant countries, needs of people to join hands with the government in eradicating telecom fraud and online gambling activities, implementation of projects for relevant villages to operate solar-powered river water pumping works, year-wise forest coverage of Magway Region and Minbu District yearly, and greening activities across the nation.

After the meeting, the Senior General viewed the products manufactured by MSME businesses in Minbu District and gave necessary guidance to officials.

Also, present at the meeting were Commission Secretary General Ye Win Oo, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of Central Command, regional ministers and officials.

The Senior General inspected the upgrading of the district sports ground in Minbu and gave guidance to officials for building the stand for spectators and the construction of the systematic drainage facilities.

At the Minbu General Hospital, the Senior General, his wife and party visited the medical departments and the laboratory and inspected healthcare services for the people. The Senior General and his wife donated cash for the hospital through the medical superintendent and officials.

Yesterday morning, the Senior General inspected the upgrading of Magway-Minbu road at the viewpoint of Minbu and gave guidance that roads must be maintained systematically as designated, and since there have been cases of improper land use along some roads, action will need to be taken in accordance with the highways law. He noted that when upgrading roads, the entire road alignment must be developed systematically.

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