UNION  Minister  for  Hotels  and  Tourism Dr Htay Aung attended the Awareness  Programme  on  Service  Jobs and Skills Assessment for Banking  Services  and  Microfinance  Services in Ottara District and Dekkhina District in Nay Pyi Taw via videocon-ferencing yesterday.

At the meeting, the Union minister said that the hotels and tourism sector was playing an important role in the service sector in setting the “standard” for Myanmar workers’ skills, which is overseen by the Ministry of Labour.

“As  the  tourism  industry  is  a  self-contained business, the skills of the workers are important,” the Union minister said.

“Not  only  the  Ministry  but  also  all  departments must work together to implement the  human  resources  development  of  the  country.

“Systematic development of small and medium enterprises in various sectors can be  supported  by  the  production  of  skilled  workers in each sector and the systematic recording  and  certification  of  hierarchical statistics,” the Union minister added.

The Union minister said efforts should be made  to  standardize  skills  in  line  with  ASEAN standards in order to provide quality services.

Next, the Director-General and the Deputy Director-General from the Department of Labour explained  the  skills  assessment  process for service jobs, setting the standards for Myanmar workers’ skills.

Participants  in  the  meeting  discussed  sector-wise  matters  and  the  meeting  was concluded.

The Directors-General and Deputy Directors-General from the Department of Labour, Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, officials from the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar Tourism Federation and Myanmar Hoteliers Association, business persons from Nay Pyi Taw  Union  Territory  Hotel  businesses  in  Ottara  and  Dekkhina  districts,  and  entre-preneurs from the banking and microfinance industries participated through the videocon-ferencing.

MNA

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