Singapore donate ground facilities for Yangon Intl Airport

28-Jun-2008, Myanmar
Lt-Gen Myint Swe accompanied by Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint and the Mayor inspected nylon paving of 1,200-ft long section of Kaba Aye Pagoda road to Komin Kochin road, beautifying of Kandaw Gyi Gardens and Maha Bandhoola Park, renovation of 425-ft long pedestrian lane on Merchant Street and 1,000-ft long 6-ft wide pedestrian lane on Pyi road and then fulfilled the needs.

International community is continuously providing relief supplies for the areas severely hit by the cyclone Nargis. Relief supplies weighing 23.76 tons donated by WFP based in Thailand and 74.87 tons donated by Red Cross Society of Britain arrived at Yangon International Airport, Friday

Well-wishers from Chin State donated over 3.9 million Kyats worth relief supplies for the storm victims on Friday. On Friday alone, over 4.12 million kyats worth cash and kinds have been received, including 138,000 Kyats donated through Finance Acceptance and Disbursement Sub-Committee. In total, cash and kind donations amounted to over 13,225.9 million Kyats up to 27th June.
The ceremony to donate ground facilities for Yangon International Airport and Myanmar Air Ways of the Ministry of Transportation by the Republic of Singapore was held at the meeting hall of the Airport on 26th June.
At the ceremony, on behalf of the Republic of Singapore, Singaporean Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar Mr. Robert Hian Kong Chua presented the ground facilities to Deputy Minister for Transportation Col Nyan Tun Aung who in turn gave certificate of honour to the Ambassador.
International flights carrying relief aids for the storm victims have been continuously arriving at Yangon International Airport. Hence, the Republic of Singapore donated such kinds of ground facilities to the Union of Myanmar so that loading procedures and distribution of relief supplies would be smooth and effective in a short time.
Those donated by the Republic of Singapore are 4 kinds of machineries numbering 19 and they are worth 341,100 US $.
Under the arrangement of the Ministry of Health, a 15-member mobile medical team led by Ayeyawaddy Division TB specialist Dr. Saw Thein of National TB Eradication Project of the Health Department together with Dr. Min Ko of WHO provided health care services to the patients in storm-hit villages with difficult access in Ngaputaw township from 17th June to 17th July.

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