6 June
THE 15th day meeting of the Sec-ond Amyotha Hluttaw’s 12th reg-ular session was held yesterday morning at the Amyotha Hlut-taw meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw, where questions were raised and answered, two bills were submit-ted and a report were read out.
Question & Answer ses-sion
At the question and an-swer session, U Kyaw Ni Naing of Shan State constituency 11 asked if there was a plan to build a stadium in Kongyan Township, Laukkai District, Kokang Self-ad-ministered Zone, Shan State. Re-garding this query, Union Min-ister for Health and Sports Dr. Myint Htwe replied that imple-mentation would be made once the plot of land had been granted to use as a ministry-owned land and the allotment of fund would be listed in the immediate fiscal year of the Shan State govern-ment. Currently, it was learnt that there are basic education schools in Kongyan Township and efforts would be made to provide neces-sary sporting equipment for the school children.
U Myint Naing of Rakhine State constituency 5 asked if there was a plan to upgrade the Meewa Village Sub-Rural Health Centre to the Rural Health Cen-tre in Kyauktaw Township, Rakh-ine State in 2019-2020 FY. Union Minister Dr. Myint Htwe said that there was no plan to upgrade it for the time beings, but the matter would be submitted to the Union Government for approval.
U Zaw Min Lat (a) U Ko Lat of Shan State constituency asked if there was a scheme to upgrade a 16-bedded hospital in Aungban Town, Kalaw Township, Shan State. Union Minister Dr. Myint Htwe replied that imple-mentation would be conducted as early as possible in order to provide traffic accident victims with medical treatment.
U Lin Tin Htay of Mon State constituency 4 asked whether it was a plan to build a concrete bridge No. 1 on Mudu-Daung-zayat road, Chaungzon Town-ship, Mawlamyine District, Mon State in 2019-2020 FY. Deputy Minister for Construction U Kyaw Lin replied that the im-plementation process would be carried out once the allotment of state funds had been listed as a Class (A) in 2019-2020 FY.
Similarly, Union Minister Dr. Myint Htwe replied the queries raised by U Hla Oo of Sagaing Region constituency 4 asking if there was a plan to open a Sub-Rural Health Centre in Nay-yarkhin Village, Ayadaw Town-ship, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, and U Maung Kyaw Zan of Rakhine State constituency 9 who asked if there was a plan to upgrade the health centre in Yathedaung Township, Ra-khine State while opening new healthcare centres in Shwe Laung Tin, Kanpyin, Katchaung, Nyaungpinlae and Pyichaung village-tract.
2019 Bill Amending Myan-mar Investment Law
Then Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mehn Win Khaing Than notified the 2019 bill amending Myanmar Investment Law to the Hluttaw and which has been sent from the Pyithu Hluttaw without making any amendments.
Bill To Protect from the Rise of Imported Goods
Next, Deputy Minister for Commerce U Aung Htoo ex-plained about a bill intended to prevent from the impact of import surges, which aimed at protecting the small and me-dium-scale enterprises from import surge into Myanmar. Thus he urged the Hluttaw to pass the bill in a timely manner. Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Commit-tee Secretary Dr. Myat Nyana Soe clarified the bill to protect from the rise of imported goods. Afterwards, Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker announced for Hluttaw representatives who wanted to discuss the bill to register their name.
Bill On Urban and Region-al Development Scheme
Deputy Minister for Con-struction U Kyaw Lin submitted the bill on urban and regional development scheme and said that the motion has been tabled with a view to fostering urban de-velopment and drawing up sys-tematic schemes that played a crucial role in the infrastructure of the country. Then Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee member Brig-Gen Tint Lwin read out and clarified the reports of the bill on urban and regional develop-ment scheme. Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker announced for Hluttaw representatives who wanted to discuss the bill to register their names.
Regarding the reports on motions and questions that have been submitted from the first regular meeting to 11th regular meeting, Government Guaran-tees, Pledges and Undertakings Vetting Committee member Daw Lwee Zar said that the committee has been carrying out the on-going, implementation and work process of the Hluttaw rep-resentatives and coordinated it. It was found out that there were many motions and queries as long as the Hluttaw meetings took place. As for the commit-tees, utmost efforts would be made to fulfill the requirements of the proposals made by the Hluttaw representatives in co-operation with relevant minis-tries. Moreover the committee has planned to conduct field trips to Chin State and Magway Region as an act to inspect the pledges and undertakings while carrying out the work process in line with the guidance of the Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker. Fol-lowing this, Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker announced for Hluttaw representatives who wanted to discuss the report to register their names. The 16th day meet-ing of the Second Amyotha Hlut-taw’s 12th regular session will be held on 6 June, it was learnt.
By Aung Ye Thwin, Lu Maw
(Translated by Win Ko Ko Aung)
