STATE Security and Peace Commission Member Gen­eral Maung Maung Aye, ac­companied by Commission Member Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, Union ministers, the Mon State chief minister and relevant officials, attend­ed the opening ceremony of the Wariyu Myitkantha recreational site on Strand Road in Mawlamyine, marking the Mon State Day yesterday.

 

After the ceremonial procedures, officials pre­sented cash awards to dance troupes.

 

General Maung Maung Aye and party at­tended the opening cere­mony of booths, local prod­ucts and traditional food stalls on the same evening.

 

They also attended the handover ceremony of seeders for farmers.

 

At the event, Mon State Chief Minister U Aung Kyi Thein remarked, and General Maung Maung Aye and party presented seeders to farmers.

 

On the same morning, General Maung Maung Aye, accompanied by Un­ion Minister for Science and Technology Dr Myo Thein Kyaw and relevant officials, visited Mawlamy­ine Technological Univer­sity, and heard the reports and made proper instruc­tions.

 

General Maung Maung Aye and party also inspected land areas of the Ministry of Home Affairs in the upper main road of Phattan Ward in Mawlamy­ine. Officials reported on the data of land areas upon which the General made in­structions. — MNA/KTZH