President U Thein Sein Tours Tea and Rubber Plantations in Homalin
Volume I, Number 190 5th Waning Day of Tagu 1376 ME Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 President U Thein Sein tours tea and rubber INSIDE Vice President plantations in Homalin U Nyan Tun NAY PYI TAW, 7 stresses reliable April— President U Thein statistics for Sein visited a tea farm in the township of Homalin in sound policies Sagaing Region on Tues- PAGE-3 day, according to officials. The president heard briefings from officials Commander- on the operations of the in-Chief of plantation, including mar- keting, employment and Defence earnings. Services tours The president and Rakhine State union ministers present- ed clothes and cash to tea PAGE-3 growers and cultural dance troupes. Union ministers Sagaing Region has more than 9,000 acres of present gifts to tea plantations, with 6,700 Hkamti acres in Homalin alone. At a briefing hall in Township Homalin, Sagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye PAGE-3 explained transport net- works and construction of Age-inappropri- bridges. The president and his entourage also visited President U Thein Sein being welcomed by local residents and ethnic people on his arrival in Hkamti, ate teaching can rubber plantations, where Sagaing Region.—IPRD limit children’s he encouraged growers. progress The region has 11,700 The president also to members of the Sangha. The president and his mittees and town elders in acres of rubber plantations, visited Sitagu Eye Hospi- He also offered flowers, entourage flew to Hkamti the township’s guesthouse. PAGE-8 with over 1,900 acres in tal, where he paid homage water and lights at a histor- Township, where he met MNA Homalin.
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