Myanmar President Opens Space Education Exhibition as People's Assembly Questions Irrigation, Rail and Immigration Officials
President of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing has opened the Basic Education Level Space-Themed Painting, Cartoon and Poster Contest and the Space Technological Exhibition at the Myanmar International Convention Centre I in Nay Pyi Taw. At the opening ceremony he stressed the need to collect data on the country's natural resources, including water resources, through space technology, and to apply space and super intelligence (SI) technologies to agriculture and livestock breeding, the country's main economic sectors, to gain information on soil, water and crop conditions for timely planning.
The contest and exhibition are organised under the supervision of the Nay Pyi Taw Council and the Myanmar Space Agency. The contests run in three categories: primary level under the theme Dreams of Space, middle school level on November 11 under Humanity and the Future of Space, and high school level on November 12 under Exploring and Applying Space Technology, with the prize-giving ceremony on November 13. The President toured galleries on space and SI-applied agricultural systems, weather and environmental monitoring from space, and satellite technology applications, and viewed prize-winning works from the previous contest.
Meanwhile, the 26th-day sitting of the third regular session of the Third Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Assembly) convened in Nay Pyi Taw, chaired by Speaker U Khin Yi, with deputy ministers fielding five major inquiries from lawmakers. The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation reported that funds to repair storm damage across three sections of the Kaukkway reservoir canal system near Lashio will be sought in the 2027-2028 Union and supplementary budgets before water distribution can fully resume.
The Deputy Minister for Transport explained that the Yangon-Pyay DEMU express train will not add a stop at Padeegon station, noting that existing services adequately cover its roughly 95 daily passengers and that an additional stop would cause unacceptable delays. He also clarified that re-registering non-Yangon vehicles under Yangon addresses remains limited to specific exemptions such as locally assembled vehicles and commercial electric vehicles.
The Deputy Minister for Immigration and Population outlined joint operations with the Ministry of Home Affairs to inspect, detain and deport undocumented foreigners and visa violators, and noted that funding for a new township immigration office was omitted from recent regular budgets but will be pursued via supplementary funding. The session closed with a committee report scrutinising government pledges.
In a separate public-service item, the 20th round of free eyesight donation by Sitagu Cakku Dana Hospital in Yangon kicked off on November 10, providing free medical examination to 712 patients on the first day, with surgical services scheduled from November 12 to 15. In the previous round from September 1 to 7, 438 out of 1,076 patients received free surgical services.
(Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar)
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar
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Photo: 图：位于内比都的缅甸议会大厦建筑群。照片：Htoo Tay Zar，CC BY-SA 3.0，经维基共享资源。 / Photo: The Hluttaw (parliament) complex in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Photo: Htoo Tay Zar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
