US ambassador meets entrepreneurs in Mandalay

MRFCCI officials and entrepreneurs present a gift to US Ambassador Scot A Marciel.—Photo: Thiha Ko Ko

A GROUP of entrepreneurs led by the vice chairman and the secretary of the Mandalay Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI) in Mandalay met US ambassador to Myanmar Mr Scot A Marciel and embassy officials David Galbraith and Satrajit Sardar at the Mingalar Restaurant in Mandalay on Saturday 7 May.

At the meeting, the participants exchanged views on the impact of Myanmar’s democratic transition on business in Myanmar. The ambassador said the US will be a partner in the country’s reform process, which is expected to bring economic development to the country.

The MRCCI vice chairman and the entrepreneurs presented gifts to the ambassador and his party.—Thiha Ko Ko

Tatmadawmen, members of Police Force and members of Fire Brigade seen cleaning a Naung Kham lake which was full of water hyacinth plants, garbage, other twining shrub plants in No. 3 Ward of KengTung, Shan State (East).—Office of Commander in Chief of Defence Services

Water distributed villages in drought-stricken Mon State

GROUNDWATER resources are facing depletion throughout the country as the effect of El Niño set in across the country.

Members of Myanmar Police Force donate 7300 gallons of water for drinking and bathing residents in drought-hit areas in the Bilin and Paung Townships, Mon State on 9 May.

Myanmar Police Force have already donated a total of 280556 gallons of drinking and bathing water from 24 April to 9 May. --Ye Zarni