MYANMAR LEADER ON ACHIEVEMENTS OF R

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 MYANMAR LEADER ON ACHIEVEMENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

Xinhua, Yangon, 4 December 1999.   FIRST SECRETARY OF THE 
MYANMAR STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (SPDC) 
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL KHIN NYUNT SAID THAT MYANMAR HAS
GAINED GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN 
THE PAST TEN YEARS. 

HE MADE THE REMARKS AT THE 12TH GOVERNING COUNCIL 
MEETING OF THE CENTER OF INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (CIRDAP) HELD HERE FRIDAY, 
OFFICIAL PAPER THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR REPORTED 
SATURDAY. 

HE DISCLOSED THAT MYANMAR GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT 
MORE THAN 17 BILLION KYATS (56.6 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS) 
FOR THE COUNTRY'S RURAL   DEVELOPMENT IN THE BORDER 
AREAS IN THE LAST DECADE, CONSTRUCTING MORE THAN 
5,953.3 KILOMETERS OF ROADS, 101 BRIDGES, 43 NEW HOSPITALS, 
79 DISPENSARIES AND 43 RURAL HEALTH ENTERS, 351 PRIMARY, 
46 MIDDLE AND 14 HIGH SCHOOLS. 

THE GOVERNMENT ALSO CONSTRUCTED 102 LARGE, MEDIUM 
AND SMALL DAMS AND IRRIGATION FACILITIES ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY IN THE PERIOD, INCREASING THE  IRRIGATED AREA BY 
MORE THAN 603,405 HECTARES, HE STATED. 

POVERTY, LOW STANDARD OF LIVING, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, 
INADEQUATE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACILITIES INCLUDING 
EDUCATION AND HEALTH FACILITIES, AND INSUFFICIENCY OF 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT ARE SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT ALL THE CIRDAP COUNTRIES SHARE, HE STRESSED. 

BY ASSISTING THE NATIONAL ACTIONS OF MEMBER STATES, 
PROMOTING REGIONAL COOPERATION, PROVIDING NECESSARY 
SERVICES INCLUDING RESEARCH, TRAINING AND INFORMATION 
DISSEMINATION, CIRDAP HAS PROVED TO BE OF GREAT BENEFIT 
TO ALL OF US, HE CITED. 

THE GOAL OF MYANMAR GOVERNMENT IS TO HAVE EQUITABLE 
DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE NATION, 
HE SAID, ADDING THAT MYANMAR ASPIRES TO NARROW THE 
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE URBAN AND THE RURAL AREAS AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 

THE CIRDAP, ESTABLISHED IN 1979 WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS 
IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH, IS AIMED AT ERADICATING POVERTY 
IN RURAL AREAS AND CREATING NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND 
ENHANCING ECONOMY AND LIVING STANDARD IN THE MEMBER 
COUNTRIES. 

CIRDAP MEMBER COUNTRIES HAVE A TOTAL POPULATION OF 
1.5 BILLION, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM LIVE IN RURAL AREAS. 

MYANMAR BECAME THE 12TH MEMBER OF THE CIRDAP IN 1995 
WHICH ALSO GROUPS AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, FIJI, INDIA, 
INDONESIA, IRAN, JAPAN, LAOS, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, 
SRI LANKA, THAILAND AND VIETNAM. 


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