The awards ceremony for the impromptu speech competition was held at Falam City Hall yesterday afternoon.
The competition was jointly organized by the Department of Information and Public Relations and the Department of Basic Education to develop students, who are the country’s future assets, foster their interest in reading and good reading habits, and encourage them to apply the knowledge gained from reading in practice.
The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister for Construction Dr Thaung Naing, who is in Chin State to oversee rehabilitation works, Chin State Minister for Electricity, Energy, Industry and Transport U Nay Lin Aung, and members of the Chin State Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Work Committee.
The deputy minister and the state minister delivered opening remarks. Maung Bwe Lyan Thang from No 2 Basic Education High School, the firstprize winner in the high school category, and Maung Swee Ngun Mang from No 2 Basic Education High School, the first-prize winner in the middle school category, then delivered impromptu speeches.
The deputy minister and officials subsequently presented prizes to the first-, second- and third-prize winners, as well as the consolation prize winners, in the high school and middle school categories.
Yesterday morning, the deputy minister and his team also visited the Office of the Staff Officer (Civil) of the Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department, staff officer’s house and the two-room staff quarters. They also inspected the progress of work at the office of the District Meteorologig and Hydrology Department.
After inspecting the staff quarters and office operations, the deputy minister stressed that departmental office buildings damaged in terrorist attacks had been repaired using State funds and that the buildings therefore needed to be used efficiently maintained. He also emphasized that, just as the infrastructure had been repaired and improved, staff morale needed to be boosted. — District IPRD/ MKKS
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