Meeting with officials: SAC VC met with departmental officials in Rakhine

State Administration Council Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets Rakhine State government and departmental officials at the hall of state government in Sittway on Monday.

In his address, the Vice-Senior General said the work process depends on short- and long-term plans. The long-term plans must be implemented in respective sections under the systematic arrangements.

The short-term plans must be implemented with might and main to have a quick win. The Vice-Senior General also urged businesspersons to make preparations for the improvement of the tourism industry.

As restrictions of COVID-19 have been eased to some extent, it is necessary to prepare the ancient MraukU city and the Ngapali beach to catch the attention of the travellers.

The Vice-Senior General highlighted that Rakhine State is a disaster-prone area as it is a coastal area. Local people need to raise their awareness of climatic conditions.

At a time when they have information about weather forecasts, they need to take care of warning levels for seeking shelters or safer places if necessary.

Local authorities and people must make preparations to have readiness in accordance with the natural disaster prevention plan if a storm hits.

The Vice-Senior General urged those present to train athletes to turn out the outstanding ones in the state.

Their sports training results must break the records of sports at different levels including the Southeast Asian level and the international level. It is necessary to uplift sports standards which can bring honour to the State.

So far, the Vice-Senior General continued to say that the peace talks have been held with five ethnic armed organizations which understand the genuine desires of the citizens wishing to live peacefully.

Hence, the state government, departmental officials, personnel and local people should sustain such a good condition.

The Rakhine state government needs to give service to the people at the grassroots level in a correct way while assisting in undertaking the economic, social, health and education sectors.