Meiktila, 5 February

A ceremony was held this morning at the meeting hall of the Township War Veterans Organization office in Meiktila Township, Mandalay Region, to provide cash assistance to members of the Township War Veterans Organization aged 75 to 100.

During the ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Maung Maung Shein (retired), Chairman of the Myanmar War Veterans Organization (Central), delivered an opening speech and explained the purpose of the cash assistance program for senior ex-servicemen.

As part of the program, senior ex-servicemen aged 75 to 100 received K. 50,000 each from the Myanmar War Veterans Organization. The Mandalay Region War Veterans Organization provided K. 25,000 each to senior ex-servicemen in the same age range, and the Township War Veterans Organization gave K. 10,000 each to senior ex-servicemen aged 75 and above. Additionally, senior ex-servicemen aged 80 and above received K. 50,000 each from the Myanmar War Veterans Organization.

In total, 131 senior ex-servicemen aged 75 and above received K. 6.5 million from the Myanmar War Veterans Organization, 42 senior ex-servicemen received K. 1.0 million from the Mandalay Region War Veterans Organization, and 42 senior ex-servicemen received K. 420,000 from the Township War Veterans Organization.— Thein Myint Kyaw (Meiktila)

Translated by JT