Kyaukpadaung, 22 June

An event to present social pension provided by government to elderly people above 85 years old was held at the meeting room of the Township General Administration Department in Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region this morning.

At the event, an official from the Township Department of Social Welfare clarified the purposes of the provision of social pension for senior citizens.

Afterwards, chairman of the Township Administration Council U Than Lwin, members of the township Administration Council Major Moe Ko Ko, U Shwe Po and staff officer of the District Department of Social Welfare Daw Tin Tin Sein handed over social pension to respective village and ward Administrators.

Under this financial aid program, 333 senior citizens from twelve wards and seven villages in the township received K 30000 each for the months of January, February and March.—Nay Aung, IPRD

Translated by JT