Kyungyangone, 4 October

A total of 381 older persons aged 85 and above in Kyungyangone township in Yangon South district yesterday.

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Resettlement has been providing social pensions to older persons aged 85 and above once every three months. Officials from concerned departments made domiciliary visits and issued K 30000 each to a total of 381 older persons living in villages in Kyungyangone Township for the months of July, August and September. The ministry is granting K 10000 per month to an older person aged 85 and above.

The total amount of social pension granted to older persons in the township was K 11.4 million, said an official from the Township General Administration Department.— Tun Tun Soe ( IPRD)

Translated by Aung Zaw Lin