December 24, 2019

Japan-based KUBOTA company and its sales representatives donated 12,000 sets of backpacks and stationary for schoolchildren, with a total value of K50 million, at a ceremony at the Ministry of Education in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Union Minister for Education Dr Myo Thein Gyi spoke at the ceremony and said the Japanese company’s donation of 16,300 sets of backpacks and stationary from last year was distributed to Yangon, Ayeyawady, Shan, Rakhine, Kayin, Mon and other regions. He said they also donated it to schools that needed it. He thanked KUBOTA for their donation once again and said they will distribute to the needy students across Myanmar.

Next, KUBOTA Myanmar’s Managing Director Mr Kunitomo Sato delivered an address, after which Dr Myo Thein Gyi accepted the donation and took a documentary photo.—MNA (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)