23 December

President U Win Myint and First Lady Daw Cho Cho attended the feast of Christmas to mark Christ’s birth and thanksgiving, held at the residence of Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than yesterday morning.

The celebration was also attended by Vice President U Myint Swe, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat and wife Daw Yin May, Union Chief Justice U Htun Htun Oo, Chairperson of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union U Myo Nyunt, Chairman of Union Election Commission U Hla Thein and wife Daw Aye Thida, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Tun Tun Hein and wife Daw Sein Sein Thein, Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung, Union Ministers, Chairman of Union Civil Service Board, Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman, members of Constitutional Tribunal, members of UEC, Deputy Ministers, Deputy Attorney-General and their wives, departmental heads, clergies of Christian churches and the invited guests.

All the attendees enjoyed lunch and had the documentary photo taken.

At 7 pm, the Christian clergies said prayers, read Bible and preached Christmas sermons and sang songs together with the audience. —MNA (Translated by Aung Khin)