State Administration Council members and Union ministers opened the Nyeinchanthaya swimming pool, which was constructed in commemorating the 75th Anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) Kachin State Day, in Myitkyina.
SAC members Jeng Phang Naw Taung, U Moung Har, U Sai Lon Seng, U Shwe Kyein, and Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Maung Maung Ohn, U Hla Moe, U Thaung Han, U Aung Naing Oo, Dr Nyunt Pe, U Min Thein Zan, U Myo Thant, U Saw Tun Aung Myint, Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan, Deputy Ministers Maj-Gen Phyo Thant and U Zaw Aye Maung, officers from Tatmadaw, the chief justice of Kachin State High Court, ministers of the state government attended the ceremony.
Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs U Min Thein Zan said that Kachin State should be proud to be the first to build and open a new indoor swimming pool out of all regions and states. State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan delivered a speech afterwards. Then, the documents and information regarding the swimming pool were handed over by the Myanmar Maker Home Company, which constructed the swimming pool, to the state minister for social affairs.
Next, SAC members and the state chief minister pressed the button to open the signboard.
The Nyeinchanthaya swimming pool, which was opened yesterday, is a 50-metre-long and 25-metre-wide international-level swimming pool with 10 swimming lanes. — State IPRD/KZW
