STAFF members from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Myanmar embassies, consulates-general and representative offices abroad, along with their families donated gold plates to the Shwedagon Pagoda. The donation includes two gold plates weighing six ticals each and thirteen gold coatings weighing one ticals each, with a total cash donation of K6.25 million.
The ceremony took place at 8 am yesterday near the southern archway of the Shwedagon Pagoda. During the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe handed over the gold plates worth K6.25 million to the Pagoda Board of Trustees, which gave honourary certificates back to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Afterwards, Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister U Than Swe together with the donors, participated in the offering ceremony, fitting the gold plates to the Shwedagon Pagoda. — MNA/KZL
