Kyaikmaraw, 17 September

A ceremony to provide social pension to elderly people above 85 years old was held at the hall of Shwehinthar in the Township General Administration Department in Kyaikmaraw, Mawlamyine District, Mon State yesterday afternoon.

At the event, the township Administrator U Kyaw Myint delivered an opening speech and clarified the purposes of cash donation for elderly people.

Afterwards, an official from the township Department of Social Welfare handed over K 17.76 to village Administrators for 592 elderly people in the township.—Cho Myat Htway (Kyaikmaraw)

Translated by JT