China Delivers Teaching Building to MyanmarThe Chinese Embassy in Myanmar Monday formally delivered a new teaching building to the Myanmar Ministry of Education.The building is for No.2 Primary School of Yankin township in Yangon division. Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Liang Dong and Myanmar Education Minister U Than Aung inaugurated the building by cutting the ribbon, and First Secretary of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council and Chairman of the Myanmar Education Committee Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt unveiled the monument of the building. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Liang said the donation of the teaching building marked the good beginning of the friendly cooperation between China and Myanmar in the new century in the sector of education. At the ceremony, Khin Nyunt and U Than Aung respectively delivered speeches. They expressed thanks to the Chinese side for the donation of the China-Myanmar friendship school, wishing continuous development of the Myanmar-China friendship. The teaching building was built by China's Transtech Engineering Corporation to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar which fell on June 8, 2000. The cornerstone of the two-storey building, which costs US$150,000, was laid on June 26, 2000 and it took five months to complete. The building, which has 10 class rooms, can simultaneously accommodate 500 pupils. |
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