HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: New UEC members take oath at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 April — Eight new members of the Union Election Commission appointed by the president took their oath before the speaker at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session on Monday. Afterwards, the session put on record bills approved by both the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Huttaw, including the nursing and midwifery council bill, the inland water transport bill, and the healthcare for population control bill. The session also put on record the protection and promotion of peasant farmers? interests bill approved by both houses. The secretary and a member of the bill committee later submitted their findings on a bill for the development of small and medium enterprises, the highways bill, the law translation commission bill and the Myanmar Medical Council bill."....PYITHU HLUTTAW: Health ministry constructs rural health branches in Kachin State: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 April — Ministry of Health explained establishments of rural health branches in two villages of Shwegu Township of Bhamo district, Kachin State and budget allocation for two branches in Shwepyitha Township, Yangon Region. U Win Naing, an MP of Shwegu Township constituency, called for construction of each rural health branch at Shwechaungthar and Naungmoh villages. Deputy Minister for Health Dr Daw Thein Thein Htay said in accordance with the number of locals in the area, the ministry will construction one health facility in Shwechaungthar and another one in Zinbone village, instead of the proposed one. Regarding the query of MP U Tin Maung Oo from Shwepyitha Township constituency, the deputy minister said Yangon region government did not cut the budget allocated by Union Hluttaw, but public funds are totally given out only when the projects are completed and the qualities are passed by the ministry. Proposal of Ye Township constituency in southern Myanmar on upgrading the road linking the villages of Lamai, Thaungpyin and Aryutaung was rejected for 2015-2016 fiscal year on the ground of budget limitation by the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development. The Lower House then decided to approve Myanmar Accountancy Council Bill submitted by the Upper House with its amendments."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Deputy education minister responded to questions in Amyotha Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 April — Deputy Minister for Education Dr Zaw Min Aung responded to questions raised for the ministry at the Amyotha Hluttaw Session on Monday. The first question was concerned with a dangerous school building in an affiliated middle school in Ywama Village in Chauk. The deputy minister said school buildings are being built according to their priority and the school building could not be replaced with a new one during the 2015-16 fiscal year. Another question focused on upgrading of a middle school into a high school in Webula Village in Falam. The deputy minister said that there is no plan to upgrade the school at the moment but it is possible to upgrade it according to priority if the state government recommends doing so. Another question was raised for construction of a reinforced concrete school building for a primary school in Dawmu Kalar Village in Loikaw. The deputy minister said that the ministry has allotted K 738.00 million for other 25 schools in the township and could not build the new building for the school. Then, the session accepted the bill repealing the township development committee?s law as there was no representative to discuss the bill. Afterwards, the reports of the government?s guarantees, pledges and undertaking vetting committee was read out at the session and submitted to the Hluttaw by the committee chairman."..... 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