The administrative office of Than Tlang has not responded yet to an application to open an office for Hluttaw representative’s in Than Tlang Town of Chin state, Burma. The application was made on 16 October. An application was submitted to the township administration by Pu Lal Muang Cung, state Hluttaw representative and a member of the Chin National Party (CNP) on behalf of Than Tlang Township’s Hluttaw representatives. “We had asked for permission on 25 October to open an office. But they have not responded till now. The office is meant for all Hluttaw representatives of Than Tlang Township,” said…
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The plans for sanctuaries in Chin state, Burma is yet to be implemented by the central government, which had reserved 10,167 acres in 1997, during the Burma’s military government’s tenure. The Zinghmuh mountain sanctuary areas of Falam Township were to be worked out by U Ye Htun and U Kyi Soe Win, Union Ministers between 19 and 20 October 2012. U Aye Myint Maung, Deputy Minister for Forests said at the regular Hluttaw meeting in September that Zinghmuh Mountain was identified as a sanctuary for protecting its environs and a survey group would be sent to the site. Zinghmuh Mountain…
Pu Thawng Mun Mang, Manager of Matupi’s Electric Department is alleged to have misappropriated funds to the tune of 80 lakh Kyats, the budget for the electric department, sanctioned by the central government for Matupi Town, the second capital of Chin state, Burma. About 80,000 Kyats were provided by the central government for each meter box and the government also sanctioned 80 lakh Kyats for electric poles in Matupi. “Pu Thawng Mun Mang sold meter boxes for 1,50,000 Kyats each. Electric pillars were carried by the staffs of the electric department and then the money was misappropriated,” alleged a staff…
Burglars, who broke into six shops around the same time on 19 October night are yet to be identified and arrested by the police in Thang Tlang Town, northern Chin state, Burma. “A drug store, a general store, a tape recorder repairing shop, two restaurants and a goldsmith’s outlet situated on the main road of Than Tlang were burgled. Goods of around 5 lakh Kyats were stolen,” said a local. The thefts were carefully planned and executed by a gang of thieves. The simultaneous burglaries are being investigated by the local police, said a police officer in Than Tlang. Local…
A refresher training course for the Chin National Army (CNA) was held on the Indo-Burma border for the first time in nearly two and-a-half decades of the Chin National Front’s (CNF) revolution. The training was organized by CNF’s military affairs committee and was concluded recently. Members of the Supreme Council, Central Executive Committee members, Central Committee members of the CNF and army officers numbering 17 attended the training conducted in the last week of October. “This is the first time a refresher training course was held in the CNF’s revolution era. Theoretical knowledge was imparted in the training. Next time…
Leaders of the Chin National Front have been invited to the Chin cultural festival, Tho in local parlance, to be held in Kalemyo, Sagaing division, Burma between 26 and 29 October. The Chin Tho festival is being held for the first time in Kale-Kabaw valley of Sagaing and Magwe divisions in Burma. The festival is being organized by the Laimi Funtomnak Bu (LFB), a social group of a Chin tribe led by Pu Enoch, who was an independent candidate from Sagaing division in Burma’s 2010 general election, said an organizing committee member. “Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong, Pu H.C Ralhnin, CNF…
Burma’s education department in Matupi Town, Chin state, has brought down fees for application forms for job vacancies from 3,000 to 1,500 Kyats per form starting this month. Matupi’s No. 1, Basic High School and No.2, Basic High School authorities reduced application form fees to 1500 Kyats per application form following a letter of complaint submitted by student’s parents. “The headmaster of Matupi high school said, now one needs to pay 1,500 Kyats for an application form. Around 400 applicants have applied against vacancies,” said a school teacher. Besides, the authorities of Matupi education department have been demanding between 6,000…
A football tournament is being held with funds collected from local people by the authorities of Matupi, the second capital of Chin state, Burma for its township administration trophy as of 15 October 2012. Eighteen footballers each from Cangbawng, Khoboi, Lawngvan block of Matupi, Laymyo football club, the Education Department club, the Combination Department club, and football teams from Phaneng and Ngaleng villages participated in the tournament, said a local. “About 60,000 Kyats as food charges for the footballers and 8,000 Kyats for the football team’s uniforms were collected from local people by the authorities, while 20,000 Kyats were paid…
The Matupi cultural dance group grabbed the maximum number of prizes at the state level cultural dance competition, in Chin state, Burma. The competition was held in Hakha, the capital of Chin state between October 14 and 15. Cultural bamboo dances, individual dances, group songs, instrumental music, mixed songs of man and woman and individual instrumental music competitors participated in the cultural dance. Eight township competitors participated, said a local. Matupi contestants were awarded the first prize for the cultural bamboo dance, group song, and individual singer categories, while the second prizes went to Mindat Township competitors. Colonel Zaw Min…
The Chin National Front (CNF) has sent a survey team to scout for land for its army camp sites and for families to resettle in Than Tlang Township, Chin state, Burma following an agreement between President Thein Sein’s government and the CNF.