Nay Pyi Taw December 24
Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends ceremony to open upgraded Thanlyin Glass Factory
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended a ceremony to open the upgraded Thanlyin Glass Factory of Myanmar Economic Corporation in Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region, this morning.
Also present at the ceremony together with the Senior General were SAC members Admiral Tin Aung San, General Maung Maung Kyaw and Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun, Joint Secretary Lt- Gen Ye Win Oo, union ministers, the Yangon Region chief minister, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander- in-Chief, the Yangon Command commander, the mayor and officials of MEC.
First, SAC member Myanmar Investment Commission chairman Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun, Union Minister for Industry Dr Charlie Than and MEC chairman Lt-Gen Nyo Saw cut the ribbon to open the ceremony. Next, the Senior General press the button to unveil the signboard of Thanlyin Glass Factory and posed for a documentary photo along with those present.
The Senior General and party went round in the factory. Then, the Senior General ignited and opened the furnace and continued viewing round the factory. After watching a documentary video on the glass factory, the Senior General said use of glass bottles does not harm the natural environment. With domestic production of glassware for enough supply, import and foreign exchange spending can be reduced. As job opportunities can also be created, the business must be done until success is achieved, he added. Then, Lt-Gen Nyo Saw and a factory official presented a commemorative gift to the Senior General, who in turn presented a basket of fruit.
In Myanmar, glass industry was first developed in Bagan Period, and the art of glass processing had far advanced in the late Konbaung Dynasty. The MEC-owned Thanlyin Glass Factory was established in 1967 and improvements had been made since. To reduce import of glass bottles, the factory was upgraded after the guidance of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in 2018. Now, the glass factory can produce 300 tons of glass a day. As an average of over 400,000 glass bottles can be produced, there will be an enough supply of glass bottles in the country.
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