Chairman of State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Delivers a Speech at Meeting with Instructor Officers and Trainees of the Military Computer and Technological Institute

Ministry of Defense/ Naypyitaw / June 02, 2023

The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met instructor officers and trainees of the Military Computer and Technological Institute in Hopong Station under the Eastern Command at the hall of the institute on 29 May, and delivered a speech as follows:

· Tatmadaw has been nurturing qualified personnel in respective training schools and trainees of the institute are being nurtured with the aim of enhancing the capabilities of the military engineering sector.

· Trainees are required to study engineering subjects taught at the institute in order to be actually competent in them.

· When trainees perform duties in relevant battalions and units on completion of the training courses, it is necessary for them to carry out their duties responsibly by applying engineering subjects taught at the courses correctly.

· Education does not end at training schools and personnel are required to continue to study consistently. Only when personnel are competent, will they become experts.

· The English language is indispensable in studying engineering subjects, personnel are required to study the language.

· All personnel have joined the Tatmadaw to perform national defence duties of the State out of their own volition without anyone who urged them to do so.

· If personnel lead lives correctly in self-control in the Tatmadaw, they will be able to make progress for their lives. Not to lose sight of one’s aims, one must abstain from drinking and seeking pleasures which can ruin one’s life.

· If individual personnel learn and act properly for their personal development and there are many outstanding personnel, it is beneficial for the Tatmadaw and the country.

Then, the Senior General comprehensively explained the efforts and leading role of the Tatmadaw in adopting the multi-party democracy system aspired by the entire national people, performing assigned duties responsibly and offering necessary advice during the terms of two democratic governments, voting irregularities in the 2020 general election, failure of the government to settle voting disputes, assumption of state duties by the Tatmadaw by declaring a state of emergency due to the situation of the country and efforts of the State Administration Council for political, economic, social and all-round development and stability of the country by adopting policies and objectives.

Also present at the meeting were Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Maung Maung Aye, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of the Eastern Command and officers and instructors and trainees of the institute in Hopong Station.

Then, the Senior General presented foodstuffs and sport equipment for trainees. After the meeting, the Senior General and party cordially greeted the trainees. Then, the Senior General inspected the implementation of agriculture and livestock breeding tasks in the institute and attended to the needs reported by responsible officers.

The Senior General and party also visited the local defence services hospital in Taunggyi in Shan State (South) on 30 May and asked after the health of individual officers, other ranks, families and members of the Myanmar Police Force who were receiving treatments. The Senior General spoke words of encouragement and presented foodstuffs to them, it is reported.

Source: Myawady Daily Newspaper (30-5-2023)