26 December 2016

News Story: Aung San Suu Kyi calls for efforts to restore Yangon's glory

YANGON, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the people to work together with the government in restoring Yangon city's glory of "the most beautiful country in the eastern region", expressing the government's commitment to upgrade the former capital city, Myanmar News Agency reported Sunday.

Speaking at the opening of the Yadana Hninsi housing complex Saturday, the new government's first public housing development project in Yangon, Aung San Suu Kyi urged the people and private businessmen to assist in implementing the project which she called a public-private partnership model.

The project, which started on June 1, is a model project for future housing complexes in Dagon Seikkan township with its five 18-storey buildings.

Read the full story at Xinhua