Kayah Hluttaw to scrutinize state budget
Kayah Hluttaw to scrutinize state budget
Myanmar Times, 17 Feb 2017
URL: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/24998-kayah-hluttaw-to-scrutinise-state-budget.html
THE Kayah State government has proposed a budget of K51 billion for the fiscal year 2017-18. The budget will be spent evenly on all sectors with the aim to facilitate the region’s development, said Kayah State Hluttaw Speaker U Hla Htwe.
He said this amount of budget seems sufficient for the state and last year’s budget was also similar in scale.
“The state government has proposed K51 billion for the state’s budget … We have fairly reduced the budget for the irrigation sector. At the moment, we are working on the roads and bridges [infrastructure] sector.”
“With this budget, we will provide support for transport infrastructures and also electricity supply in areas which at present have no access. The state will have an even development [for different sectors and regions] if we manage to spend the budget fairly,” the speaker said.
The state hluttaw was only able to scrutinize budget allocations for irrigation, roads and bridges and the power (electricity) sector as the hluttaw only had a little time to deliberate the budget proposal submitted by the state government, he said. Therefore, the hluttaw will seek more time to debate the budget proposal in future years.
“Some [government employees] still don’t want to change their old habits … they still steal as much chance as they can. We are still trying to change them as much as we can while working with them. But if they continue acting in such a manner, we will take action against them in the coming year,” he said.
According to the speaker, border trading gates in Kayah State have already been opened and the state parliament will try to bolster regional economic development. There is also a plan to implement an industrial zone in the state.
He said this amount of budget seems sufficient for the state and last year’s budget was also similar in scale.
“The state government has proposed K51 billion for the state’s budget … We have fairly reduced the budget for the irrigation sector. At the moment, we are working on the roads and bridges [infrastructure] sector.”
“With this budget, we will provide support for transport infrastructures and also electricity supply in areas which at present have no access. The state will have an even development [for different sectors and regions] if we manage to spend the budget fairly,” the speaker said.
The state hluttaw was only able to scrutinize budget allocations for irrigation, roads and bridges and the power (electricity) sector as the hluttaw only had a little time to deliberate the budget proposal submitted by the state government, he said. Therefore, the hluttaw will seek more time to debate the budget proposal in future years.
“Some [government employees] still don’t want to change their old habits … they still steal as much chance as they can. We are still trying to change them as much as we can while working with them. But if they continue acting in such a manner, we will take action against them in the coming year,” he said.
According to the speaker, border trading gates in Kayah State have already been opened and the state parliament will try to bolster regional economic development. There is also a plan to implement an industrial zone in the state.