NEW BRIDGE OPENED IN MYANMAR'S RAKH

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 NEW BRIDGE OPENED IN MYANMAR'S RAKHINE STATE 

Xinhua, Yangon, 16 December 1999.A NEW BRIDGE BUILT ON THE 
YANGON-SITTWAY HIGHWAY IN MYANMAR'S WESTERN RAKHINE 
STATE WAS COMMISSIONED FOR SERVICE WEDNESDAY, OFFICIAL 
NEWSPAPER THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR REPORTED THURSDAY. 

THE 390-METER-LONG RAMONG BRIDGE IN THE STATE'S MINBYE TOWNSHIP WAS
BUILT AT A COST OF 2.3 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS PLUS 1.584 BILLION KYATS (5.28
MILLION DOLLARS), IT SAID. 

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF THE BRIDGE, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
KHIN NYUNT, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE MYANMAR STATE PEACE AND
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DISCLOSED THAT OVER 800 SMALL AND 10 MAJOR
BRIDGES WERE BUILT ON THE HIGHWAY ALONE IN THE STATE WHICH IS A
COASTAL AREA CRISS-CROSSED BY RIVERS AND STREAMS. 

THREE MORE BRIDGES IN THE STATE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL SOON
BE COMPLETED, HE SAID. 

BY THE TIME WHEN ALL THE BRIDGES ON THE HIGHWAY ARE COMPLETED, PEOPLE
FROM SITTWAY CAN TRAVEL TO YANGON DIRECTLY BY ROAD AND TO ALL PARTS
OF THE MYANMAR THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS, HE ADDED. 

HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT A DEEP SEA-PORT WILL ALSO BE BUILT IN THE STATE
WHERE SEA FISHING, FISH AND PRAWN BREEDING AND MARINE ENTERPRISES ARE
FLOURISHING, SAYING THAT PROSPECTS WILL BE BRIGHT BY HAVING THIS SEA
PORT TO EXTEND FOREIGN TRADE AND TO ENHANCE TOURISM IN THE REGION. 

ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS, MYANMAR HAS BUILT 114 BRIDGES
INCLUDING 12 MAJOR ONES AND 5,871 KM OF ROADS SINCE 1988. THE TOTAL
LENGTH OF ROADS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 29,187 KM IN 1999 FROM 23,316 KM IN
1988. 

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