Brunei: Outstanding students from School for the Blind honoured
 updatetime:2010-04-02 09:02:09   Views:0 Source:Brunei times
   GON, 14 Oct -- Outstanding students from the School for the Blind in Kyimyindine Township were honoured today.


YANGON, 14 Oct -- Outstanding students from the School for the Blind in Kyimyindine Township were honoured today.

Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe attended the ceremony to honour the students held at the school and awarded the students who passed the matriculation examination for the 2007-2008 and the 2008-2009 academic years and who won the gold medals during the V SEA Games for disabled persons.

During the ceremony to honour the outstanding students, Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe donated K 200,000 to the Social Welfare Department and the Director-General of the department accepted the donation.

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe presented prizes and cash awards to the students.

Director-General U Soe Kyi awarded U Mya Khaing from the Social Welfare Department who won two gold medals in the swimming contests of the V SEA Games for the disabled persons and Ma Theint Thu Thu Lin from the school for the disabled who won three gold medals in V SEA games for the disabled persons.