At the 4th day meeting of the 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 6th day session held yesterday, Dr Tun Naing, Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy, replied to a question raised by U Ne Myo Htet of Kyauktada constituency.
“Out of five fertilizer plants under Myanmar petroleum chemical enterprise, No. 2 fertilizer plant (Kyun Chaung) and No. 3 fertilizer plant (Kyaw Zwa) stopped production a long time ago, having suffered great losses. No. 2 Kyun Chaung fertilizer plant was built in 1968 by the Pintsch Bamag Co. of Germany, operated by using inland natural gas from the Kyauk Khwet, Ayardaw, Thargyitaung oil fields. It had production capacity of 207 tons of fertilizer per day, (which it produced) for 49 years. No. 3 Kyaw Zwa fertilizer plant was built in 1982 by UHDE GmbH Co. of Germany, operating by the use of inland natural gas from the Pyay oil field. It had the capacity of producing 600 tons of fertilizer a day, (which it did) for 35 years.”
The Deputy Minister added, “Now, as inland natural gas is decreasing in production from the above-said oil fields, No. 2 Kyun Chaung fertilizer plant stopped its production on 31st May 2009, with production from No. 3 Kyaw Zwa fertilizer plant stopped on 7th September 2010. Due to long periods of production, amount of inland natural gas dereased and a shortage of raw material needed for fertilizer production, the plants had been stopped. There have no plans for production of fertilizer in cooperation with private entrepreneurs. Now, liquidation of the two plants is under way.”
Afterward, U Kyaw Myo, Deputy Minister for Transport and Communication, replied to the question raised by U Ohn Khin of Palaw constituency.
“Survey and registration of waterway vehicles over 20hp are directly managed by Region and State Waterway Transport Directorate Offices. In surveying those kinds of vehicles, it must be examined as to whether there is strength of the vehicular machines, and whether staff is well qualified or not. Accordingly, examining officers who have completed examining officer training courses conducted by the department of waterway transportation has to calculate tonnage of cargo to be loaded by measuring oneself based on fundamental rules and experiences achieved from the training. With the high power of the machines in waterway vehicles, strength of the vehicles, security of fire-outbreak, sufficiency of the life-saving equipment are needed to be systematically checked. For now, there has no plan to empower the right of survey and registration of waterway vehicles with more than 20HP to the general administration department.”
Aye Aye Thant (MNA)
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