The Government spent over 68,637.66 million kyats and over 550 million US $ on border areas and national races development project. Better foundations for development have prevailed and rapid development has been made in border areas. Over 3,929 million kyats have been spent on education of border areas so far and 852 primary schools, 90 middle schools and 92 high schools have been opened.

Ref: Excerpt from The Secretary-1’s speech in The New Light of Myanmar, June 8, 2005.

(Development of Border Areas)