New China-Myanmar friendship school set up in Yangon

Students studying at a school in northwestern Yangon will have more study spaces on campus as a new building was put into use on Tuesday, June 6.The No. 9 High School in Hlaing Thar Yar Township has become the 11th China-Myanmar Friendship School in Myanmar as China funded the 220,000-US-dollar building, which can accommodate over 700 students. The China-Myanmar Friendship Program, launched in 2015, is expected to see new buildings erected at 20 school sites in the Southeast Asian country by the end of 2017. The first one was inaugurated in Shwekyin, Bago Region in October last year. Financial support for scholarships is also provided to the students. Madame Wang Xuehong (fifth from right), the wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, attended the opening of a China-funded new teaching building at No. 9 High School of Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon, on June 6th, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

Madame Wang Xuehong, the wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, spoke at the opening ceremony of the new teaching building at No. 9 High School of Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon, on June 6th, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

Chief of Hlaing Thar Yar Township, U Aung Ko Oo, spoke at the opening ceremony of the new teaching building at No. 9 High School of Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon, on June 6th, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

Madame Wang Xuehong handed 10 million kyats financial support for scholarship to the headmaster of No. 9 High School of Hlaing Thar Yar Township. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

Local students waving Chinese and Myanmar national flags at the opening ceremony of the new teaching building on June 6, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

A student smiling at the camera at the opening ceremony of the new teaching building on June 6, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

Students performing at the ceremony on June 6, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

The No. 9 High School in Hlaing Thar Yar Township has become the 11th China-Myanmar Friendship School in Myanmar. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]

The new teaching building of No. 9 High School of Hlaing Thar Yar Township seen from afar. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun]