Suu Kyi encouraged businessmen to provide input, admitting that measures taken in the past to address the issue were not sufficient. I assume that the sound foundation of the Union’s project for Rakhine State was laid today with these three strengths,” said Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi has also donated $4,000 for development efforts in Rakhine State, in the initiative also joined by more than two dozen of the country’s tycoons and business leaders. The government formed the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development (UEHRD) in Rakhine on October 15 to engage in humanitarian and rehabilitation works. Friday’s ceremony is the latest effort by Suu Kyi to promote her efforts to to resolve the Rakhine crisis, following a nationally televised address on October 15.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 23, 2017 17:03 UTC