NEWS FROM BAYAN-OLGII

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ According to official results of socio-economic situation by the end of 2011, the population of Bayan-Olgii aimag stood at 89 thousand 374 people, eight of them are centenarians. In addition, some two thousand 370 mothers gave birth, a number of child mortality showed a decrease against the previous year. In the economic sphere, output of productions increased by over 50 per cent, the loans granted from commercial banks reached some 50 billion togrogs. ** ** ** The aimag's Bulgan soum has gained an opportunity to develop small- and middle-sized production after having received an energy from the center, the soum's governor Kh.Shynarbek says. A number of heads of livestock declined twice in 2009 due to the severe winter, but gradually increased after since. Some projects are being implemented at 21 small sectors with soft-loans of MNT 75 million, he says. The locality people are satisfied with construction and repair in auto road sector, he adds. B.Khuder