PM MEETS THE MEDIA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At his 30 minutes meeting on Thursday, the Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag briefed on three main projects his Government has focused on lately. He said the government for reforms last week paid a particular attention to three prevailing issues such as reforms in state agronomy policies, ways to increase coal exports and a detailed plan for fighting against air pollution. This year, Mongolia is planning to export twice as much coal than the last year's 18 million ton, thus reaching 34 million ton, said the Premier. Hr also noted that results of a preliminary selection of the industrialization projects competition will be announced next week. The next cabinet meeting will decide regulations for ordering the recently finished Buyant-Ukhaa apartment district, that aims to set lower prices in the housing market, he highlighted. To a question "why fuel retailers have increased prices by 90 togrog this Wednesday?", the Prime Minister said he will investigate this matter as there is ground to increase the prices in a such amount.