The
Representative Administrative Board of Oyutolgoi LC has held its first meeting
with G.Batsukh in the chair. Over two days the board discussed and then approved
working procedures and also set the date of the next meeting.

Keith
Marshall, representing Ivanhoe Mines, reported that with the hiring of 1,200 employees
in the past two months, the number of Mongolians working in the construction
site has gone up to 1,800.

The board
discussed how to increase the number of Mongolian companies supplying material
and services.  USD60 million worth of products
must be bought by 2011. A training program will soon be submitted to the
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, involving 3,000 Mongolian workers
and five universities.