Two DP MPs, Ya.
Batsuuri and  E. Bat-Uul, have expressed
concern that state-owned companies are “used as milch cows” by those in power
and said that until there is operational transparency in them, they “will
remain hotbeds of corruption”.  Some time
ago, they wrote to

Construction work in Ulaanbaatar city this year has cost
MNT21.4 billion or 43.5% more than in 2009. This includes MNT16.4 billion spent
on building and street repair work done by foreign and domestic companies.

41 new fountains have been built, Seoul Street

A cooperation memorandum has been signed between tourism
officials of Mongolia and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. A team
headed by the Chief of the Tourism Board of the Ministry of Nature, Environment
and Tourism, Ts.Orgodol, visited Khuh city on December

Nine organizations in the construction field were chosen as
the best in as many spheres and received the Barilga Best Awards-2010 at a
ceremony in Chinggis Khaan hotel on December 20. The event was jointly
organized by Barilga.mn website, the Builders’ Federation and

MP Ts.Shinebayar’s assertion that he would get back the name
MPRP for what is now working as “The MPRP Headquarter” seems to have run into
problems. The Constitutional Court has told managing officials of the MPP of
his efforts and the Office of

The National Statistics Office has published the preliminary
results of the livestock census. The number of animals stands at 31.8 million,
which is 12.1 million or 27.7% fewer than last year’s. The total includes 1.8
million horses, 2.1 million heads of cattle, 2.6

The 2011 state budget presented by the Government and
approved by Parliament shows a deficit of MNT779.5 billion with no indication
so far on how this will be met. Last year’s budget had a much lower deficit,
amounting to MNT358.6 billion, and this

Parliament passed on December 23 the law draft on procedures
to amend the Constitution. Earlier, the final discussion at the Standing
Committees had been marked by acrimony and dispute, but the approval by
Parliament was comparatively uneventful.

Speaker D.Demberel thanked the working group for

MP S.Oyun answers our reporter’s questions on the election
law.

Why is there no progress with the law drafts on the
Parliament election?

We have talked for long but little concrete has been
achieved. Parliament has not discussed any of the drafts in the last

The Millennium Challenge Foundation (MCF) has handed over
ambulance vehicles with medical equipment and training facilities worth USD285
million to hospitals and health organizations throughout the country. One
Toyota Landcruiser worth USD44,500 was handed over to the Chief of the Health
Organization in each