HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Spacious but odd apartment in Thingangyun
GROUND floor apartments are a trade-off – extra space and ease of movement versus added noise and no view. more
Fuel stations to open as private operations
THE nation’s network of recently privatised fuel filling stations was due to open for the first time under private control on May 15, according to industry sources. (Volume 26, No. 523)
Salt price dries up
THE collapse in the price of salt is threatening the survival of salt production in the country, farmers are warning. The delay in the start of the wet season has allowed production to continue later than usual, creating an oversupply, they say. (Volume 26, No. 523)
Farmed fish sales hit record but still off target
EXPORTS from fish farms brought in record profits last year, despite a failure to reach fisheries export targets by volume, said an official from the Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) in its weekly meeting.(Volume 26, No. 523)
Fish farmers lose out in hot spell
THE recent spell of scorching weather has led to a number of mass fish die-offs, an official from the Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) said last week. (Volume 26, No. 523)
Gold price rockets upward: dealers
GOLD prices on the local market have skyrocketed in the past week to keep pace with international levels that have been propelled upward over fears that Greece’s financial woes will drag major European markets down.(Volume 26, No. 523)
New Pyapon schools
TWO schools in Pyapon are planning to open this month in time for the beginning of the new school year on June 1, said U Hla Maung Shwe, managing director of Pyae Phyo Kyaw construction company. (Volume 26, No. 523)
New Labutta town
A NEW town is emerging from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. Government offices at Three Mile township in Labutta are on the verge of completion, and nearly a third of the plots of land have been sold to future house-owners, said district officer U Soe Lwin. The plots have been specially priced to attract the survivors of the 2008 cyclone.(Volume 26, No. 523)
Earthquake guides released
A HOST of government ministries released earthquake preparedness booklets to their staff earlier this month, a Ministry of Religious Affairs told The Myanmar Times last week. (Volume 26, No. 523)
Consumer focus shifts to the next batch of dangerous buildings
THE fallout from the collapse of a condemned building in downtown Yangon continues to spread, as the focus moves to dozens of hastily-constructed buildings in the boom of the early 1990s.(Volume 26, No. 523)
