HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Ready-for-rent villa in Mayangone township
MAKE no mistake – this is a big house. The compound is about 10,000 square feet and the two-storey house has about 5000 square feet as well. And it’s just as well that there’s so much space because it’s a long way from downtown, at Thanlawaddy Street, off Pyay Road, in Mayangone township. more
Travel association launches search for ‘Miss Tourism’
A LEADING tourism industry body has launched a search for a young, single Myanmar woman to spearhead the country’s international tourism campaigns. (Volume 26, No. 509)
Eclipse-watching in Rakhine State
YOU don’t need an excuse to visit Mrauk U in Rakhine State – it has nearly all of Bagan’s charm, in a user-friendly environment, with just a fraction of the tourists. But toss in a once-in-a-millennium annular solar eclipse and it was an opportunity not to be missed. While tourists and locals alike flocked to Bagan and Mandalay Hill, .... (Volume 26, No. 507)
Tourism directory released
NEW photos, sections and destinations have all been added to the 2009-10 edition of the Myanmar Hotels and Tourism Directory, released late last month. (Volume 26, No. 507)
Chinese New Year spurs market
MOVE over bullock, the tiger is coming – and he’s hungry. Though sales of accessories for next week’s Chinese New Year festivities are down, merrymakers are buying as much food as they ever did, shopkeepers say, despite higher prices.
Nay Pyi Taw taxi biz opens but customers prefer private cars
COMPETITION for taxi and car rental business is heating up in Nay Pyi Taw as “official” taxis take to the streets. But the private firms that sprang up to cater to the nation’s new capital in 2006 are still attracting customers, they say.
Htoo Trading begins work on Bogale hospital
HTOO Trading has started work on a new hospital in the Ayeyarwady Division town of Bogale that is scheduled to open before the end of the year, a spokesperson said last week.
- Mekong dues payable at Wanpone
- DOF hikes export prices
- Fisheries deal reached with Vietnam
- Diamond prices climb, say traders
Vocational training giving kids options
AN INTERNATIONAL non-government organis-ation is giving children who missed out on formal education a second chance in life.
Remain wary of A(H1N1): expert
THE danger from A(H1N1) flu has not gone away, a senior medical expert has warned. Although the strength of the A(H1N1) pandemic in Myanmar has dwindled, it is important to stay alert, said Professor Kyi Kyi Thinn, the head of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Medicine I.
WHO warns of malaria drug tolerance
YANGON – Tolerance to artemisinin, the most effective anti-malarial drug available, is emerging in Myanmar and could pose a major challenge to regional malaria control, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
- Fuel stations to be privatised
- A glimpse of Kachin beauty in Myitkyina
- Thazi tsp cement factory online
- Credit needed in delta: report
- Villages see economic benefits of infrastructure projects