At the ASEAN summit in the Philippines in January, Myanmar and its nine partners in the regional grouping, along with Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea signed the Cebu declaration on energy security which provides for increased efforts to promote the use of alternate energy.

AN increase in irrigated areas and greater use of fertiliser would help Myanmar to regain its position as a leading rice exporter, an international workshop at Nay Pyi Taw was told last week.

THE Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Senior General Than Shwe, underscored the importance of maintaining bilateral relations with China last week during a meeting with a senior member of the Beijing government.

Mr Cabrera, 62, will replace Ms Phoebe Gomez, who left Myanmar last December after more than five years in the post, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a February 27 statement.

“[Mr Joon Hoe Jung] brought a small prototype of the sculpture he wanted and a photograph of a Kuan Yin statue in South Korea to use as models,” U Hla Myint told The Myanmar Times.

ELECTRICITY demand in Yangon Division exceeded supply because of residential and industrial development since 1988 and the increased use of air conditioners and refrigerators, Lieutenant General Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence said earlier this month.

The trains, which will have up to two passenger carriages, a dining car and a carriage for MR staff, will provide services from Yangon to Myitkyina, Mandalay or Mawlamyaing, said U Kyi Aye, the general manager (economic) at MR.

“The main aim was to make general practitioners aware of standardised malaria treatment therapy involving artemisinin-based combination therapy,” said Dr Chit Soe, who is also the professor of the Department of Medicine at the University of Medicine (2).

THE Japanese government provided US$178,822 last month under its Grassroots Grant Assistance program for two projects aimed at preventing and controlling malaria in Bago Division.

“About 85 percent of fires are caused by carelessness, so there is a great need to raise awareness about fire precautions among the public,” ..

TAILORING courses provided by the Social Welfare Department are becoming more popular throughout the country, a departmental director, U Maung Myint, said last month.

A 44-MEMBER medical team from Australia visited the 1000-bed Defence Services General Hospital (1) in Yangon’s Mingalardon township from February 12 to 23 to perform free cardiac operations and offer treatment for patients.

MORE than 120 scholars and monks from 12 countries will gather at the Mt Popa Resort near Bagan this month for the first international conference of academics from Theravada Buddhist universities.

DOCTORS should see patients for a minimum of 15 minutes to ensure that consultations are thorough, the president of the Myanmar Medical Council, Prof Dr Hla Myint, said last week.

“I am satisfied with the team even though we only had 11 days to prepare for the match,” U Nyan Win told The Myanmar Times on February 26 before the side left for Brunei Darussalam.

The campaigns’ losses highlight a number of looming headaches for our football administrators and serve as notice that we need to dramatically improve the skill levels of our players if we are to become serious regional competitors.