“By this time next year we hope to have seven million acres (2.8 million hectares) of jatropha plantations in full swing and a large amount of biodiesel for export in the future,” said U Soe Myint, director general of the Energy Planning Department.

“This is an opportunity to extend our friendship for a fruitful partnership,” Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce vice chairman Jayampathi Bandaranayake told the Myanmar delegation after they arrived on August 27.

THE Myanmar government will sell natural gas from the country’s biggest field to the highest bidder among China, India, Bangladesh and Thailand, an official said, dismissing reports that China has won the contract.

“Basic infrastructure like drainage, roads, street lamps and the digging of ponds is 80pc complete. There only remain a few things to do, like some footpaths and tree planting,” Eiksietan Construction director U Aung Myin said, adding that electricity supplies were already connected.

YANGON couple Ma Nandar and her husband Ko Thet Win take a love ‘em and leave ‘em approach to life. But rather than relentless heartbreakers, they are serial homeowners, devoting all their efforts to building novel homes before selling them and moving on to a new project.