October 15-21, 2007 Myanmar's first international weekly © Volume 20, No. 388
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“welcomes the Government of Myanmar’s public commitment to work with the United Nations and the appointment of a liaison officer with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi”.

 

Gen Soe Win, who sat on a series of Tatmadaw committees, was credited with having personally overseen the successful completion of hydroelectric dam, railway and road projects and was respected by his peers for his ability to put plans into action.

 

“We’re doing our best to let our agents abroad know that Myanmar is safe for travel and we will also participate in trade fairs in other countries to promote Myanmar as a travel destination,”

“There are no restrictions or special instructions for the issuance of visas,” the official told The Myanmar Times. “Tourist and business visas are being issued as usual at Myanmar embassies and consulates all over the world.”
 
“So far our work has consisted of laying the pipeline across paddy fields. We’ve been burying it so it won’t affect cultivation,” the official said. “When we get to the mountains the work will be harder so I don’t think we will finish until next year.”
 
AGRICULTURE has become the main economic activity in northern Shan State, with its proximity to China enticing many to invest in rubber and other industrial crops to help satisfy its insatiable demand for raw materials.
 
“The fish is similar to some kinds of nga mwe do (spinal eel) I had seen before but they are not the same. I thought it might be a new species so I brought it to Yangon so Dr Britz could research and identify it,”
 

“In mid October last year, special-quality black gram cost K1.1 million per tonne, which was a record for the market because demand was so high. But prices and demand this year are looking very different,”

 

“Although we put more than 100,000 pearls up for auction (in 2006-07), only a few hundred were left unsold. That tells us that our pearls are attractive to international pearl traders,”

 

“Custom-made furniture is becoming more popular because people are beginning to realise that this is an option available to them. In the past, people wanted to get things specially made but there was no one to do it for them,”

 

“I am also making this is because I want the world to know that this tradition comes from a Myanmar tribe, not our neighbouring country Thailand, which claims that the Padaung is a Thai tribe.”

 
“Girls are more fashion conscious these days and they are becoming more daring, trying different foreign styles like stilettos in bright colours as well as chunkier styles like the wedge.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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