“Christmas in December, Thingyan in April and around Mayday in early May are the times when get the most visitors,” said U Maung Maung Aye, the manager of Silver View Hotel.

“We won the contract agreement through tender bidding only after competing with South Korean and Indian manufacturers. We are proud of earning the contract for Myanmar because no other domestic firm can export such a heavy-industry product,”

The 1700km Stilwell Road was built during World War II by Allied and Chinese troops under the command of US General Joseph Stilwell to link up with the 1257km Myanmar Road into China.

“Mutual understanding, trust and friendship will definitely be encouraged. We can say that the life of deaf people in Myanmar has entered a new era,”

RARE books, including works by a writer famous for his efforts to introduce a new writing style to Myanmar literature, are currently being exhibited by Zaw publishing house at Lokanat Art Gallery on Pansodan Street in downtown Yangon.

THE Department of Fisheries plans to hold a workshop aimed at finding a balance between realising the economic potential of Myanmar’s crab resources while protecting the country’s crustacean population from overexploitation.

“It was quite different to what I had expected,” recalled Ma Ei Ei Kyaw. “The karaoke machines are the latest available, not like those that people have at home. We sang along on a good sound system; it was pretty cool,” .......