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MONKS are handed offerings at Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung
Oo near Bagan last week. The pagoda’s 984th annual
festival, which occurred this year from November 17 to December
9, attracted more than 740 monks from outside the area this
year, up from about 500 last year. Pic and Caption:
Khin Suu Wai
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 MYANMAR
marked its 60th Independence Day by raising
the national flag at precisely 4:28am –
the exact moment of freedom from Britain in
1948 – at a pre-dawn ceremony in Nay
Pyi Taw on January 4.
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AIMING to boost tourism in the region, airlines,
hotels, travel agents and national tourism
organisations in Association of Southeast
Asian Nations member countries have joined
together to create the Visit ASEAN Pass program
(VAP).
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THE Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) elected
new central executive committee members for
the 2008-2010 term at its 9th annual meeting
in Yangon on December 30, marking the first
time the federation used democratic voting
methods to choose its leadership.
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THE ASEAN Schools Tour 2007 made its final stop on
December 13 at Basic Education High School (1) in
Dagon township after visiting schools in the other
nine member nations of the regional grouping.
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| THE National
Blood Centre (NBC) in Yangon honoured people who have
donated blood at least 50 times in their lives, by awarding
them certificates and badges at a ceremony at the University
of Nursing on December 14. |
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| THE government imposed a massive
166-fold increase last week on the fee for satellite
TV licences, an official from Myanma Post and Telecommunications
was reported as saying by AFP on January 2. |
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THE Myanmar Red Cross Society held
a meeting at Yangon’s Central Hotel on December
14 to review the strengths and weaknesses of its 2007
tuberculosis project. |
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| “The Phnom Penh Post is currently
a fortnightly newspaper and was founded by an American,
Michael Hayes, in 1991. Over 17 years, The Phnom Penh
Post has acquired an internationally established reputation
for its independence and editorial excellence. |
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| THE Myanmar Red Cross Society held
a training course for school teachers and senior society
members from all states and divisions at the end of
December in Yangon to improve their ability to provide
Red Cross trainings at schools. |
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| “The main reason is that job
opportunities for Myanmar workers in Malaysia have decreased
by more than half in the past year,” said a spokesperson
from Shwe Innwa overseas job agency, which has sent
more than 15,000 workers to Malaysia since it opened
in 2003. |
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| “The government has granted
the four acres of land requested for the new office
and the building process is ready to begin,” he
said at the annual meeting of the Myanmar Fishery Products
Processors and Exporters Association, held last month
at MFF headquarters in Yangon. |
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| “No new characters have been
added and the Unicode mapping has not been changed.
The only change from the previous version is that the
postscript names have been changed to be unique,”
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| “Job information is usually
available on websites. Singapore’s Ministry of
Manpower has launched a website that has information
about working in Singapore for foreigners who are looking
for jobs,” |
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| CONSTRUCTION work on a library meant
to commemorate the work of Dr Hla Pe, a writer and former
professor at London University, will begin in Mawlamyine
in early 2008, said U Sein Myint, the vice president
of the Library Establishment Committee. |
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 “I
want to keep improving and advancing as time passes.
I put more value in my own efforts and their results
than in the amount of money I can make from them,”
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| THE Asian Scholarship Foundation
(ASF) is offering Asia Fellows Awards for scholars and
professionals from Asian countries to help them carry
out research projects. |
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 “The
young Commerce players took their chances well, with some
accurate passing,” said former national team coach U
Myo Win Nyunt. “Although most of the game was controlled
by Defence players, they were weak in finishing off their
opportunities.” |
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MYANMAR will send eight young golfers to
the 1st ASEAN Junior Golf Invitational Championship in 2008,
which will be held at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club
in Malaysia on January 22-24. |
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A youngster
gets a boost from a friend as he attempts
to climb a greasy bamboo pole on Kyaukmyaung
in Tarmwe township on the 60th anniversary
of Independence Day on Friday. Every year
on January 4 designated streets are closed
to traffic in cities around the country
to provide space for children and adults
alike to celebrate independence by playing
games. Pic: Aye Zaw Myo |
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