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“Sky Walk Shopping Mall carried US$3 million in fire
insurance through a Malaysian insurance company. The policy
covers the shopping mall building but not the shops inside
the building,”
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THE government enacted a law last week detailing
procedures for the May referendum on whether
to adopt a new constitution, and also appointed
a commission to oversee the balloting, which
it said would be free and fair.
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MYANMAR Info-Tech Corporation Ltd has announced
plans to compile an updated list of licensed
internet cafés throughout the country
that it will then distribute to local authorities.
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plan was for the enterprise to catch eight elephants
using tranquiliser darts and for the other 95
to be caught by the eight private elephant hunting
groups using traps,” |
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“We are inviting anyone who wishes to donate
blood as a meritorious deed at the magnificent Shwedagon
Pagoda,” he said. “It is a meritorious
deed to give one’s own flesh and blood to a
needy person on sacred ground.”
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TEAM of healthcare specialists from the Women’s
Section of the Myanmar Medical Associa-tion’s
Yangon branch provided free medical treatment to more
than 270 nuns at Thameiddawdaya nun monastery in Kamaryut
township on February 23. |
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“We are planning to pay compensation for the
accident because the aircraft carried aviation insurance
with Myanma Insurance and was backed by a foreign
insurance company. The compensation payout for the
aircraft accident is still being processed,”
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of big waves slammed into Myanmar’s coast at Kyaukphyu
township in Rakhine State last month, sweeping away
40 fishing boats but causing no injuries, said a spokesperson
from the Kyaukphyu branch of the Department of Meteorology
and Hydrology. |
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| HEARING-IMPAIRED students aiming
to continue their education after primary school say
they face a bundle of difficulties trying to keep up
with other students in their studies, mostly because
of communication barriers. |
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| The seminar, jointly
organised by the department and Japan International
Cooperation Agency, was attended by experts from those
two organisations and from the Myanmar Earthquake Committee
and Myanmar Engineering Society. |
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 “We
had 140 teams from all over Myanmar, with 28 teams performing
each day as part of a special ritual to pay homage to
the Buddha at the festival,” |
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| AN orchid research program at National
Kandawgyi Garden in Pyin Oo Lwin has resulted in the
discovery of two orchid species from genera that have
never before been recorded in Myanmar. |
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| A JAPAN education seminar organised
by the Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) in
cooperation with the Japanese embassy in Yangon and
Myanmar Association of Japan Alumni was held on February
23 at Yangon’s Hotel Nikko. |
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| ORBIS International, a non-profit
global development organisation, is conducting an eye
care education program in Myanmar for the ninth time
from February 25 to March 7 at the invitation of the
Ministry of Health and Mandalay Eye and ENT Hospital,
according to the organisation’s website. |
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 “There
are no precise figures but my guess is that there are
probably 400 fish species in Myanmar, of which 100 are
still to be discovered,” |
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| THE Myanmar Ornamental Fish Entrepreneurs
Association will establish a weekly wholesale market
for ornamental fish in Yangon starting on March 7, said
U Lo Kin Sai, the chairman of the association. |
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 “My
creation can be used as a table lamp in foreign countries
while Buddhists can use it for offering light to Buddha
images,” said U Tun Win, who owns Sacca Traditional
Artistical Metal Handweaving in Mingalardon township,
Yangon. |
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movie technicians and good actors, who are hard to find
these days,” said U Myint Thein Pe, the president
of the organisation. |
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| A FRIENDLY, non-competitive
car rally will be held in April that will pass through
Myanmar, China, Bangladesh and India and will feature
participants from those countries, said an official
from the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of
Commerce and Industry. |
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| The clinic, opened by
the Theikdiwin Co., Ltd, on January 27 and being run
with help from a local doctor, provides treatment and
medicines for patients suffering from minor ailments
and will refer those with serious health problems to
government hospitals. |
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| JAPAN provided US$62,628
under its grassroots grant assistance program for the
purchase of equipment at a hospital in Mindat in Chin
State, according to a statement released by the Japanese
embassy in Yangon. |
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 The
Ayeyarwady, the largest river flowing through Myanmar,
is the vital bloodstream of our country. Many Myanmar
kings founded their royal cities on either side of the
river, including Dagaung, Bagan, Inwa, Sagaing and Mandalay. |
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 “It
reminds us every time that we to fight hard to win,”
Mg Tin Htut Win Naing said. He added that the team realised
that a lack of match experience was hobbling them and
set about getting more experience. “We invited
other gaming groups to play against us and we bet a
little money on the outcome to make it fun. |
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skipper Soe Myat Min almost equalised in the 74th minute when
his far post header hit the woodwork. One minute later, Customs’
hopes were totally destroyed when Aung Myint Aye’s neat
cross was superbly finished by YCDC skipper Zaw Zaw. |
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| “The fight will be very interesting
because their last fight was tough – Lone Chaw had to
call for a two-minute break in the first round but fought
back extremely hard in the last three rounds. If it had gone
on any longer I think Shwe Sai was likely to lose the fight,”
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Department of Medical Services, Ministry of
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Department of Medical Services, Ministry of
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