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“We are very proud as we have constructed this international-standard
zoological garden within seven months,” Lieutenant
General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Secretary-1 of the
State Peace and Development Council, said in his opening
speech.
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“As the new constitution has
already been drafted, it will be put
to a national referendum in forthcoming
May, and subsequently the multiparty
general elections will follow in 2010
in line with the provisions of the constitution,”
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“Most developers are trying to accomplish their project
as soon as possible and we are also accelerating our Taw
Win Complex project on Pyay Road despite high materials
costs and labour charges,”
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THE Indian government last week approved US$132 million
in funding for a project to establish a new trading route
with Myanmar, media reports said.
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“The initial strategy was largely road focused,”
said Cooney. “We’re looking at new links
but also new nodes – inland waterways, air,
rail. The countries will keep adding links across
the borders, much as Europe is doing now.”
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 THE
ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information (COCI) has
selected a tea set made from coconut husks as the Myanmar
Work of Excellence at the ASEAN Award of Excellence
in Arts and Crafts Exhibition, held on March 10 and
11 in Bangkok. |
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 “It
was very hard for me to try and go against my parents’
wishes and study drama at school; they didn’t
want to support me. Only when they heard about the standard
of education at the State School of Music and Drama
did they allow me to go,” |
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 “The
aim of introducing meters is so officers, staff members
and others can travel around the area easily and conveniently,”
U Than Zaw, the CEO of Max Myanmar, said at the launch
ceremony, held at the headquarters of the company’s
Nay Pyi Taw Taxi and Car Rental Service in Thapyaykon
Market. |
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| THE government of South Korea is
seeking qualified candidates from Myanmar to apply for
full scholarships for undergraduate studies at higher
education institutions in that country, according to
a press release from the South Korean embassy in Yangon. |
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 “In
the not-so-distant future, it is likely
that we’ll resume transit trade along
the border region to benefit from the advent
of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region’s
East-West Corridor,”... |
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| “If these projects
are not completed before the deadline, they
will have to pay overdue fees, so I think
many high-rise projects will meet the deadline,”
said U Zaw Win, the chief engineer of the
YCDC building department. YCDC has set overdue
fees at K100,000 a day. |
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“Most
customers see microwave ovens as a luxury
and they don’t think it’s
a necessity. “And some people are
worried about the negative health effects
microwaves might have on them,”
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“In
designing and renovating this
building, we tried to achieve
a cooperative image by adopting
an existing warehouse structure
and applying some industrial
aesthetics,”
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 FORESTRY
have narrowly avoided relegation from the Myanmar League thanks
to a 2-1 victory over Ministry of Energy in the final game
of the season at Yangon’s Thuwunna Stadium. |
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was tiring just to get there: We flew to Singapore and then
on to Barcelona before catching a train to Valencia and I
was exhausted by the time we arrived. It was also quite cold,
which didn’t make things easier for me because I’m
not used to it....." |
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