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MYANMAR Information and Communication Technology Exhibition
2008, held from March 23-25 at Tatmadaw Hall in Dagon township
showcased the nation’s brightest and newest info technology
developments and products.
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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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| ASIAN governments must devote
more funds to preventing AIDS or face the risk
the disease could kill nearly 500,000 people
each year across the continent by 2020, a United
Nations report says. |
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 “We
are very proud as we have constructed this international-standard
zoological garden within seven months,”
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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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“Last year the readers of Travel and Leisure
magazine named our hotel the 34th best hotel in the
world out of a list of 100, and ranked us eighth among
the 50 leading hotels in Asia,”
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by an overheating transformer damaged one house and
caused K1.55 million in damage on Lanmadaw Road in Yangon
on March 21, officials from Yangon Division Fire Brigade
Department said. |
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| MYANMAR and its partners in the
Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO)
have signed an memorandum of understanding aimed at
reducing the numbers of illiterate children in Southeast
Asia. |
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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 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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| A GRADUATION ceremony was held for
students from the State School of Fine Arts and the
State School of Music and Drama, at the National Theatre
in Dagon township in Yangon on March 24, said Daw Mu
Mu Khin, the principal of the Music and Drama school. |
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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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concentrator to the hospital in November 2007, we planned
to donate this machine too,” said Ko Aung Myo
Thu, the leader of the charity, which is called the
Online Donation Group. |
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| A NEW library will open in Pyapon
township in Ayeyarwady Division on April 5 to commemorate
the 100th birthday of Saya Zawgyi, a famous writer who
passed away nearly two decades ago, according to a statement
released by the executive committee for library opening
ceremony. |
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 “There
is no such thing as a special celebration. Of course
it is a very special moment and I do feel honoured,”
Dr Britz told The Myanmar Times by email. “I collected
this species during my 2003 trip a little upstream from
Monywa on the Chindwin River,” |
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of these wards must buy water from private wells at
a rate of about K200 for 50 gallons. But the cost of
50 gallons from the new distribution centre will be
only about K12.5,” |
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| “We are starting
the foundation program this month. Young people who
cannot afford to study are welcome to apply for free
ICT training at MCC’s head office or at any of
our franchise offices,” |
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| SUMMER break need not
mean children have to stop learning. Summer classes
are available that can help them enhance their skills
and even have some fun. Some feature courses overseas. |
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was exhausted by the time we arrived. It was also quite cold,
which didn’t make things easier for me because I’m
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