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An agreement was also signed on the construction of a new
trading route between the two countries across the Kaladan
River, which connect Myanmar with India’s northeastern
Mizoram State.
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An announcement in the state-run New
Light of Myanmar said the commission
established to oversee the referendum
had chosen May 10 because the tasks
necessary to be carried out in the states
and divisions to hold the vote were
almost complete.
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commodities and energy prices and noted the importance of
strengthening our regional initiatives on food security and
energy security to safeguard our sustained economic growth
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“The places that attract the highest numbers of child-sex
tourists are Asia, Africa, Latin America and the developing
countries in Eastern Europe. In these areas, poverty is
a critical element in encouraging child sex,”
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A BILATERAL meeting was held between Myanmar and Thailand
in Nay Pyi Taw on April 1 and 2, on establishing a memorandum
of understanding on cooperation in combating human trafficking.
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at Mandalay General Hospital this morning. We brought
her body back to our home,” her son Nyi Pu Lay
told AFP by phone.
Ludu Daw Amar was a famous figure among reporters and
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 “In
other countries kite competitions are held as cultural
events but in Myanmar the Traditional Sports Federation
organises them,” she said, adding that the first
kite festival was held in 1998 and the most recent
in 2002.
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 “To
be acceptable from an international standpoint, the
market must be clean, it must have adequate space
for sorting fish, there must be roads for trucks carrying
fish and ice, and there must be plenty of parking
space,”
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out just K16.5 million in compensation to businesses
affected by the February 26 fire that destroyed the
four-storey Yadanarbon Market, Mandalay’s largest
commercial district. |
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TRADE through Myanmar territory is set
to increase with the opening of three
transit routes to speed the movement of
goods from China, India and other countries,
according to government sources. The opening
took effect last month, in the first week
of April.
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trade, traders from the private sector have
called for commodity exchange centres and
wholesale markets to be set up throughout
the country, according to a senior official
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As of March 31, the end of the 2007-2008
fiscal year, fisheries exports amounted
to only US$560 million, about $190 million
less than the target of $750 million.
But the government wants the target for
2008-2009 to be $850 million – and
it believes this is feasible.
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 “We
are professionals. I would
like to show my creations
in an international-standard
gallery,” U Zaw Min
Yu said. “This gallery
is proof that I always do
my best in my work,”
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Bala Win Myint told The Myanmar Times that becoming a professional
golfer was his only childhood dream. “I believe I will
achieve my goal soon,” he said confidently. During a
decade of his golfing life, Nay Bala Win Myint has played
in about 60 tournaments, both local and international, and
won about 45 medals. |
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