“Based on the survey, we think after the 1930 earthquake, the movement of the fault is a little bit faster. But the rate of movement is not constant. It may be slower in some years. We need to survey south of Bago to confirm the direction of the fault’s movement. This is an important fact to know. We are going to restart our research next November.”

The quakes, measuring 5.0 and 5.9, struck less than four minutes apart more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the city of Dali, a popular tourist spot in southwest China.

“Now that the relief effort is in the rehabilitation stage, we wanted to do something permanent that would help a lot of people. I have been to Pyapon several times and seen that there are many schools there that were totally destroyed, so my intention is to rebuild at least one school,”

MILK can be hazardous to your health, experts are warning. Raw milk from a tubercular cow, drunk without boiling, can be infectious, says Dr Aung Gyi, deputy director general of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD).

We received K2 million from selling 44 photographs. We will soon hand this over to the Myanmar Red Cross Society for Nargis-affected people,”

Save the Children, which is currently working on family tracing and child protection issues in 11 affected townships, has registered 92 children separated from their parents in Labutta township, Nang Kham Hom, a child protection office for the non-governmental organisation, told IRIN.

He said the boat builders showed good community spirit by travelling from throughout the country to help fishermen who were affected by the disaster.

“Every country has its own precious culture and heritage. It is very important to teach young children to appreciate this culture and to create artwork that will maintain their heritage,”

“Relief work will continue in the coming months, especially where infra-structure has been destroyed or broken and we need to go back and help people again. But major relief operations for MRCS will be over in the next few months,”

There are 45 black taxis in four car rental services in Pyinmana township, and 13 vehicles in Lewe and Tetkone townships operating at present in the Nay Pyi Taw area, said the committee.

“Sometimes it can hard to wait on patients, dressing wounds or bathing the elderly. One can easily become disgusted or impatient. I will teach students how to deal with these situations,”

“We expect that more than 40 teams will participate in the Foxconn Cup 2008. And people who have experience on the Dota game series are welcome to register for this competition,”

THE 2008 Mobile Show, held from August 15 to 17 at Capital Hyper market in Thaketa township, attracted about 56,000 visitors, said U Tin Myo Han, the spokesperson from SM3 company, which organised the event.