“Many parents push their children to learn modern subjects but it’s important to realise that pursuing an international-standard lifestyle doesn’t mean you have to shed the beliefs and the spirit that make Myanmar people unique in the world,”

“Potatoes can play an important role in providing food security and eradicating poverty in support of internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Develop-ment Goals,”

THE visit last week by the United Nations special envoy, Mr Ibrahim Gambari, has paved the way for beginning of a substantive dialogue between the government and the UN.

“The second generator started operating in the last week of August; the third one will commence in October; the fourth in December; the fifth in February next year and the last one should start in April,”

“Entrants must be under 22 years of age, so choosing competitors in Myanmar is very difficult because they must be qualified carpenters and there are not many young people with those skills around. And we’re only allowed to pick two entrants,”

“When I first went to shops and received a packet of tissues instead of a note I wasn’t disappointed at all. But it kept happening and I started to realise that I was losing a little bit of money every time and I annoyed me,”

BREASTFEEDING – which experts believe to be better for infants than bottle feeding – is even more important in the wake of cyclone Nargis, United Nations experts are saying.

“There will be two rooms at the auction. In the first there will be about 30 paintings for sale, and in the second you can see the victim children themselves, revealing their bad experience through painting,”

“I come from Bangladesh and I know how the people of Bangladesh have lost a certain dignity because of the aid effort of the past 30 years,” he said. “I am concerned that the same doesn’t happen here in Myanmar, particularly since the cyclone.”

A DOCUMENTARY on the life of Aggamahapandita Mogok Sayardaw U Vimala (1900-1962), is set for release by the Myawaddy Channel in October, says writer Chit San Win, leader of the filming team, last week.

COFFEE lovers rejoice following an announcement from the Myanma Industrial Crops Development Enterprise last week that it would increase the amount of land under coffee plantation this year.

“He never spoke normally, not even to say ‘mum’, although he clearly remembered the characters on the television programs, so I took him to see a child specialist. “The doctor said he didn’t have any problems and was quite intelligent,”

“The aim of the event was to let people know how to use online content and learn more about economic oppor-tunities on blogs and social networking sites,”