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launch a fire balloon on October 13, the eve of the full moon
day of the lunar month of Thadingyut. The holiday marks the
end of the three-month Buddhist Lent period and the beginning
of the pagoda festival season. Pic: Christopher Davy |
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“People didn’t know what
to do when they heard our department’s
announce-ments and warnings about Nargis,
so many people died,” he said.
“Before Nargis, we had nothing
prepared for disaster risk reduction.
We need to do a lot more.”
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“ASEM is made up of 43 countries
that altogether represent 60 percent of the global population,
60pc of world trade and more than 50pc of the world’s
GDP,” Mr Fournier said. “We have common stakes
and common interests. One of the issue that is going to be
more and more important is energy security and supply.” |
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 “When
they announced my name, I couldn’t believe my
ears. I asked myself ‘did they announce wrongly
or did they single me out for special thanks?’
I didn’t dare believe it,” |
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“The hygiene promotion training,
the first of its kind in cyclone-affected areas, aims
to equip community volunteers from five badly affected
townships in the delta with skills and knowledge on
water and sanitation and communi-cation methods,”
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 THE
recent discovery in Bangladesh of the world’s
biggest population of vulnerable Irrawaddy dolphins
is good news for their 75 or so cousins dwelling in
the Ayeyarwady River north of Mandalay, said a spokesperson
from the Myanmar office of the Wildlife Conservation
Society. |
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Asia, each ASEAN member country is forming two new tourism
boards to raise the standards of training programs in
the travel industry, said U Hpone Thant, the secretary
of the Union of Myanmar Travel Association. |
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 “As
soon as they were freed, the ship’s second officer,
Ko Tin Oo Maung, telephoned me to say they were heading
for Kenya to do some repair work on the ship and conduct
medical checkups for the sailors,” |
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 “Myanmar
is rich in natural resources, particularly plant life,
and many local residents plant orchids in their homes.
We think tourists and orchid fans will be very interested
in the range and variety of our flora. Another aim
of the festival is to protect the rare species of
Myanmar orchids,”
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 At
first I only focussed on singing but later I realised that
fashion is also important for singers. When you are on screen,
of course, you need to be stylish. It’s a kind of
attraction. I like fancy styles but I also love traditional
clothes.
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