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Myanmar rowers clinch two golds at Asian Beach Games

The team was victorious in the 250-metre and 500m events and also claimed silver in the 1000m, losing out to host nation Indonesia on October 20. The nine-day games began on October 18 and wound up on October 26.
 
Official warns of melamine bowls
“High doses of melamine over many years have been associated with kidney disease,” he said. “Melamine forms crystals in the body, which gather in the kidney and can cause the organ to swell.”
 
Charter ratified, ASEAN enters ‘new era’
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has entered a “new era” with the completion of the ratification process for the regional grouping’s charter, which is aimed at promoting democracy and human rights, ASEAN secretary general Mr Surin Pitsuwan said last week.
 
NGO workers keep restaurants busy

“Sales have really increased. We were much more busy than normal over the rainy season and in particular we sold more beer,” Ko Kyi Khine said. “My supplier at Tiger beer asked me recently, ‘Why are your sales so high?’ and I told him I’m certain it was because of the foreign NGO workers.”
 
Myanmar hosts tourism meeting
SIX countries have come together, under the chairmanship of Myanmar, to discuss the future of tourism in the Mekong sub-region. The occasion was the 22nd meeting of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Tourism Working Group, which met in Nay Pyi Taw from October 16 to 18.
Factories fill demand for water filters
“Nargis has certainly brought us opportunities,” said Waldemar Pickardt, the head of Water and Sanitation for UNICEF. “It has opened up new possibilities in giving people clean and safe water.”
 
Diabetes rate increases among children
AN increase in the incidence of diabetes among children in Myanmar has prompted the Ministry of Health to promote awareness of the disease in the lead-up to World Diabetes Control Day, on November 14.
 
FAO talks about food supplies
The number of hungry people had increased by another 75m by the end of 2007 due to soaring food and energy prices during the past three years. The crisis is due to decreasing investments in agriculture in the poorest countries during the past 30 years.
 
Kahtein offered to Mogok centre
WELL-WISHERS and students made donations in cash and kind to the value of K8.8 million at a ceremony at the main Mogok Vipassana Meditation Centre in Bahan township on October 18. The event was in honour of the Venerable Mogok Sayadaw, renowned for his methods of teaching insight meditation.
 
Moe Hnyin: Oasis of calm amid storm
“Moe Hnyin was known as the monastery for rich people,” he said. “These people were traders, doctors, engineers – successful people – and they brought their wives and daughters, it was a society … just like an upper-class refugee camp.”
 
Soy milk sales jump after scandals
“Our sales usually increase during the dry season, but this month sales have increased very sharply because more and more parents are buying soy milk for their children to drink, instead of milk,”
 
Fertiliser added to importable items list
“Both sides agreed to extend the list of tradable items through border trade up to 40 from 22. “The most significant inclusion for our side is fertiliser, which is the most heavily demanded item from importers on our side of the border.
 

National Library moves to new location in Yankin township
The library moved from its former premises in Tarmwe township to its current home at 85, Thirimingalar Avenue on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road between April and August this year. The library remained open during the move to allow access to its materials.
 
Myanmar enjoys taste of Korean culture

“I would love to work in South Korea but I know that’s not really possible, it’s very difficult to get a visa. That’s not the reason I’m learning. We just like Korean culture,”

 
London charity show aids Nargis survivors

Following a successful music concert in London called Temptation 2, which took place on August 25 to raise money for survivors of Cyclone Nargis, organisers are now planning how to spend the money here in Myanmar.
 
Word on the street .... with Miss People 2008 winner

I didn’t expect to win because everyone was so beautiful and their designs were outlandish as well. But I didn’t feel down about that because even if I wouldn’t be Miss People I was contributing to the event by being one of the models. I tried to think of it like a show rather than a contest.
 
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