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last week, only $13 million of the $51 million sought by the
UN for early economic recovery and community infrastructure
development in the delta has been received. “The major
area of activity in livelihood support is rebuilding the agricultural
sector, where time is of the essence. For example, we need
a lot of fertiliser,” Mr Parajuli said. |
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obtained permission to set up a village
from the government, which has already
granted 180 acres of land between Kamapar
village and Naung Gue village in Kungyangon
township,”
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IT has been raining for two days. The rumour is spreading
among people here and there that a storm will strike Yangon
soon. The pop-up news on the screen of the MRTV warns: ‘There
is a small storm on Bay of Bengal and it is heading to India’.
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last month to study agriculture and livestock husbandry in
Israel for nearly one year, said Mr Yaron Mayer, the Israeli
ambassador to Myanmar. |
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people we train will bring psychosocial support to village
communities in an area where some 130,000 people died
and missing perhaps three-quarters of all housing was
destroyed,” |
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had planned to rebuild that part before, but we postponed
it. Now we have to renovate it in its entirety, including
the interior and the sculptures, and re-cover it in
gold leaf,” |
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 “Origami
is an excellent therapy and manual exercise for the
elderly or the physically handicapped. Regardless of
age, sex, culture or languages, it can be enjoyed by
all,” |
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 “Tourists
come to relax and enjoy their trip without worries but
in this situation some tourists complain due to changes
of flight schedules and routing. This situation may
spoil Ngapali’s image among tourists,” |
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Royal Thai government has announced 2008-2009 as the
‘Thailand Investment and Tourism Year’ and
our minister of tourism and sports has declared 2008
and 2009 as the Visit Thailand Years,” |
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a disaster mental health course for officials from five
Myanmar government ministries from October 15 to 24
at Sedona Hotel in Yangon. |
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Hong Kong artist Chow Chan Fai was the star of the night,
winning the $25,000 Sovereign Asian Art Prize with his painting
“Once a Thief – Any self-respecting thief would
be proud to steal this painting”.
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Brazil came to Myanmar to raise funds for the victims of Cyclone
Nargis in two charity football matches at the Thuwanna Stadium
in Yangon on October 26 and at Aung San Stadium on October
28. |
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