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Boat donation helps Ayeyarwady fishermen
THE government of Singapore and other well-wishers donated more than 200 boats on November 1 to fishermen whose livelihoods were affected by cyclone Nargis, and the boats were handed over at a ceremony held in Ban Kyun village in Ayeyarwady Division’s Pyapon township.
 
Financial crisis dominates regional meeting in Hanoi
“With their low and limited levels of development, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are the most vulnerable countries to negative upheavals in the regional and world economy,”
 
A delta village recovers from disaster
“We hold a ceremony at the monastery on the second day of every month as a remembrance for the deceased,” said villager Kyaw Lin. “We need alms to complete repairs of the building but right now nobody can give alms.”
 
Farmers welcome fertiliser donation
“We usually grow watermelon, sunflower, and pulses and beans in winter but we didn’t grow summer paddy as there is not enough water supply. ........”
Myanmar rejects ‘wrongful demands’

THE government last week rejected Bangladeshi demand to halt oil exploration activities being undertaken by Daewoo International in the Bay of Bengal off the Rakhine coast in an area claimed by both nations.
 
More cooperation needed on food supplies
“I admit that we do not do any cooperative assessments as yet but we do ensure that information about what crops our members are growing and how much has been planted is available to the other ministries.
 
Archaeologists shed new light on old Sri Ksetra
The scholarly consensus is that the Pyu settlement arose in the fifth century CE, based largely on a stone relief now in Yangon’s National Museum. But “this dating might be revised backward”, according to the paper’s authors, as similar artwork found in India has been dated to the second century BCE.
 
Recent rain a boon to delta villagers
VILLAGERS in southern Labutta township were grateful for the 15 days of rain forecast to fall throughout October and November. Blue tarpaulin sheets were stretched outside many people’s houses in order to collect the life-giving rainfall.
 
Government eyes live mythum as major export
MYANMAR could soon be beefing up its food exports. With government support, breeders are increasing national stocks of the semi-domesticated mythum cattle, renowned for its tender meat.
 
Thanakha museum to open in Bagan
“We will sell not only Myanmar traditional handicrafts and souvenirs, but also thanakha products and services,” said U Kyaw Min, the chairman of Shwe Pyi Nann, which owns the supermarket and is the largest thanakha company in Myanmar.
 
FMI subsidiary signs biofuel deal
“It is an important milestone in the development of renewable energy sources within Myanmar. And it’s something that MAGT has been working on since December 2006,”
 
Long-finned eel values slither upwards
“Now we are getting US$7000 a metric tonne for export quality eels and we are exporting 300 viss to 400 viss a week,” U Yone Kan said (1 viss equals 1.6 kilograms or 3.6 pounds).
 

Architects push for aesthetics
“The building in front of us has large tinted windows that reflect sunlight into our apartment every evening. This floods our apartment with glare and makes it very hot,”
 
Holding it together: the tough job of presenting

“Another reason for becoming a presenter is the nature of my job. When a commercial company wanted to promote their product with my models, I used to present [their events] because I understood their company and their product well… Over time other companies invited me to present their events. I have been presenting for over 10 years,”

 
Word on the street .... with Aung Ye Lin

I have my hair cut every three months. Changing styles is very important for the actors and actresses. You should be different for every character. So I always prepare for the characters before I act.

 
Sports Ministry pushes hockey as national game
FORGET soccer, basketball, sepak takraw, boxing and chinlone and pick up a hockey stick – that’s the message the Myanmar Hockey Federation (MHF), under the Ministry of Sports’ guidance, is promoting to the public.
 
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