November 10-16, 2008 Myanmar's first international weekly © Volume 23, No. 444
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Financial crisis dominates regional meeting in Hanoi
Prime Ministers General Thein Sein from Myanmar, Samchai Wongsawat from Thailand, Nguyen Tan Dung from Vietnam, Hun Sen from Cambodia and Bouasone Bouphavanh from Laos clap at the opening of their summit in Hanoi on November 7. Pic: AFP
 
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.”
 
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.
 
Delta housing still a concern
“BECAUSE I am the only one left, I must invest in my future,” said U Swe Htun as he pointed to the spot where his house used to stand in a village in Bogale township.
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.
 
DPS distributes new tourist maps
“We printed about 20,000 copies of our tourist map of Myanmar on November 4,” said Ma Aye Mon Myat, the assistant sales manager of DPS. “We usually print and distribute the maps two times a year.”
 
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. We, the local villagers here, mainly rely on paddy. If the harvest is not good, both landowners and employees have a problem,”
 
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.
 
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.
 
Rain to continue through November
ALTHOUGH monsoon season officially came to an end early last month, rain will continue to be a threat throughout Myanmar until the end of November, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) said in an announcement released on October 31.
 
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.
 
New tourism directories coming
NEW and updated guidebooks for travel in Myanmar will be released in the coming months by local publishing companies with the aim of attracting more visitors to the country.
 
Ngwe Saung wants beach photographs
THE Ngwe Saung Zone Hoteliers Association is inviting photographers to travel to the beach later this month to snap pictures for a contest aimed at promoting Ngwe Saung as a tourist destination.
 
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.
 
MPT looks for more foreign investment at ICT week
THE government has called on foreign companies to invest in Myanmar’s information and com-munication technology (ICT) sector, a senior Ministry of Telecommunications, Post and Telegraphs said last week.
 
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.
 
Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008 to be held in Yangon
FOOTBALLERS from six countries will head to Yangon’s Thuwunna Stadium for the Grand Royal Challenge Cup’08, sponsored by Grand Royal Whisky and organised by Myanmar Football Federation (MFF), later this month.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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