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The airport authority said in a statement on Thursday evening that Suvarnabhumi Airport would remain shut until at least 6pm on Saturday. Bangkok’s old airport, Don Muang, was to remain closed until at least 6pm Friday after it was blockaded by protesters on Thursday morning.
 
A STRANGE event occurred during last year’s rainy season when a female Ayeyarwady dolphin travelled to Meza Creek, an offshoot of the Ayeyarwady River near Katha township, Sagaing Division, in search of new grazing, and then decided to stay there for a year.
MYANMAR hosted a meeting last week to update potential donors on the funding requirements for ongoing relief and recovery efforts in areas of the Ayeyarwady delta affected by cyclone Nargis in May.
“Poultry farmers need to be alert for signs of illness in all birds, especially chickens and ducks,” said Dr Aung Gyi.
THREE local Buddhist associations that organise offerings of gold leaf to Shwedagon Pagoda are making donations this year of 62 gold leaves, each measuring one square foot in size, with a total value of nearly K100 million.
 
“To get ART is the most difficult thing [about living with HIV],”she said. “If you receive ART, you can work well and then you can earn money and so you can also eat well. But without it, I don’t know what will happen to me. I can’t afford ART, so the waiting list is my only hope.”
 
THE annual summit of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) due to be held in Chaing Mai next month is facing postponement because of the ongoing political crisis in Thailand.
 
“For three months after the cyclone, MRCS focused on relief operations in the disaster area,” said U Hla Myint, the deputy head of the MRCS Disaster Management Division. “Then we shifted to the ongoing recovery phase, and the Cash for Work Program is part of that phase.”
 
“The Happy Drawing Project has encouraged children to take a keener interest in ASEAN and emphasised the need to continue to engage youth so as to strengthen the ASEAN community and promote cross-cultural under-standing,”
 
“Under this five-year memorandum of agreement, we aim to promote cooperation on biotechnology and plant genetic resources and develop and strengthen the respective technical competence on biotechnology and plant genetic resources,”
 
“Our industry plays an important role in providing and distributing drugs for the local market. So it is important to import quality products in the interest of our people, because this concerns peoples’ health,”
 
“It is a good opportunity for our country and chicken farmers here to develop the export market. We have already had offers from the Saudi side to buy chickens and eggs,”
 
“Normally, the traders collect a bag (containing 1.5 Myanmar baskets) of mattpe for about K13, 000. But since the traders thought shortages in India would lead to higher resale prices, they offered a .....
 

“We don’t know yet what impact the crisis will have on prices. Investors are staying out of cars and gold, and are holding on to their property at the moment,”
 

“Although we are able to compete with other professional photographers from different countries, we can’t enter some contests because we have to pay entrance fees. As I can’t pay in foreign currency and we don’t have online banking we try to participate in contests where they don’t charge fees to participate,”

 

“Before, I was half-human, but now I feel like I’m completely human. I can do almost everything for myself change my clothes, look after myself and make a living as a jasmine seller,”

 

“People lose or go astray of their goals trying to overcome struggles they come across in life. So I want to suggest that everyone not lose their ultimate goal in life and even if they grab whatever they can at their failure, it should be something reasonable and truthful”

 
“It will be a big fight. We have to prepare technically and tactically but also mentally because Indonesia will be playing at home. They’re a good team and a really tough opponent for us.
 
THE 2008 Korean Ambassador’s Cup Tae-kwondo Championship Tournament will be held at Thuwanna Indoor Stadium on December 2 and 3, a Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) spokesperson said last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Vacancy Notice No. 2008/007-Readvertisement

Position and Grade : Operations Manager
Organization Unit : Operations Unit
Duty Station : Yangon, Myanmar
Issue Date : 24 November 2008
Application Deadline : 15 December 2008 (COB 12.00 noon)
Type/Duration of : NOC (Fixed term) for Appointment one year with possibility of extension

Applications are invited from interested Myanmar nationals for the post of Operations Manager.

Application should be : UNFPA Representative
Addressed to Attention: Operations Manager Room A07, UNFPA, No. 6 Natmauk Road, Yangon.
Emial: myanmar office@unfpa.org

 
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