“We conducted an inventory and found little reduction in the numbers of animals. There were fewer sambar deer but we counted more than 150 estuarine crocodile,”

“After hearing about Cyclone Bijili, which was reportedly heading for Myanmar last month, residents in the Nargis-affected areas left their villages,” said U Htein Linn, communications officer of the department.

Malaysian Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told the official news agency Bernama that the association would be tasked with curbing crime in the region, especially the drugs trade and people trafficking.

Fifteen competitors will take part in the contest, selected from among applicants who were asked to submit written essays and cassette tapes demonstrating their Japanese language skills.

“But also it’s useful for finding suitable accommodation, whether you want budget or midrange or a top end hotel, and in each town or area we could read about the history and sights to see. We really found it useful everywhere we went.”

“There will be travel trade appointment sessions on June 4 and 5, while the last two days will be reserved as a gathering for corporate groups and consumers,”

“As a Buddhist country, Myanmar has many historical and pilgrimage sites. Among them, Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is the most impressive site for Chinese tourists.”

“Everyone can join the training class free of charge. We don’t want to sell equipment to our customers blindly. We want them to buy what is best suited to their needs, and we want to make sure they know how to use it,”

The attackers used a “long-barrel gun” to break open the counter at Ngwe Yadana Aung jewellery shop, in Yamethin’s Myoma Market, and stole approximately 5 viss (8 kilograms) of gold necklaces and 1 viss (1.6kg) of gold bracelets worth about K240 million (about US$220,000), according to the report.

Under the theme of “Helping Teachers, Helping Children: Practical Steps Towards Communicative Classrooms”, this year’s conference will focus on teaching techniques, approaches and activities that help students be more communicative.

“We will donate the school building for Kyein Chaung Gyi village from our foundation, and we will establish Kyein Chaung Gyi as a model villa ge. We’ve built 210 houses there to settle the villagers, which the government gave them for free,”

“We are now getting 100 to 200 hair donors daily. We will construct bridges using the money gained from selling the hair. And we plan to name one of the bridges the Golden Hair Bridge,”

“We help people with disabilities, including children, and create programs for their livelihood such as agriculture, fisheries and livestock. Some people want to start a business like making snacks at home. So we gave them grants for investment.”

“Now that we are members, we are receiving the journals and magazines published by the organisation. We will also participate in their activities such as attending overseas seminars and short courses, and we can get funds for conservation projects in our country,”

“We’re now finding a place to set up a call centre and planning to recruit employees for the call centre at the end of this month. We expect to start within four months after training the staff,”

“The email service will be based on the SMS system and it can be used in GSM and CDMA 450 MHz mobile phones. As the email service is based on SMS, it can be used only for text only and not with attachments and pictures,”

Four second-half goals – the opener from man-of-the match Myo Min Tun, a brace to Kyi Lin and an 86th minute strike from import Missipo Ndatang – capped an emphatic win for U Tay Zar’s side.

“My challenge for the foreign players will be to get them used to our style of play in the short time we have before the MFF Cup Grand Royal 2009 begins [on May 16]. But I believe they will be alright with my instructions and will gradually play a larger role in our cup matches,”

“At the 24th SEA Games [in Thailand], I had to be satisfied with a bronze in the women’s compound event and was disappointed because I expected to get a gold medal. At that time I considered retiring from the sport completely. But then I decided to take some positives from my loss and focused harder than usual,”