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“These pollutants are widely distributed in the environment and so the source of this pollution may involve several countries through which the Mekong River flows,” |
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 “The senior staff encourage the juniors and volunteers to be patient when dealing with the residents and to be prepared to explain how important our activities are for them. Some junior staff can be demotivated until they learn the right approach,” |
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 “During the president’s visit, the two governments signed an agreement and a memorandum of understanding. The first was an agreement on visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic and official service passports, and the MOU was for tourism cooperation between two countries,” |
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 Mr Komaru said the systems were suitable for use in remote areas where purified drinking water is hard to get. But their relatively high price, about US$5500 each, means that the most likely customers will be donors such as United Nations and non-governmental organisations engaged in post-Nargis rehabilitation efforts. |
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 “Our school is only for educational and vocational teaching. We cannot help former students throughout their life because we need to care for new students. We can only introduce them to associations that are familiar with their situation,” |
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“In some regions, people catch birds by stirring poison into water and putting it out for the birds to drink. If they catch a dead bird, they freeze it and send it to a restaurant. If they catch a live bird they sell it to the cage bird trade, or to someone who will set it free for [Buddhist] merit,” |
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Nearly 12,000 children between the ages of three and five from 300 school-based Early Childhood Development centres and 24,000 children of Grade 1 from 800 schools from five cyclone-affected Child Friendly School Townships will receive the toys. |
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“Any Myanmar Buddhist monks holding Myanmar passports can contact the sayadaw if they have difficulties for alms food. The sayadaw donates to Myanmar passports holders once a year as a way to promote the Dhamma (teachings of the Buddha),” |
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“Thailand has consistently been identified as one of the world’s top five countries most heavily implicated in the illicit ivory trade, but shows little sign of addressing outstanding issues,” |
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 According to the FDA, there are more that 6000 different branded pharmaceuticals currently registered in Myanmar. The majority are from India, China, Bangladesh and Thailand, with the rest coming from Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Europe, said Dr Win Si Thu. |
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 Auctions will take place at weekends, initially every other week, he said. The centre is wholly owned by Myanmar businesses, despite the use of a Japanese name. |
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Mr Park Key-chong, South Korea’s ambassador to Myanmar, said during a meeting on June 17 at Chatrium Hotel with those who attended the earlier summit that South Korea has pledged to increase its trading with all ASEAN nations, including Myanmar. |
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 A square living room is the biggest space in the condo and currently features a grey sofa, with yellow walls. The décor is new-age Myanmar: Think ornate ceiling, inset downlights and parquet flooring. On the upside there’s a smallish air-conditioner, which should prove handy when there is electricity. |
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 KHANT Phyo has been making music since he was 18, and before he left Myanmar in February 2008 to go and study in Australia, he released the song Myauk Phyit Chin Tal (Want to be a Monkey) on the group album “Bar Lar Lar” (Whatever). Unfortunately he missed being here to witness the success of the song, but has plans to return with some new songs after his studies have finished. Timeout got in contact with the singer and drummer using online chat. |
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 “You have to decide what kind of people you want to target such as children, adults, women or men. We can give knowledge to people through cartoons, photographs, poems and articles. Such works are like illuminating candles; they can spread out one to another.” |
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“I’m worried that if we hold the Grand Royal Challenge Cup now, just after the MNL Cup, that it will be a distraction for the players. So we will need to decide what is best for Myanmar football, whether we should hold this tournament or not,” |
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 “But at half time we spoke about where we were falling down and took that on board in the second half and played a lot better. We created a lot more chances.” |
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“To retain the SEA Games title it will be very difficult and they have to improve their game. They will need to take on board what I’m teaching them because the competition in Laos will be very competitive – Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore have some great players. But Kyaw Oo and Aung San Oo can certainly match them,” |
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 Seven competitors dropped out due to the unfavourable conditions, while the remaining three – Zeya Win (Yangon Division), Myo Lwin (Customs) and Pho Phyae (Yangon Division) – crossed the line a full 29 minutes behind the lead pack. |
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