“Although arrangements for tourism cooperation between Myanmar and Indonesia haven’t been signed yet, the two countries have friendly cooperation in tourism,”

According to the contest website (www.Mekong PhotoContest.com), the photographs will focus attention on the beauty and unique lifestyles of people living along the Mekong River, depicting places of interest, the cultural heritage of the people, and the natural beauty and environment of the region.

U Chit San Win said the documentaries were especially important for teaching young people about the great contributions that famous sayadaws have made to the perpetuation of Sasana (institutions founded on the Buddha’s doctrines), culture and literature.

“At the university, students can specialise in seafood under the subject of Food Technology and we’re thinking about offering students some scholarships to this university. We’d also offer them employment later,”

The fertilisers distributed included 50kg of urea, 25kg of triple super phosphate, 12.5kg of multi super phosphate, K20,000 for seed paddy of pure stock and K30,000 for agricultural expenditure including labour costs.

Dr Soe Lwin Nyein, the director of the ministry’s Epidemiology Department, said the department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information, will distribute educational flyers about A(H1N1) influenza to rural areas throughout the country.

We are just as committed as ASEAN to making sure that the GCC succeeds. Our aims are ambitious but – based on our track record already – they are attainable in a very short space of time.

“Although all journals have renewed the extension for publication, some journals have been found to not be operating for more than six months continuously. Those journals will be closed accordig to its procedures”

“We’ve printed 1000 copies of the booklet, which is called Plantation Guide for the Mangroves of Myanmar and will produce another 200 per month. If donors want to contribute, we will deliver the books to villages on their behalf. The cost of a copy is K3000,”

“Central Hotel increased occupancy by an average of 20pc to 30pc from April to June, compared to the same period last year. The hotel has 88pc to 90pc occupancy for each month of this low season, compared with 75pc last year,”

With the help of the American Center and the German organisation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Mr Doug Cosper, an instructor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Colorado, will lecture on news writing, and Mr Bjorn Richtet, a veteran journalist working for a newspaper in Singapore, will lecture on feature writing.

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“In today’s match, my defenders didn’t follow my instructions and made mistakes that allowed Yadanarbon to score the winning goal. Although we lost 2-1, I think we were the real winners because our opponent’s used both foreign players and coach,”

Magway, the league leader for much of the season, faces the toughest challenge to make the final, with its final match to be played against Kanbawza on July 1. By that stage the Magway players will know what result is necessary to progress to the final, which will be played at Thuwanna Stadium.

“Players like Win Min Htut, Khin Maung Lwin and Moe Win had to play in the match against Yangon without taking any rest after coming back from the AFC President’s Cup,”