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“Water covered all the roads. The distance between my house floor and the water level was only about one foot. When I got down into the compound the water level was near my thigh but I had no choice because it was a Monday morning, I had to go to work,” |
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 “One year after the disaster, 32pc of households in cyclone-affected areas continue to consider crop items or inputs as a pressing need. Areas that reported a high need for these supplies were concentrated in the northern part of the region,” |
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“Field surveys in the immediate aftermath of major disasters focus on perishable data, which would otherwise have been lost forever – such as infrastructure damage prior to repair and reconstruction.” |
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“Cyclone survivors will have suffi cient water because the contaminated water ponds have been rehabilitated, and in addition, some new water ponds have been constructed,” |
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 The MEC has been under-taking research on earthquake-prone areas in Myanmar since February 2006, when they conducted a collaborative study in northern Rakhine State coastal areas with members of the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ). |
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 “We donate to the hospital yearly and we always try and think what is most needed, what will benefit the patients the most. This time we chose dental equipment,” |
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 “After the trip, we will make recommendations to the Thai government. … We want to increase the numbers of Thai and Myanmar travellers between two countries, and we also want to attract more tourists from other countries to Thailand and Myanmar,” |
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The species is timid and nocturnal and little is known about it, he added. The clouded leopard is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with 100,000 of the species believed to still be living worldwide. |
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“Last year we tested locally produced brands and found some that were not suitable for public consumption. After the tests, local oil manufacturers started paying more attention to the quality of their product,” |
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“We have many organisations on the ground – we don’t want to lose the momentum. The more support we get, the faster we can assist all the severely affected communities to recover fully and be better prepared in case of any future disasters,” |
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 “We only have small pool of readers and most of them are young. Though our target is teenage readers, I suppose that adults and older people may also want to know what hip hop is and how we make the music.” |
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 Sandar Win was discovered while working as a general manager at an advertising company in Dubai two years ago. Many directors and producers would use the firm to advertise their films and Sandar Win caught their attention. |
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“If we look critically at Delta United’s performance in last season’s competition, our players’ performances were not so different from the other clubs. But we just lacked a bit in terms of team unity and mental strength, so they’re things we’re working on,” |
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“While they have been training, some players have spent their leisure hours playing games such as chess. That has helped them improve ahead of this month’s competition. The MPSF has participated in these games four times since 2001 and in every games, Myanmar’s athletes could grab some medals including gold medals,” |
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Committed to bringing ASEAN to the People by integrating ASEAN Volunteers in ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
Position:
ASEAN Volunteers (Only ASEAN Nationals)
Period:
Tentatively September 2009-January 2010
Duty Station and Priority Sectors:
The ASEAN Volunteers (AV) are assigned to different most vulnerable communities of the following townships/districts: Pyapon, Yangon, Bogale and Labutta as their duty station to support project implementation.
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“Quality-wise, consumers definitely prefer to chew the Pantanaw leaves because they are gentle, whereas those grown in Monywa are hard and rough; they are really only in demand in rural places,”
“Extending the tax law for another year will hopefully lead to more activity in the sector and a gradual price rise for property. I think that without disruptions like Cyclone Nargis and the global financial crisis we will see the property improve in the year ahead,”
“The demand for diamonds this year has fallen by more than 50pc compared to last year. In August last year, we were selling more than K10 million a day but since the first week of September that fell to K5 million.
The house is four years old and remains in excellent condition, with the cream exterior paint scheme more or less untouched. As might be expected, teak is in heavy use around the house in interior decorations, the staircase, some ceilings and the parquet on the floor.
