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“The packages include one night of accommodation in a deluxe room, gala buffet dinner, and international buffet breakfast, and the Christmas Eve package also includes 30-minute foot massage at the hotel’s Zen Foot,” |
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 Beauty Queen by artist Hla Phone won the second prize, worth K25 million. And the best painting of the year 2009 was given to Zaw Zaw for River Ayeyarwady. All the winners were also given gold medals. |
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 Sagaing Aung Kyaw Htin received K150,000 for winning the top prize. Saw Thein Win (City New) won the K100,000 second prize for his photo of Upaka Thanni Pagoda, the recently built Shwedagon Pagoda copy in Nay Pyi Taw. Ko Ko Naing received K70,000 after being awarded third prize. |
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 The accident, which occurred at about 6pm, caused traffic to be delayed at the busy Shwegonedine junction for several hours and police diverted south-bound traffic down nearby Dhammazedi Road.
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 “Fang Fang had collected the DNA of the fish in 2004 and I think she’d researched it intensively since 2006. She confirmed it as a new species in September 2009,” |
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 The donation ceremony, which took place on December 15 at the Bahan township hospital, was attended by more than 15 people, including the Italian ambassador to Myanmar, Dr Giuseppe Cinti, and members of the hospital’s management.
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“The [Integrated HIV Care for TB Patients Living with HIV/AIDS] Program in Myanmar offers a model for managing the TB-HIV co-epidemics that can show the way for other countries facing the same challenges with limited resources,” |
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Summing up the findings of the two assessments, she said 15.6 percent of heads of households in the cyclone-affected areas were women. It was also found that 4.2pc of respondents were illiterate, most of these women. Just 4pc of the women in cyclone-affected regions have a university degree. |
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 “We built the factory in Yadanarbon as the ministry [Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs] supports investors there by supplying good electricity and water for the city. Yadanarbon is intended to function as a special economic zone, and these kinds of reliable amenities are required to attract investors,” |
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 “When AFTA starts, exporters that have been certified will be able to sell their products in foreign markets. But we are taking careful steps to make sure that the only factories that receive certification are ones that produce or assemble a product entirely in Myanmar. We’re putting in place many restrictions to stop companies from exporting fake products,” |
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“Most foreigners buy Myanmar puppets and lacquerware as souvenirs, and these kinds of handicrafts are the most in demand. But despite the increase in the cost of raw materials, we can’t increase the selling price when demand is not so certain. Right now, our most popular item is puppets, which can sell for between K2000 and K100,000,” |
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“It’s not uncommon for the auctions of state-owned properties to barely affect the wider market because the sites up for sale are not what most buyers are looking for. Those apartments to be auctioned are old, and buyers generally like newer buildings in good locations like Mayangone, Kamaryut, Yankin and Thingangyun townships. Most of the apartments to be auctioned are not in these townships,” |
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 Stepping into the apartment you enter the generously proportioned living room that has good natural lighting and ventilation courtesy of the large windows. Should the light prove too much there are curtains to block it, and two air-conditioners to chill the room. |
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 “We teach people about the environment, the warming world, the ozone layer, water pollution, air pollution etc. We were not taught these lessons when we were young so we didn’t know how to love our world. But now young people are very interested and they want to help the environment,” |
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 “Christians are close to music by way of our culture of worship. So now about half of the famous singers in Myanmar are Christian with the other half of other faiths,” |
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 “The winner of the 5000m at the 24th SEA Games, Boonthung Srisung from Thailand, also competed this year. We told Aung Khine to run with him for the first 3000m and then try and break away over the last 2000m. This tactic worked because Aung Khine’s power and speed was better than the former champion,” |
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 “I can’t express the improvement of business during SEA Games in percentage terms but it is sure things have improved. This time is the main tourist season. In previous years we have many tourists from Western countries who arrive her by crossing the border from Thailand. But now we also have many visitors from other Southeast Asian countries, especially from Vietnam,” |
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 “In the matches against both Laos and Thailand we had decisions go against us. Twice against Laos two goals were disallowed for offside when they were clearly onside and then against Thailand the referee awarded them a penalty which, in my view, was not justified,” |
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