Flower News 2007
Flower News Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 2-8)
The Yangon electricity distribution group will allow 200,000 electricity metre boxes in this year for households that still have not access to electricity. More than 86,000 metre boxes have already been in use in Rangoon. (December 28 news)
Trade of high-end 4-wheel luxury vehicles is active at a higher price while trade of low-end vehicles is sluggish. The prices of high-end vehicles increase between K20million and K30million per unit. (December 28 news)
Basic commodity prices in 2007 are expected to be similar with that of in December third week. (December 28 news)
According to the Ministry of Commerce figure, about US$300million income has been achieved from jade export in this fiscal year's first eight months. The amount is $140million more than jade export income gained in last fiscal year's corresponding period. (December 28 news)
The United Nations Children's Fund begin spending US$1.9million - contribution from Japan - in media sector in an attempt to raise awareness on bird flu. (December 28 news)
The National Races Village in Rangoon generated more than K80million in 2006. It attracted more than 590,000 including 7,249 tourists in the corresponding year. (December 28 news)
Flower News Vol. 2, No. 51 (December 26-January 1)
The construction work on K1,300million Sittwe Port in Rakhine State is expected to be completed early next year. (December 22 news)
The Prisons Department allows inmates to meet or write to their family members twice a month. It also helps arrange accommodations and meals for inmates' family members visiting from distant places. (December 22 news)
The Directorate of Investment and Company Registration will soon introduce online service for the company registrations. The registrations of company are to be done in Naypyidaw since September this year. About 14,000 local companies and more than 1,400 foreign companies have registered here. (December 22 news)
A monastic education school is open in the premise of In-pin-shwe-Ku pagoda in Mandalay Division's Yamethin Township in order to provide formal education to children living very far from state schools. (December 22 news)
Korea International Cooperation Agency built a training hall for the Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs. It already helped the ministry to upgrade computer network and IT related facilities. (December 21 news)