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Crowds flock to book ship
By Aung Kyaw Tha
MORE than 5000 people visited the world’s largest floating bookshop, the MV Doulos, during a visit to Yangon which ended this week. The Doulos, which is operated by a German-based non-profit organisation called Good Books For All, docked at Nanthida jetty on January 7 for a week-long visit. It carries more than half a million books for all ages and interests. The ship is staffed by 320 volunteers from 37 nations, including Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, South Africa and South Korea. The visit by the Doulos, which last visited Yangon in December 1998, was sponsored by the Hotels and Tourism Ministry.

Billboards to warn on smoking
SOME cigarette companies in Myanmar have begun including health warnings on billboard advertising as part of an agreement among some of the world’s biggest tobacco companies. The move has been welcomed by anti-smoking group, Tobacco Initiatives, which had suggested the warnings in a proposal to the National Health Committee. "It is one of our proposals and I am happy to see the warnings on tobacco advertisements," said Tobacco Free Initiatives project manager, Daw Nyo Nyo Kyaing. A spokesperson for the tobacco industry said the agreement involved the British American Tobacco, Phillip Morris and Japan Tobacco International companies. Ko Zaw Htun Oo, the Mild Seven cigarette brand manager of trading company, Myanmar Indobest, said it had begun including the warning on billboards even though the agreement was to take effect from next June. The warning has already appeared on Eyecorps Advertising Company billboards promoting Aspen Gold cigarettes. – Myo Theingi Cho


 
Secretary 1 says improvements needed in the tourism industry
SECRETARY 1 of the State Peace and Development Council, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, has called for big improvements in the tourism industry. FULL STORY
 

Phuket meet highlights ‘excellent’ relationship
A JOINT Myanmar-Thai task force set up to oversee the repatriation of illegal workers from Thailand will meet soon to discuss procedural matters, U Thaung Tun, the director general of the Political Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said. FULL STORY


 

Koizumi meets Razali, confirms Tokyo’s support of Myanmar
JAPANESE Minister Junichiro Koizumi has assured United Nations special envoy to Myanmar, Razali Ismail, that Tokyo’s support for Myanmar remains unchanged, an official said. The assurance came during a meeting between the pair in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday, the Japanese foreign ministry official said. "Japan considers it important to promote democra-tisation efforts," Koizumi told Razali, the official said. "At the same time, it is important to provide the support necessary for stable procedures in Myanmar’s nation-building," Koizumi said. "We want to proceed with the two ideas together."  The Japanese premier’s remarks were welcomed by Razali, a Malaysian diplomat who is playing a mediating role in the national reconciliation dialogue between the Myanmar government and the National League for Democracy’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. "We praise Japan’s humanitarian assistance and hope Japan will continue (its support) in the future," Razali told Koizumi, according to the Japanese official.  "I hope other countries will provide further support once the political process moves forward," the UN envoy said.  Japan is Myanmar’s biggest donor, providing 1.9 billion yen (US$14.3 million) in grant aid as well as 1.6 billion yen in technical assistance to the country in the year to March 2001.  During his sixth visit to Yangon last month, Razali held a two-and-a-half hour meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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