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A MASSIVE project to transform the park around
Kandawgyi Lake into a world class recreation and education
centre is expected to be completed by the end of next year, a
director of the Forestry Department, U Khin Maung Zaw, said
last Monday.[Fullstory]
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MYANMAR was honoured with two awards for outstanding
achievements in engineering at a conference in Indonesia last
month.The awards, to the Public Works department of the
Ministry of Construction and to women engineers from the
department, were presented during a conference of the ASEAN
Federation of Engineering Organisations in Jogjakarta from
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DEMAND for wood from the rubber tree has increased sharply
because of its growing popularity in the furniture industry,
an official with Myanma Perennial Crops Enterprise said last
week.[Fullstory] | |
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THE Vice President of India, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,
was due to arrive in Yangon on November 2 for a four-day
goodwill visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, the
Indian ambassador, Mr Rajiv Bhatia, said last week.[Fullstory] | |
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MYANMAR has taken over as rotating Chair of the Greater
Mekong Sub-region Business Forum (GMS-BF) from Laos, beginning
its two years at the helm of the organisation, on October
27.[Fullstory] | |
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SALES revenue reached US$17.6 million at the bi-annual
Yangon gem emporium last week, down on the previous event last
October.Industry analysts cited a weakening of the
international gems market following the SARS epidemic earlier
this year, which badly affected China, the main market for
jade, as the cause of the downturn.[Fullstory] | |
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THE Ministry of Construction has proposed a draft of a new
law focused on the planning and construction of condominiums,
a senior government official said last week.The law, drawn up
in consultation with major developers in the construction
sector, will help to improve the administration of
condominiums in which several households are living, said U
Aunt Kyaw, director general of Human Settlement and Housing
Development Committee under Ministry of Construction.[Fullstory] | |
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