January 26 - February 1, 2004 Myanmar's first international weekly Volume 11 , No.201
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A WIRY man with a quizzical look on his face and a Duya cigarette never too far from his lips, U Than Htay, it seems, has always been an observer of life.His seventh solo photographic exhibition is testament to that with an entrancing range of subject matter on show last week in Yangon.[FullStory]

 

THE Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, has urged those involved in the information and communications technology sector to strive harder so the industry can make a greater contribution to national development.[Fullstory]

JAPAN’S overseas aid agency is sending is high-level team to Myanmar early in February to discuss a buckwheat project in Shan State funded by the Japanese government. The 15-member delegation will be headed by the managing director of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Mr Hikiharu Sato.[Fullstory]

THAILAND has indefinitely postponed the first summit of the BIMST-EC grouping after the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, said he was unable to attend. [Fullstory]

 
 
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SCORES of friends, relatives and business associates gathered in Yangon last Friday to farewell one of the best-known expatriates in the Myanmar hospitality industry, Mr Juergen Voss, who died on January 18 at the Bagan Hotel, where he was general manager for the past six years.[Fullstory]

MYANMAR will step up its cooperation with other regional countries and increase measures to conserve endangered marine turtle species, an official with the Department of Fisheries said last week.
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MYANMAR university graduates are increasingly taking advantage of specialist training courses to improve their chances of finding jobs, employment and education specialists said last week.[Fullstory]

A SENIOR official at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement has said that the number of women applying for its services has increased during the current fiscal year. [Fullstory]

 BUSINESS NEWS

MYANMAR needs to develop more value-added industries to increase revenues, industry leaders said this month.Despite relatively low labour costs, Myanmar raw materials and products are being exported for refinement and processing. [Fullstory]

MYANMAR and foreign companies have signed agreements to buy agri-cultural and marine products worth a total of US$1.5 million from state-controlled co-operative enterprises.[Fullstory]

The seminar was attended by professors from the Yangon Institute of Economics, senior economic advisors from United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific Region, executive officers from the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce Industry and students from Yangon Institute of Economics, as well as renowned economists and entrepreneurs from every business sector in Myanmar.[Fullstory]

 
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