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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]
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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. [Fullstory]
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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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