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DELEGATES at a series of ASEAN tourism task force meetings
held Taunggyi from June 28 to July 1 say the area’s
attractions have enormous potential.
The area includes picturesque Inle Lake, one of Myanmar’s
most popular tourist destinations.
“You are sitting on a gold mine in terms of tourism,” said
Mr Jamaluddin bin Sheikh Mohammad, the chairman of the ASEAN
Tourism Marketing Task Force.
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THE Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, was
due to leave for Beijing on July 11 to begin a week-long visit
to China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Mr Wen
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The response to the US decision came in a
government statement issued on July 9, two days after
President George Bush endorsed legislation approved by the US
Congress to extend the sanctions, which include a ban on all
imports from Myanmar. |
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DISCUSSIONS on issues concerning Myanmar at
the annual meeting of foreign ministers of Southeast Asian
Nations in Jakarta earlier this month were “constructive”, a
senior official said last week.The official said the ASEAN
foreign ministers had recognised the government’s efforts to
pave the way for a transition to democracy. |
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“We will engage in more aggressive operations
against human trafficking once the MoU has been signed,”
Police Colonel Win Khaung, the director of the Planning and
Training Department of the Myanmar Police Force, under the
Ministry of Home Affairs, told Myanmar Times last
week. |
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The figures show that 1160 serious crimes were reported
throughout the country last year, down from 1196 the previous
year and 1370 in 2001. Serious crimes include murder, rape,
robbery, burglary and kidnapping.
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THE government plans to provide US$10 million
to build factories at three industrial zones in upper Myanmar,
the chairman of the Mandalay Industrial Zone Development
Committee said last week. |
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THE Myanmar Track and Field Federation has
begun a radical new incentive system, designed to increase
Myanmar’s share of international gold medals.The
newly-appointed federation chairman, U Tay Za, unveiled the
system at a media conference at the Sedona Hotel on July
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A BIG increase in the number of airline
passengers travelling to Myanmar in recent months has raised
hopes for a surge in arrivals during the tourist high season
beginning in October. |
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BRUSSELS – More than 400
international companies did business last year in
Myanmar despite international sanctions over its human
rights record, according to a list released last Tuesday
by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
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AS more people become familiar with
the qualities and benefits of gas stoves, sales are
increasing, according to several gas stove suppliers who
spoke Myanmar Times last week.  | |
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 WORK on a long-awaited development project
along the Hlaing River in FMI Garden City in Hlaing
Tharyar township has begun despite the increasing price
of the construction materials.The nine-acre River Front
project is expected to be finished in
December.
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 ON the slightly rainy night of July 6th,
the Trees, led by 15 different singers, performed for
1000 seated guests at the Golden Dragon Hall Lion City
Restaurant in Hlaing Township. The concert marked the
Trees’ fourth anniversary, and all proceeds went to a
school for the blind and two orphanages in
Myanmar.
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 UPROOT German heritage and traditional
French training, parachute it into the thick of a Yangon
market, and you might expect a broad palette of
flavours—a palette that could easily run grey if mixed
carelessly. Mr Matthias Cantauw, the new head chef and
F&B man at Savoy Hotel’s upscale Kipling’s
restaurant, studiously avoids this danger, churning out
the culinary equivalents of azure or vermillion.
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The UNFPA is planning to spend K30 million on
the film, Hmyawlintchin myarswar (Expectations),
which will provide information about how the virus
that causes AIDS is spread and ways of preventing
its transmission, including mother to child
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Contemporary Art Awards 2004 Finalist
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How some of Yangon's famous people are
keeping themselves fresh and fragrant all day. |
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AS a woman, I like using perfumes with
a flower fragrance, especially rose and jasmine. I
didn’t start wearing perfume until I was at university,
when I started getting it as gifts from
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I was a tomboy when I was a teenager,
so I did not use perfume until I was in tenth grade as I
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I often buy cologne in Bangkok because
a wide range is available there. I always buy a new
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AS someone who is responsible for
preparing meals for a family, food safety is very
important for me. I have to ensure that meals are
nutritious as well as safe.
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I became interested in the arts when I
was very young. I loved to write poems and imagined
becoming a poet but it was not my ambition to become a
writer. |
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motivated and committed professional to assist in the
planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
UNICEF’s project activities in Kayah and Kayin
States
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Lake Resort, Yangon |
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STANDING behind her dozen or so
trophies, Sandy Toe Saung hardly cracks a smile. The
serious 18-year-old says she spends three hours a day on
the golf course,
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