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MYANMAR has set a target of 750,000 tourist arrivals
this year, the director-general of the Ministry of Hotels and
Tourism, U Htay Aung, said late last month.He told a media
briefing during the ASEAN Tourism Forum on Malaysia’s Langkawi
Island that Myanmar had attracted 656,910 visitors in 2004.
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PREPARATIONS for reconvening the National
Convention on February 17 to draft a new constitution have
been completed, the government said last week. The Minister
for Information, Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan, told a news
conference on February 1 that invitations were sent to 1086
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THE Minister of Livestock and Fisheries,
Brigadier-General Maung Maung Thein, has praised the fishery
sector for achieving an increase of nearly 500 per cent in the
value of seafood exports during the past 10 years.
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THE government has adjusted the casualty toll
from the December 26 tsunami, which affected areas of
Ayeyarwaddy and Tanin-tharyi divisions and Rakhine State. A
director general at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and
Resettlement, U Than Oo, 61 people had died in Myanmar, up
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THE government has implemented an 18-month project to
develop a national bio-safety framework aimed at protecting
people and the environment from the possible negative impacts
of biotechnology.
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THE Yangon Division Buses Control Committee has welcomed a
decision by the Trade Council to approve the importation of
5000 buses powered by compressed natural gas.
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WHEN the people of Myanmar vote in a future referendum on a
new state constitution, as set out in the seven-step road map,
a new page will be turned in the history of the nation
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MONYWA copper mine is hoping to increase annual production
from 39,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes next year, a senior
executive with its joint venture operator said last week.
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THE Supreme Commander of the Thai military, General
Chaisit Shinawatra, visited Yangon last week to hold
talks with the Myanmar leadership on bilateral
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THE Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, and a
Chinese-Singaporean consortium signed a
production-sharing contract in Yangon on January 25 for
the exploration of oil and gas in Myanmar.
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THE Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) will, starting
from the end of March, hire more than 120 Myanmar
workers as crane operators in Singapore through the
Myanmar’s Department of Labour, said an official
statement released last week by the department.
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THERE are rock, and hip-hop concerts every
week for modern music lovers. But last week, on January
29, there was a special music concert of a different
kind at the Myanmar Convention Center.
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“As a son who loves my mother most, my
second academy award is more meaningful for me,” said
script writer Nyein Min, who received his second Best
Script academy award for 2003 with Ah May No Boe (The
debt of a mother’s milk) at the December ceremony.
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Myanmar
Contemporary Art Awards 2004 Finalist |
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I LIVE in Kamaryut township and take a
bus every day to my workplace on Pansoedan Road. The
buses are always crowded, especially during rush hours.
I leave home at 7am to be at work by 8am, so I am able
to avoid the busiest time of the morning rush
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I received a degree in agriculture at
the Institute of Agriculture, Mandalay, in 1966. I also
obtained a PhD in insect systematics at the Imperial
College of Science and Technology London, in
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