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THE annual five-day relay of the Union Flag throughout
Yangon Division was inaugurated by the City Mayor,
Brigadier-General Aung Thein Lin, on February 8 ahead of
celebrations marking Union Day on February 12.The ceremony to
mark the start of the relay was held at the City Hall, where
the flag is kept.The Union Flag will travel through 45
townships before arriving at People’s Square on Pyay Road for
a Union Day ceremony, at which a message from the Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council, Senior General Than
Shwe, will be read out.

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A MASTER plan to develop long-term strategies
for developing tourism in the Greater Mekong Sub-region will
be presented to its six member countries by the end of May, it
was announced in Yangon last week.
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The committee that drafted the law was
comprised of representatives from the ministry and other
government departments, he said. The law would ensure that the
rights of trafficked victims were protected and that
traffickers received the maximum penalty, Police
Lieutenant-Colonel Rallyan Mone said. It would also allow law
enforcement agencies to freeze the property of traffickers and
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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
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Myanmar’s first online job placement website,
www.asianjobbus.com, was designed to make the task of looking
for a job faster and more efficient, said U Zaw Thet Pe, the
team leader of the Asiajobbus Company.

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The decision would enable businesses in sectors other than
engineering as well as individuals who did not have
engineering-related degrees to support the society’s efforts
to contribute to national development,” U Than Myint said.
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INLAND Water Transport, under the Ministry of
Transport, launched two passenger craft and a container boat
this month, bringing the total number of vessels in its fleet
to 412.The manager of IWT, U Myo Myint, said the passenger
boats included the 100-foot-long Shwepyithit, which will carry
tourists on the Ayeyarwaddy River between Mandalay and Nyaung
Oo and Bagan.
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Dr Saw Rock Top, an official at the embassy’s Cultural and
Information Section, said the scholarships included those
provided under the Asia Youth Fellowship Program.

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The conservation of the Myanmar roofed turtle
(Kachuga trivittata), an indigenous species, was
essential to help preserve the nation’s natural
heritage, said U Win Ko Ko, a herpetologist with the New
York-based WCS and a member of the survey team. The
two-week survey is being conducted along a 150-kilometre
stretch of the river between Hkamti and Homalin, in
Sagaing Division.

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THE Malaysian government has invited Myanmar timber
and wood products companies to participate in the
Malaysia Furniture Export Exhibition 2005, to be held in
Kuala Lumpur from March 3 to 7.

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THE Landmark Construction and Engineering
Company, and the Department of Human Settlement and
Housing Development this month began work on a joint
housing project in Hlaing Tharyar township in the
suburbs of Yangon.
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ON the night of
February 6, to celebrate the Chinese new year, the
Trees, led by more than 20 different singers performed
at the Golden Dragon Hall Lion City Restaurant in Hlaing
Township.Sadly, the hall was only half filled, but those
who were there were treated to a great concert.

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Over the last couple of
years, Myanmar cotton has started to overtake imported
materials as the fabric of choice for those having new
clothes made. Not only is cotton cool and comfortable,
but it is also considerably cheaper than the synthetic
blends brought in from other countries.

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THE Myanmar Red Cross Society has chosen a
former rector of the Defence Services Medical
Institute, Dr Hla Myint, as its new president.
The change was made at the eighth national
congress of the Myanmar Red Cross held at the
Institute of Nursing in Lanmadaw township on
January 29.
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LIBRARIES are repositories of knowledge
and information. We can find out about anything we want
to know at libraries. As well as providing a wide range
of information that enable to expand their knowledge,
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I was born in 1917, at Hta Naung Kone
village in Pakokku township, Magwe Division.When I was
77 and wrote the first of a series of biographical
articles. It was published in Myawaddy monthly
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