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Diesel price decreases while
cost of petrol increases 25pc
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DIESEL prices have decreased since the end
of Thingyan as the private sector has begun importing from
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small West African nation Gambia has signed an agreement to
import Myanmar rice, Gambia’s economic minister told
Myanmar Times during a business trip to Yangon last week |
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TWO new fertiliser plants with a daily capacity
of 500 metric tonnes will be built by the Ministry of Energy
in Taikekyi Township, Yangon Division in October, according
to a Ministry official
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DOUBLE colonnades and a row of balconies
protruding from the first floor make this Myanmar Times House
of the Week an impressive proposition for potential buyers,
although the building site directly opposite does not make
for picturesque views.
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THE housing market has remained depressed
in 2004, industry sources said last week, with attractive
payment options failing to attract buyers
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YANGON’S biggest shopping mall, the
200,000 square-foot nine-level Shwe Parami, in Hlaing Township,
will be opened later this month, the developer said last week
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A GROUP of 150 Myanmar legume farmers has
completed a two-year training program implemented by the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation aimed at improving
production methods to increase agricultural yields
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RAIN which fell in Yangon last Friday would
be followed by more isolated showers over the next two weeks,
the deputy director general of the Department of Meteorology
and Hydrology said.
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THE government has urged the United States
to abandon attempts to destabilise Myanmar and to help the
country as a “partner” in its democratisation process.
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MYANMAR will hold a contest in August to
select the country’s representative for the first Miss
ASEAN Culture 2004 quest, to be judged in the Indonesian capital,
Jakarta, in October 8.
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AN area extending from Daung Island to the
Lampi National Park in the Myeik Archipelago was proposed
as a shark protection zone late last month
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PREPARATIONS are nearing completion for the
fourth World Buddhist Summit to be held in Yangon in December,
the deputy director general of the Ministry of Religious Affairs,
U Htin Myo, said last week.
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THE market for artists’ supplies has
been steadily expanding as an increasing number of children
undergo training in how to paint, retailers said last week.
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THE Minister of Livestock and Fisheries,
Brigadier-General Maung Maung Thein, has welcomed the establishment
of an organisation to promote the prawn farming industry
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THE central leading committee of the Myanmar
Writers and Journalists Association will hold its third conference
in Yangon on May 11-12.
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THE government has granted approval for the
Myanmar Engineering Society to host the 22nd annual conference
of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations in December,
the Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, said on May 1
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WHAT
THEY WEAR IT?
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SPECIAL
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Pearl farming is big business on Myeik Archipelago
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JOB
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CHIEF OF STAFF
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Myanmar Consolidated Media publishes
two national publications, both called The Myanmar Times.
As part of its growth strategy the company now seeks
to employ a Chief of Staff.
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UNICEF is seeking to recruit a dynamic,
motivated and committed professional in the field of
Immunization to work with us to help fulfill our mandate
to improve the lives of children and women in Myanmar.
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Which is the better visual medium;
photography or painting?
Khin Nyein
Aye Than sought some answers.
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DOUBLE colonnades and a row of balconies
protruding from the first floor make this Myanmar Times House
of the Week an impressive proposition for potential buyers,
although the building site directly opposite does not make
for picturesque views.
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