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Appeal for blood donors
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THE National Blood Bank Centre at Yangon
General Hospital has issued a call for donations to help overcome
a shortage of supplies.
“We need more blood from volunteer donors,”
said Dr Thida Aung, a pathologist at the blood bank.
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“We are very proud of the fact that
Myanmar is the 11th of 192 countries to ratify the convention,”
Dr Nyo Nyo Kyaing, the manager of the Health Department’s
Tobacco Free Initiative, said last week. (Volume 11 , No.214)
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THE Ministry of Health has warned traditional
medicine practitioners against advertising treatments which
they claim can cure HIV-AIDS or viral hepatitis. (Volume
11 , No.214)
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DIESEL prices have decreased since the end
of Thingyan as the private sector has begun importing from
Malaysia, fuel dealers said last week
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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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TEMPERATURES in Yangon have reached record
levels in the past few weeks, and while most of us are indoors
sitting by a fan, some people are outside sweating through
the day.
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THE youngest in the family, forever the baby,
I received all the care and attention. I became spoiled and
sometimes I would even talk back to my father, though deep
down I did not want to..
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CONTINUOUS noises – music from shops;
people chatting; whistles blowing. Movement, constant movement
– young men and women wondering about; children riding
on fake jeeps ..
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THREE friends with different styles and techniques
showed their art work at an exhibition, Wild Flower, at Insight
Art Gallery from May 1 to 7.
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BORN and raised in a small village in Magwe
division in upper Myanmar, Kyaw Kyaw Win had no opportunities
to learn photography
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THE youngest in the family, forever the baby,
I received all the care and attention. I became spoiled and
sometimes I would even talk back to my father, though deep
down I did not want to..
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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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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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WHAT
THEY WEAR IT?
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SPECIAL
REPORT
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FOR the inhabitants of Mogok, the
htar pwe, or gem market, has a marked influence on
day-to-day living
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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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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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