MYANMAR needs better intellectual property protection, a key factor for promoting foreign investment and technology transfer, as well as for boosting industrial development, legal experts told Myanmar Times.

SALES of fuel-powered water pumps have increased by about 30 per cent in the past month in Yangon, water pump distributors said last week

BUILDING work has begun on Airport View Tower at 9 mile on Pyay Road, a 20-storey development near Yangon International Airport, the developer said this month.

CONSTRUCTION of a 12-storey colonial style residential building will begin in Upper Pansodan Street in September, says the project developer, Opal International Garment Manufacturing & Construction Company.

JUST off Than Lwin Road in Bahan township, the Myanmar Times House of the Week is a fitting addition to one of Yangon’s more exclusive suburbs.

MYANMAR will join other member countries of the International Maritime Organisation in implementing a range of security measures for ships and ports by the end of next month, an official with the Department of Marine Administration said last week

MYANMA Posts and Telecommunications has installed 400 new public telephone lines in Yangon during the past 12 months, bringing the total number in the capital to 2400

THE Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is changing the licensing system for tour guides to include a test of foreign language proficiency, a senior official said last week.

‘I can’t go without it’
I SIMPLY don’t go out without wearing jewellery. It would be like leaving the house without clothes on

‘Jewellery has become my hobby’ ’
JEWELLERY has attracted me since I was in third standard and had my ears pierced

Pearl farming is big business on Myeik Archipelago