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First lens factory to open soon
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MYANMAR’S first lens and optical factory will open
in the first week of July. The owner of the factory, Myanmar
Asia Optical International Company Ltd, claims it will be
capable of providing lens and optical apparatus to the majority
of the world market.
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THE government last Friday awarded prizes
to the nation’s biggest exporters and praised their contribution
towards creating a foreign trade surplus in the fiscal year
ending in March. Minister for Commerce Brigadier-General Pyi
Sone said at the prize-awarding ceremony that Myanmar total
foreign trade was US$4.5 billion in the fiscal year 2003-2004,
down from $5.3b last financial year
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MYANMAR will hand over its rotating presidency
of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN)
Chambers of Commerce and Industry to Singapore Business Federation
next week
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MYANMAR and Thailand have begun discussions
on a project to establish industrial zones as part of an economic
cooperation strategy agreed at a four-nation summit in Bagan
last November..
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THE Minister of Health, Dr Kyaw Myint,
was the recipient of a World No Tobacco Day Award announced
at the 57th World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20.
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THE Ministry of Health and the United
Nations Children’s Fund are planning to launch
a program at six big hospitals later this year aimed
at preventing the mother to child transmission of the
human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS
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THE government has rejected accusations
by the United States that it had failed to take enough
action to allow all elements of Myanmar society to participate
in the National Convention, which reconvened on May
17 to draft a new constitution.
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A K600 million upgrade aimed at attracting
more visitors to Yangon Zoological Garden will be completed
in June, said an official from the Ministry of Forestry.
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Sporting activities are a great
way to enjoy yourself and keep fit.
Interviews by Saw Thiha
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Thinking Aloud talks to U Zaw
Htut, managing director and chief technical officer
of web development company, Myanmar’s Net Inc.
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JOB
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A.M.I, a medical N.G.O is looking
for Doctors
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Myanmar & English languages are
compulsary. Chinese, Shan and Rakhine languages are
good advantages
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OUTSTANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
AT THE MYANMAR TIMES
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TRAINEE REPORTERS
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to join our busy newsroom as trainee reporters.
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