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Nature of Myanmar’s main export industry changes as prices increase
THE first freight management course by ASEAN Federation of Forwarders’ Association began in Yangon on June 14, an initiative designed to increase the region’s competitiveness in freight handling by focusing on human resources in the industry.

 
THREE banks – Co-operative Bank, Co-operative Farmers Bank and Co-operative Promoters Bank – merged on June 15, a move which makes the newly consolidated Cooperative Bank a public company.
 
THE inaugural Four Nations Trade Fair 2004 will open on December 1, according to an official statement released by the Ministry of Commerce last week.
 
THE first Jade and Gems Special Sale Emporium will be held at the Myanma Gems Enterprise headquarters on Kaba Aye Pagoda road in Yangon this week.
 
     
MYANMA Gone Yi Estate, one of the many high-rise projects to occupy the Yangon skyline in the past year, offers tenants luxury and elegance for a price – apartments start at K50 million. But in Myanmar’s current housing market, that price may be too steep.
 
 

YANGON warehouse rentals are increasing as the rainy season begins and goods are placed in storage, industry sources said last week.

 
 

MYANMAR has handed over to China nine suspects arrested on drug trafficking offences, the joint secretary of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control said last week.

 
MANILA – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to secure the region’s energy supplies in the face of record high oil prices and terrorist attacks.
 
THE government has rejected a report by the United States that accuses Myanmar of having failed to take the minimum action necessary to eradicate human trafficking.
 
 
 

THE Health Minister, Dr Kyaw Myint, has expressed appreciation of the life-saving role of blood donors and urged them to encourage more people to follow their example.

 
 
THE who’s who of Yangon turned out at the Stand hotel last Monday night for the Duo Astor classical guitar concert that marked the end of the academic year for the students and teachers of Alliance Française, Yangon.
 
Domestic chores can be tedious and many working women rely on maids to help them. While parents are on the job, maids take on the responsibility of the home and sometimes their work loads are enormous. Reporter Khin Nyein Aye Than looks at the working conditions of household helpers and, their treatment by their employers.
 
 
 
 
 
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ART AWARD
Myanmar Contemporary
Art Awards 2004
Finalist
 
 
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YOUR OPINION
I LIKE big weddings. That’s why the movie star Ko Zarni and I had a big wedding when we married last month. We were married by a court official in a ceremony...
 
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THINKING ALOUD
How is globalisation affecting the world economically and socially?
Globalisation is a serious issue. It has advantages and disadvantages. We should prepare ourselves. Globalisa-tion, one way or the other, means that we have to open our borders for international trade
   
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