EFFORTS to preserve the endangered Ayeyarwaddy dolphin can be aided by bringing tourists to upper Myanmar to witness the rare cooperative relationship between the freshwater mammals and fisherman, said a freelance marine biologist.

“The Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Goh Chok Tong, asked that the car rally end in his country, so we forwarded this request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in India, which agreed to extend the length,” said Mr Rajive Kaul, a past-president of sponsoring Confederation of Indian Industry.

“Album producers once relied on journals and television to advertise their releases, but they have come to use temporary billboards as an important medium,” said Ko Soe Wai Phyo, the marketing assistant at the Zomia Media Company, Ltd., advertising agency.

THE fifth annual Malaysian International Food and Beverage Trade Fair 2004 and the Malaysian International Halal Food Conference were held in Kuala Lumpur last month and businesses world wide were invited to attend, including the Kyet Shar Soon food centre from Myanmar.

Reverend Babson is from Maine and is working towards a doctorate in Ministry from the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington. She also accompanies students from Virginia Seminary to Myanmar for a one-month experimental study period, so they can learn more about the Christian community and traditional Buddhist culture.