MYANMAR officials are participating in a six-day international meeting that began on March 3 in Paris in an attempt to draft plans for the establishment of a tsunami warning and mitigation system for the Indian Ocean.

“The ceremony is being held to raise public awareness about meteorology,” said U Tun Lwin, the deputy director-general of the department under the Ministry of Transport.

The airline expanded its schedule at the beginning of 2005 to include year-round flights to Myitkyina and Putao on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and to Myeik and Dawei on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

“We are presenting the concert after the matriculation examination so that the students can relax and have fun after their long study,” said Ma Mee Mee from promoter Shin Mee Entertainment at a press launch on March 2.

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