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SHOE manufacturers in Myanmar have enjoyed robust sales due to an abundance of large orders from Japan and a lack of domestic competition, according to industry sources.
“We do not need to rely on European and US markets since Japan alone consumes more than one million shoes a year,” said U Thet Lwin Shwe, the deputy chief executive officer of Inlay Shoe Manufacturing Co. Ltd, one of the portfolios of the well diversified Kambawza Group of Companies conglomerate.

 

SALES of crystals in Yangon have steadily decreased since the market boom of the early to mid 1990s, said dealers at Bogyoke Aung San Market last week.

A NEW privately owned bio-organic fertiliser plant is expected to begin producing 12,000 tonnes of fertiliser a year starting in July following its test run period, said Dr Sein Myint, the chairman of Supreme Group of Companies, which operates the plant.

 

TRADERS from Myanmar have been invited to participate in the Second China-ASEAN Expo 2005, which will be held in the city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province in southern China, from October 19 to 22.

TWO private coffee manufacturing companies in Myanmar have signed agreements to export their products to China through normal trade channels, said company officials.

 

A PRIVATE Myanmar company is negotiating with the state-owned Myanma Pearl Enterprise to begin joint production of cultured pearls in Tanintharyi Division, a senior government official told Myanmar Times last week.

 

PAINITE has lost it status as one of the ten rarest gemstones in the world with the discovery of large deposits near Mogok in Mandalay Division.

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THE resignation of the Bangladeshi Minister for Energy, Mr A.K.M. Mosharraf Hossain, would not affect a proposed natural gas pipeline project which also involved Myanmar and India, an official at the Bangladesh embassy said last week.

 

THE tourism industry would benefit from an ASEAN energy efficient building prize awarded to Popa Mountain Resort operated by the Woodland Group of Companies, said the group’s chairman, U Win Aung.

 

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“We know that the music we write ourselves is better than any other. We like other bands but we don’t want to play their music, we want to play our own,” said Kyar Pauk frontman from the punk band Big Bag.

 

THREE amateur singers grabbed the rare opportunity to reveal their talents at a singing contest last month, the first of a series planned by City FM and Laser World.


MYANMAR has qualified for the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Championships in Japan next May after defeating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the quarter finals of the qualifying round in Vietnam last week.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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An Int’l non-government organi-zation seeks Internal Audit Coordinator based in Yangon to ensure and strengthen Financial Internal Control Systems, develop annual audit plan, coordinate program audits and follow up recommendations. Candidate must be a CPA with at least 3 years experience in audit field. Related experience in an INGO will be an asset. Interested candidates are requested to send application & CV to: HR, 16, Shin Saw Pu Road, Sanchaung P.O, Yangon.

Last date of application: July 18, 05.

 
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