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More people tune in to Myanmar’s music schools

THE number of private music schools has grown in Myanmar in response to a greater demand for formal tuition.

U Moe Naing, the director of Gitameit Music Center and also a teacher at the school told the Myanmar Times the school started in 2003, with about 30 students. That number has now grown to a hundred.

Myanmar’s fashion industry not yet mature enough to support a fashion week

LOCAL fashion designers told the Myanmar Times last week, that while a fashion week similar to that staged in Thailand would be welcome here, the local industry is still in its embryonic stages and not developed enough to support such an international event.

Legendary director Shyam Benegal’s film about Chandra Bose premieres in Yangon

NETAJI Subhas Chandra Bose – the Forgotten Hero, the second ever foreign film to be shot in Myanmar, premiered in Yangon on August 15 to a theatre full of dignitaries, diplomats and the cream of the Myanmar film industry.

Foot reflexology takes a step forward

REFLEXOLOGY foot massage is becoming increasingly popular in Myanmar as more people discover its health benefits.

With Love: a final farewell to the legendary Htoo Ein Thin

AN ALBUM of music recorded by famed singer and songwriter Htoo Ein Thin before his death last year was released by Charr Music Production on August 17.

Monsoon Breeze exhibition opens next week

AN EXHIBITION of paintings by five local artists entitled Monsoon Breeze will open at Summit Parkview Hotel on August 28.

Dimar What’s Happening?

Art show

- The fourth art exhibition of the Color Stream group is on at the Artists and Artisans Organisation Sale Center, 187/192, East Wing, Bogyoke Market until August 24.

- Khin Maung San’s solo show Beauty of The White is on at New Treasure Art Gallery, 84A Thanlwin Street, Golden Valley, Bahan Township until September 18. For more info call 526 776.


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	Myanmar C.P. Livestock Co., Ltd. Member of C.P. Group (Thailand) For Local Service Only (Salary in Kyat) Position Title: Marketing Manager Scope of Work: • Marketing Strategy & Plan Formulation. • Develop & Implement Marketing Programme. • Consumer Research Coodination. • New Product Development Centre........