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Volume 15, No.293

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Sales of bicycles and spare parts increase rapidly in Yangon market

SALES of bicycles and bicycle parts have grown significantly in Yangon since the beginning of November as increasing numbers of people are using them to travel short distances in the city.

Seminar explores candour in business

A SEMINAR titled ‘Candour Effects in Business’ was held at the British Council in Yangon on November 12, with speaker U Ngwe Thein highlighting the benefits of openness and honesty among workers in the business world.

Govt prepares for tariff changes

GOVERNMENT officials met with traders from the private sector on November 11 to discuss ways to prepare for amendments that will be made in 2007 to tariff rates and classifications for goods traded among Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) members.

Wood factory targets Europe, Mid-East markets

A PRIVATELY owned wood-based products factory that opened during the second week of November plans to start exporting its products to countries in the Middle East and Europe by next February.

Business brisk at upscale cafés

UPSCALE cafés are appearing in Yangon in increasing numbers, as more and more people come to appreciate the good service, relaxing atmosphere and wide variety of food and drinks available.

World-class golf driving range to open in Yangon

“We acquired the driving range by auction from the Yangon City Development Committee on October 1,” said U Kyaw Win, the executive director of Yadana Theingi Trading Co., Ltd....

HOUSE OF THE WEEK

New house with great garden potential

WITH its undeveloped garden and lawn area, the Myanmar Times House of the Week is perfect for people who want to landscape their own property. It also provides the chance to the first owners of a recently constructed house.

British war veterans honour the fallen

ONE of the largest groups of British war veterans and their relatives to visit Myanmar in 20 years attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Htaukkyan War Graves Cemetery outside Yangon on November 11.

Survey of Ayeyarwaddy dolphins underway

A RESEARCH team comprising conservationist specialists from the government and an international organisation has begun a two-week survey of the Ayeyarwaddy dolphin population.

Tankers could carry gas to India

INDIA said earlier this month it was considering using tanker vessels to import liquefied natural gas from Myanmar in a move which would avoid the need of having to build a gas pipeline linking the two countries.

Computer group backs closer ITC cooperation with Japan

FOSTERING cooperation between the ICT sectors in Myanmar and Japan could bring many advantages to both countries, the president of the Myanmar Computer Federation, U Thein Oo, said earlier this month.

Myanma Railways launches Pyinmana service

The launch of the service followed the start of the relocation of government ministries to a new administrative capital near Pyinmana on November 6, said U Chit Maung, a deputy director general of Myanma Railways, under the Ministry of Rail Transportation.

Senior Chinese official visits

A 21-member Chinese delegation headed by the vice-chairman of the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, Mr Wang Zhaoguo, began a three-day visit to Myanmar on November 14.

Lessons from Asia Fashion Week

WELL-KNOWN Myanmar fashion designer Tatee, visited Asia Fashion Week 2005 in Singapore from November 8 to 10, to check-out the latest Asian trends.

Putting female artists in the spotlight

SEVEN female artists will hold an art exhibition at AZADA art gallery from November 20 to 26. Artist Sandy says, this is the third group show exclusively of female artists, she has organised and participated in.

Chiang Mai calls to Myanmar artists

THREE Myanmar contemporary artists, Pe Nyunt Way, Wai Chit Ko and Moe Nyo, will hold solo exhibitions at the Writers Club and Wine Bar in Chiang Mai starting from last Friday, November 18.

ART AWARD

Myanmar Contemporary Art Awards 2004 Finalist

»	YOUR OPINION

I WAS 18 when I started smoking. I took up the habit because my friends smoked. I was a heavy smoker, despite being a medical student and learning about the health and social burdens of the habit. ...

»	THINKING ALOUD

	I graduated from Beijing University’s Department of Oriental Languages and Cultural Studies in 1974, with a bachelor’s degree, majoring in the Thai language.

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