"The Myanmar Times" April 4 - 10, 2011 Volume 29, No. 569

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LOCAL NEWS: Govt outlines reform agenda; Mission accomplished as SPDC ?dissolved?; Alarm for residents as aftershocks strike; Relief work continues with many homeless; Aid workers praise quake response; March 24, a night of tragedy for one Lahu village; Court frees relieved MT founder; More aid expected this week for Shan State relief effort; Woman receives jail term for using plastic bags; Yangon airport departure tax to rise from July; ?First step to free press? awaits govt green light; TB program to expand in 2011; ?Watershed? exhibition concludes in Yangon; Benefactor offers eye treatment in Okkan; Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves motion condemning sanctions; Signs changed at government offices across the country; UN hopes to expand disaster risk project; Govt property auction nets K800b; ?Unbelievable? property sales push prices up in Yangon: agents; President?s first address wins plaudits...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: Ration books fail to curb black market; Gems, jade net $2.8b; Oil prices drive demand for natural rubber; Commodity prices remain high; Beans and pulses prices tipped to increase; DOF to introduce standard quality control measures; Tagaungtaung nickel mine starts operations; Dawei?s real estate market continues to attract buyers; New City Mart branch open for business...TIMEOUT: Directors remember studio ?golden age?...INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Bloggers join hands to create ?Quakebook?; Oz PM?s computer hacked; Lenovo launches ?LePad? tablet in home market...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES......N.B. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS NO INDEX PAGE, NAVIGATE FROM "LOCAL NEWS" TO THE OTHER SECTIONS

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Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd

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2011-04-10

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2011-04-20

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  • Individual Documents

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English, Burmese

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