"The Myanmar Times" March 30-April 8,, 2012, Volume 31, No. 621

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NEWS: Govt to float currency April 1; Free, fair elections can heal the wounds of the past; No media allowed near poll stations: EC; Commission turns down applications to cast advance votes in Nay Pyi Taw; Electoral roll grows in Mingalar Taung Nyunt; UN aid convoy reaches Kachin State displaced; Port fire causes $5m damage; Scandals take gloss off the myth that is Singapore; Prayer ceremony highlights plight of Kachin refugees; New building to open this week at Yangon?s Jivitadana Sangha Hospital; Armed Forces Day parade held; Compensation paid to families of boat accident victims; Myanmar?s economic future: SKorea or Nigeria?; Hluttaw urged to investigate legality of govt decisions...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: MOGP Summit attracts strong interest; Central Bank to sign capital market MOU; Reforms seeds hope for farmers; Myanmar poised to let in foreign banks; Taxation overhaul set for April 1: officials; MFF to boost shrimp production; Myanmar lures hoteliers; Pathein-Ngapudaw road opened; Thailand plans US$70 billion infrastructure investment: PM; Boomers lift Japanese property market...TECHNOLOGY: China?s Huawei ?banned? from Oz broadband project; Patent requests in Europe reach record last year; US ups private sector?s role in spaceflight...TIMEOUT: Local pop stars brace for lyrical revolution; Five scriptwriters start work on Aung San biopic; Pakistan censors ban India?s James Bond; They call it sneery: mixed reaction for film on Myanmar; Fleeting northern lights frozen on film; Scans reveal rare documents inside 17th century statue...TRAVEL: Asia gets new budget airline...SPORT...BY-ELECTIONS SPECIAL: Hluttaw reps ready for arrival of NLD; Can peace trump political divisions? USDP actions speak louder than words: U Htay Oo; By-election raises high interest of locals in Mandalay; Shan State vote hints at ethnic divide; Nay Pyi Taw by-elections: too close to call; Will invalid votes be a factor in election results?; Election predictions; MPs will follow our lead: NLD; In inner Yangon, a humanitarian worker turns to politics; In Mandalay, voter knowledge remains an issue for parties; Independent candidate U Khin Hlaing, Mayangone; Independent for Meiktila, Daw Myint Myint Aye; Shan party confident of Lashio win; Voices from Maha Aung Myay tsp; 88 Generation forms ?Election Watch Group?; Nay Pyi Taw residents, candidates predict fair poll

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Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd.

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2012-04-08

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2012-04-02

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English

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