Muse-Jiegao border trade continues to grow: ONE Chinese official said that there are no other countries in the world with better Pauk-phaw (brotherly) relations than Myanmar and China. His comment would seem to be correct when one takes a look at the bilateral trade between the two countries.Last year, when Myanmar?s external trade amounted to US$6100 million, China-Myanmar trade accounted for $860 million. Of this, the border trade between Shan State?s Muse on the Myanmar side and Jiegao in China?s Yunnan Province is the busiest... Sanction obstacles will be overcome, says S1: MYANMAR will overcome further obstacles posed by Western countries to widen sanctions on Myanmar, Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council, General Khin Nyunt, said last week... UN working on new Myanmar strategy: THE United Nations needs to expand provision of support for Myanmar, where the world body has ‘a very important? role to play, a senior UN official said in an exclusive interview with Myanmar Times last week... Stiff penalties for bus conductors: HARSHER penalties for bus drivers and conductors who breach new rules established in May this year would reduce the number of violations, a prominent officer said last week... City bus drivers rewarded for honesty and courtesy: A LEADING bus line committee has awarded a K200,000 cash prize to a city driver for his honesty, revealing that the driver returned a package left on board by its owner, containing a collection of jewellery worth about K2.6 million... Muse-Jiegao border trade continues to grow: ONE Chinese official said that there are no other countries in the world with better Pauk-phaw (brotherly) relations than Myanmar and China... • Sanction obstacles will be overcome, says S1 • UN working on new Myanmar strategy • Stiff penalties for bus conductors NEWS TOPICS • IMT grads to receive training in S Korea • Knowing your rodents can reduce losses • Farmers warned about Foot and Mouth Disease • Japan?s donation of drugs will help fight leprosy • 24 bridges planned to extend road network • MADB extends farming loans to K20b • Savings lure farmers to organic fertilisers • Mandalay FDA to expand role in food industry • City bus drivers rewarded for honesty and courtesy... Mandalay?s SAMU ambulance service always on call; World-class hospital nears completion; U Hla Tun Hospice for cancer patients to open; Early treatment advised for neck cancer patients; Canine companion, feline friend, or just a flashy fish? • Global benefits of instant mohinga • Savvy surveying suppliers in switch to state-of-art equipment; • An art renaissance, perhaps, but worry continues on artists use of inferior paints...Thinking Aloud talks to U Khin Maung Latt, the director general of the directorate of Hotels and Tourism of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.