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NEWS-Myanmar to Hold Annual Gems Em
- Subject: NEWS-Myanmar to Hold Annual Gems Em
- From: TWINN21227@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 05:32:00
Myanmar to Hold Annual Gems Emporium in March
Xinhua
04-FEB-98
YANGON (Feb. 5) XINHUA - The
35th Myanmar Gems Emporium,
sponsored by the Ministry of Mines,
will be held here on a grand scale on
March 4-9, The New Light of
Myanmar reported Thursday.
Arrangements are being made for
various locally-produced gems, jade,
pearl and jewelry to be sold by
competitive bidding or tender or at
fixed price at the six-day annual
emporium, it said.
Myanmar's gems emporiums have
been held annually since 1964 with
additional mid-year ones introduced
in the past six years, earning totally
250.5 million U.S. dollars of foreign
exchange, according to official
statistics.