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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.