"The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 16 May, 2013

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CYCLONE MAHASEN: Some people in Rakhine State moved to safer places...Nearly 70,000 local people moved to places of safety in Rakhine State...Disaster preparedness information on notice board for public awareness...State is taking care of victims on humanitarian ground, without racial and religious discriminations...Press conference on preparations for cyclonic storm ?Mahasen? held...Cyclone warning.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon installs CCTV cameras to keep a close watch on possible danger of fire...Kawkareik man killed in old mine blast...Food poisoning after having boiled tapioca in Myeik...Man wounded after stepping on mine...Lightning strike kills trailer driver in Htantabin Township...Kitchen fire reduces one house to ashes in Pakokku Township...Flood [photos]...Two houses get caught in ember fire in Hpa-an Township...Shop fire in Lanmadaw Township...Two minor fire outbreaks in Yangon ignited by negligence...Religious leaders hold interfaith dialogue in Myitnge...Mandalay Region minister inspects city?s traffic flow...Cash and kind donated to Meiktila conflict victims...Nay Pyi Taw staff quarters prone to thefts...Mani Sithu market cooperatives society disburses loans to vendors...Water donated to villages in Padaung Tsp...Yamethin Township Sasana Beikman opens...Announcement released to inform the public of relaxation of restrictions to be undertaken by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology which have been submitted to the Public Service Capacity Assessment Committee Relaxation of procedures on licence and recommendation needed in doing ICT business...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Necessary assistance, health care for homecoming of locals given...Slight earthquake hits inside Myanmar...YCDC constructs more car parks...Press conference on tender selection for construction of an incinerator and methane gas plants held...MPF launches emergency, complaint-Water treatment plant, No.8 pumping station provide enough drinking water to Mandalarians...handling phone lines...Door-to-door medical talks given...Natogyi sees dredging of lakes...Second Leg of Elite Tech Open Golf Championship 2013 kicks off..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khan receives Australian guests...IFAD to grant USD 36 million loans to Myanmar...Third Border Liaison Office for Myanmar- China anti-trafficking (Laukkai-Nansan) opens...Myanmar?s trade, economy and power supply discussed...Shwe Myanmar Airline launches Yangon-Bangkok-Yangon flight...Myanmar becomes member of Global Sun Movement...Pre-SEA Games funfair at People?s square on 17 May..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Educational reform: Where to start from?"

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News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar

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2013-05-16

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2013-05-16

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English

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