· Burma’s flourmills have to import India’s wheat grains by border trade.
· FAO is planning to implement community forest development projects in Burma. FAO is currently working on 11 national projects in Burma.
· Burmese Web sites hosted from Burma are very slow, said Internet users.
· Wet foods made from flour in Burma contain more bacteria than dried foods, said a zoology lecturer from Sittwe University, at a seminar in Rangoon U. She summits a paper on the subject after studying noodles, breads, biscuits & cookies being sold in Rangoon. The research found that due to unhealthy (unhygienic) practices in making the foods, there are excessive bacteria found in the wet foods, said the lecturer.
· Fishery research vessel SEAFDEC 2, owned by S.E Asia Fishery Development Board, to visit Burma in 2006 to conduct a survey on Burma’s fishery stocks. A recent survey in Burma waters by SEAFDEC2 finds that the fishery standing stock conditions in Burma are still good.
· AZG (Holland) to provide health cares to 2000 AIDS sufferers in Burma in 2005.
· Burma to import male goats from Malaysia to upgrade its local stocks, a government Vet told the press.
· Rangoon University bestowed doctorate degrees to 221 students since 2000, said the sources in Rangoon U.
· London’s Association of Business Executives (ABE, UK), bestowed three teachers from MHR Myanmar Human Resources training centres, with Fellow of the Association honorary titles.
· Burma Railways says, about 80,000 passengers use its Rangoon circular trains daily.
· Fishery department recently takes action on a fish farmer in Rangoon who breeds African catfishes. The African catfish has been banned in Burma because the fish can destroy local fishery stocks & its natural habitats.
· Ministry of livestock & fishery hires its dried fish factory to private owned Myanmar Shwe Zarmani Company for another 25 years with kyats 120 lakhs per year.
· Ministry of Commerce is reconsidering the import licenses issuance for nails, said a construction materials importer.
· IDE (International Development Enterprise) is starting to work in Irrawaddy Division on irrigation projects. The IDE is introducing economical Treadle Pumps and Drip Kits to the farmers in Irrawaddy division with US$ 1 mil budgets, said a statement from IDE.
· Burma to turn 11 old fortresses in Kachin State along China-Burma border into tourists sites. The British built the old fortresses during the colonial period.
· Gold mining concessions in Shwe Kyin Township in Pegu Division were auctioned to private companies in October last year. Only a couple of big companies won the concessions and environmental damages have been lowered this year, said a resident from Shwe Kyin.
· There are about 160 species of birds around Rangoon, said a lecturer from Rangoon University’s Zoology Department.
News
Articles
· Article about PSI’s Nay Quality Clinics. The clinics are on franchise system and there are about 506 doctors have been trained by PSI.
· Article about the advertisements of HIV/AIDS remedies, which are reappearing in the private media. The government since April last year banned the advertisements for HIV/AIDS remedies by some traditional Burmese medicine practitioners. Many AIDS sufferers have been cheated by the traditional medicine practitioners, said a doctor from the government’s communicable diseases hospital.
· Burmese wooden furniture with Italian designs have been regularly exported to China, Malaysia, Germany & France, said a Burmese furniture house.
· Foreign tourists are interested in the Sea Gypsies of Myeik Archipelago and the area has the potential to become a popular tourist destination.
· Most of the Burmese poultry farmers do not accept the Forced Moulding method, which could prolong the egg-laying period of the hens, said an experienced vet. The method could solve Burma’s problems of small chicks’ shortage, said the vet.
· Burmese private owned ships plying coastal & inland waterways, required insurance before sailing, said the government’s waterways department D.G.
· Cover Story: The Devil of 21st Century by Kyaw Min Swe. Article about HIV/AIDS and its effects on the human societies. The HIV/AIDS awareness & education programmes in Burma.
Economic
articles
· Youths, HIV & the country’s economy. Peer education programmes on HIV/AIDS and their weaknesses.
· Article about arts & copy paintings that have been exploited by foreign buyers.
· Ginsen, Linze, Ahpaw & Global AIDS by L. Mon San Aung. Article about the names that rattle in Burma’s health-care market.
· Article about cargo flows of Rangoon. About 100 cargo trucks with 6000 tons of cargoes arriving and departing Rangoon everyday.
· Article about Rangoon wholesales market current situation & commodity prices in the market. Demands (purchasing power) drop for most of the commodities.
· Article about e-Tourism & Burma’s tourism industry. The problems in selling Burma on-line were discussed in the article.
· Article on HIV/AIDS and edutainment in Burma. The media and their activities on educating & entertaining the public on HIV/AIDS in Burma.
· Article about business law, legal consultants and legal practices. How to choose a legal consultant. The rights of a client and so on.
· Real estate market in Burma & its potentials in the open season. Current market situation is slump.
· Article about setting up a palm oil plantation & the suggestions for ordering and handling the quality seeds.
· AIDS & Social-Economics consequences
· From tradition to markets. Article about economic evolution in open market economy.
· Industrialisation & the local market. A small local market is one of the main obstacles of industrialisation in Burma, wrote the article. The article discusses problems faced in industrialisation process in Burma.
· Interview with Dr. Aung San, HIV/AIDS consulting physician at the communicable diseases hospital. Continuous education is required to control the spread of HIV/AIDS, said the doctor.
· Commodities and services market guide.
Other articles not related to Burmese economy.