August 18 - 24, 2003 Myanmar's first international weekly Volume 9, No.179
 
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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, [FullStory]
 

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.[FullStory]

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.[FullStory]

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.[Fullstory]

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.[FullStory]

   
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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.
 
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