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 BALI, Indonesia – The Association of Southeast
Asian Nations last Wednesday signed wide-ranging deals with
China, Japan and India in an attempt to transform economic
competitors into partners and to keep the regional peace. [FullStory]
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INTERVIEWS have begun with more than four million farmers
as part of the biggest and most comprehensive agricultural
census since Myanmar gained independence in 1948. [FullStory] | |
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MYANMAR was fortunate to have the potential to increase
rice production to meet increasing demand in the region, the
Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation, Major-General Nyunt
Tun, said earlier this month.. [FullStory] | |
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THE Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, has called on
teachers to play a leading role in the emergence of Myanmar as
a modern, democratic state. General Khin Nyunt made the call
in an address to a ceremony at the Diamond Jubilee Hall on
Pyay Road on October 5, World Teachers’ Day. [FullStory] | |
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MYANMAR Information and Communication Technology
Development Corporation Limited, a Myanmar public company,
will make its first public offering this month with the
release of 500,000 shares for sale at K1000 a share. [FullStory] | |
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SALES of candles boomed last week ahead of Thadingyut, the
annual festival of lights, which was celebrated this year from
October 9 to 11. Candles play an integral part of celebrations
associated with the festival, one of the most important events
on Myanmar’s Buddhist calendar. [FullStory] | |
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 YANGON’S construction sector is going to be under
pressure to build more high-rise residential blocks to help
accommodate a fast-growing urban population, according to a
senior government official. [FullStory]
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