MYANMAR and Malaysia agreed during a
working visit by Malaysia’s new Prime Minister, Dato’
Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, to Yangon last
Friday to form a joint commission aimed at strengthening
bilateral relations, a senior Malaysian official said.
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Thinking Aloud talks
to Daw Khin Myint Myint, president of the
Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association and
Former Ms Myanmar
1961.
MYANMAR and five other members of the
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand
economic cooperation grouping signed a framework
agreement that will pave the way for free trade among
member nations in the next 15 years.[Fullstory]
Speaking at a regional workshop
attended by 44 delegates from 10 countries, Ms Mehr Khan
stressed UNICEF’s commitment to quality instruction and
the need to help more children make the transition from
primary to secondary education.[Fullstory]
THE government last week rejected a
statement by an aide to US Senator Mr Richard Lugar
concerning the possible transfer of nuclear technology
and missiles to Myanmar by North Korea.[Fullstory]
THE Myanmar under-18 soccer team won
the inaugural BIMST-EC Cup in a thrilling final against
India at the Thai resort island of Phuket on February
8.[Fullstory]
MYANMAR businesses are
increasingly using trade fairs and quality
packaging as effective means of market
penetration, according to a survey conducted by
Myanmar Times at the Yangon Trade Centre.Business
people say that trade fairs enable them to meet
potential customers and explain or demonstrate
their products at length.[Fullstory]
THE final report for the
government’s Agricultural Review Project is
expected to be completed by the end of March, said
U Than Htay, a director at the Department of
Agricultural Planning.Work on the six-month review
was completed in January.[Fullstory]
ENROLMENTS in post-graduate
studies at Yangon University have risen about 16
per cent this year over the figure for 2003, the
head of its student affairs department, U Minh Oo,
said in early February.“Last year we had about
5000 post-graduate students and this year we have
about 6000,” said U Minh Oo.[Fullstory]
A NEW project to regenerate
mangrove forests in the Ayeyarwaddy region will be
jointly launched by the Forest Resource
Environment Development and Conservation
Association of Myanmar (FREDA), and the Action for
Mangrove Reforestation of Japan this month, said a
leading Myanmar conservationist.[Fullstory]
Myanmar’s future prosperity will be greatly
dependant on the development of shipping ports and
shipping facilities to ensure speedy and regular
freight handling.Historically, Yangon was founded
as a port town. In 1755 when King
Ahlaung-Min-Ta-Yar arrived in Dagon, he renamed
the city Yangon, establishing it as a mian port
city of Myanmar. [Fullstory]
The Chittagong-Yangon shipping
service operated by the Singapore-based Orient
Express Lines plans to resume the route as the
export season for Myanmar beans and pulses
approaches, Dr Pyone Pyone Han, the Yangon
representative for the shipping line, said. [Fullstory]
WITH an increase in high-rise
development in Myanmar, particularly in Yangon,
sources in the construction industry last week
highlighted the need for adequate design
technology. Earthquake and wind resistance are a
crucial aspect of high-rise design, a reality
which demands the use of appropriate design
programs, experts said.[Fullstory]
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