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THE carrying capacity of Yangon’s bus lines has been
largely unaffected by a decline in the number of vehicles
serving the city’s commuters in recent years, a senior
official said last week.
The secretary of the Yangon Division Buses Control
Committee, U Myat Hla, said this was because many mini-buses
had been replaced by full-size buses that can carry about
three times more passengers.
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On August 20, an official from the Department
of Meteorology and Hydrology reported that water levels at
Pyay in Bago Division were still well above the danger mark
after reaching their second highest recorded level in late
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SOUTH Korea’s Daewoo International says it is
considering developing a gas field and building a liquefied
natural gas plant with a total cost of US$ 3 billions in
Rakhine State to process gas from a huge offshore reserve
discovered last January. |
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The general manager of the ministry’s Myanma
Posts and Telecommunications, U Tha Oo, said the two countries
agreed in principle to establish the link during a visit to
Yangon in July by China’s Deputy Information Industry
Minister, Mr Xi Guohua. |
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 THE relatives of victims of an explosion on a
cargo ship in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia earlier this year
have received millions of dollars in compensation payments.A
total of US$2.1 million in compensation payouts was paid into
the accounts of victims at the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank
earlier this month.
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LAHORE – Security forces in the eastern Pakistan city of
Lahore have arrested two more Al-Qaeda suspects, including a
Myanmar national carrying “vital documents”, an official said
on August 16.
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 “Album producers once relied on journals and
television to advertise their releases, but they have come to
use temporary billboards as an important medium,” said Ko Soe
Wai Phyo, the marketing assistant at the Zomia Media Company,
Ltd., advertising agency.
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Responding to Mr Powell’s criticism, a government
spokesperson said Myanmar had embarked on a systematic,
step-by-step approach in its democratic transition process to
avoid “bloodshed, hardship and chaos”.
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A MEMBER of a group of Americans who are driving around the
world to focus attention on Parkinson’s disease said the
highway between Lashio and Mandalay had been the highlight of
their trip so far.
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REPRESENTATIVES from the Singapore business community
last week visited Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia to
explore ways to improve transport links between the
three countries’ garment industries and key
international markets.
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Advertising a property for rent or sale is one of the
time-honoured ways of reaching potential buyers. The
Myanmar Times polled several of the country’s biggest
property developers to find out what they feel about the
power of advertising.
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YANGON’S youth are spending increasing amounts of
time at the hairdresser as new styles and trends are
hitting the streets, hairdressers and trend setters told
the Myanmar Times.
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.gif) THE fifth annual
Malaysian International Food and Beverage Trade Fair
2004 and the Malaysian International Halal Food
Conference were held in Kuala Lumpur last month and
businesses world wide were invited to attend, including
the Kyet Shar Soon food centre from Myanmar.
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MYANMAR needs to be prepared to minimise any
negative pricing effects involving pharmaceuticals
when it implements international agreements on
trade related intellectual property rights
(TRIPS), a workshop in Yangon has been
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How some of Yangon's famous people are
keeping themselves fresh and fragrant all day. |
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AS a woman, I like using perfumes with
a flower fragrance, especially rose and jasmine. I
didn’t start wearing perfume until I was at university,
when I started getting it as gifts from
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so I did not use perfume until I was in tenth grade as I
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I often buy cologne in Bangkok because
a wide range is available there. I always buy a new
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I HAVE worked with expatriates for more
than seven years, at three different jobs. I worked at a
garment factory and a souvenir shop before joining South
Korea’s international aid agency,
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About 200 people. Trade between Myanmar
and Indonesia is still small. Our businessmen hesitate
to come here because the economic policies are still not
clear. |
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