The Yangon Post (Weekly) 2005

The Yangon Post Vol. 1, No. 6 (December 17)

• All line buses control committee is planning to increase the number of its buses that are operating daily in Rangoon. So far only about 1,800 out of 2,155 buses are in operation.

• Coffee powder price is up in the market due to increasing export of coffee seeds.

The Yangon Post Vol. 1, No. 6 (December 17)

• Ministry of Forestry helped moved the 11 wild elephants from Nyinaung forest reserve in Kananchaung village in Ayeyarwaddy Division to Myittayar forest reserve in Ngaputaw Township in similar division as pasture for the elephants became narrower in the former forest reserve because of the new exploitation of the cultivation lands.

• Burma ranks second in the world in bean and pulses export. It exported more than 990 metric tonnes of variety of bean and pulses in 2004-05 fiscal year.

• Ministry of Science and Technology announces the opening of its technological colleges and universities, and computer colleges on December 15 and 19 respectively.

 
  The Yangon Post Vol. 1, No. 2 (November 19)

• Three-day administration and development training for HIV patients to help improve self-administrative and interrelationship skills is held at the office of the Sunday Empowerment Group, which is established as a NGO with HIV patients.

• Vehicles market cools down after the oil prices are officially raised on October 20 and so far vehicle prices also are slightly down.

• Surging demand of the Thetthar detergent powder results in increase of the price as well as the shortage of the product in the market.

• The renovation of the Rangoon Central Railway Station's platform numbers 4,5,6 and 7 facilitates the daily travellers to have a comfortable place while waiting for the trains.

• Dagon condensed milk producing factory in Pyinmabin Township will soon market the canned condensed milk. The factory is expected to begin operation in November and it can produce 10,000 viss of condensed milk in a eight-hour operation

The Yangon Post Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 12)

• The new building of the US embassy, being built in Washington Park in Takkathoyeiktha Road, will be completed in 2007 and the US Information Resource Centre in Dagon Township is likely to be moved to the current embassy building in downtown when the construction project is completed.

• According to the new policy enacted two years ago Burma's private sector will enable to export paddy that is grown in wasteland, an official from Market Information and Research Team said.