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THE opening of permanent border checkpoint at Phayathonezu-Three
Pagoda Pass and building better transport links from the
border to towns in Myanmar would help to promote economic
development in the area, residents told Myanmar Times.
“If the border opens permanently, trade between the
two countries will increase enormously and will help to
develop the border region,” said Mr Vira Wuthisuwan,
who has diversified business interests in Sanghkla Buri,
about 10 miles from the border.
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and marine wildlife experts have applauded plans to seek greater
protection for the Ayeyarwaddy dolphin at a two-week conference
of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
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the sole process through which the aspirations of the people
of Myanmar for establishing a modern and democratic nation
can be fulfilled,” U Tin Winn, a Minister in the Prime
Minister’s Office, said in the address on September
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say that this year’s rainy season period has almost
finished and the southwest monsoon ended earlier than average,”
the deputy director general of the Department of Meteorology
and Hydrology, U Tun Lwin, told the Myanmar Times last week. |
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Mr Saran, whose position is equivalent to that of a deputy
foreign minister, was also expected to meet the Prime Minister,
General Khin Nyunt, and the Foreign Minister, U Nyan Win,
during the two-day visit, the source said.
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More than 100 representatives from the ministries of Agriculture
and Irrigation, Forestry, Health, Livestock and Fisheries,
Education, and Science and Technology discussed how Myanmar
should respond to the flow of genetically modified (GM)
crops into the country as their use increases among Asian
countries.
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Maung Hein Htet Wai, Maung Aung Thant and Maung Ye Myat
Minn, who call themselves the Cyber Warriors, based their
entry on a lesson from a Grade Eight English text book,
The King’s Nightingale.
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Myanmar is accelerating efforts to increase its use of
renewable energy in accordance with plans made by ASEAN
countries earlier this year to cooperate in the development
of sustainable energy policies, the Ministry of Energy said
last week.
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The library will be named in honour of writer and journalist
U Htin Gyi (U Tin Maung), who died in January 2004 after
devoting his life to studying Myanmar literature, said U
Myo Thant (Maung Hsu Shin), a member of the association’s
executive committee and an advisor to the Ministry of Information.
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“The purpose of holding the fair is to introduce
new products from border regions into the market and
to seek out new markets for regional co-operative
associations,” said U Tin Win,..
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With many buildings in Myanmar still reliant on septic
tanks to store waste, building industry sources have
told Myanmar Times more efficient sanitation systems
are required if the needs of inhabitants in Yangon’s
new high-rise projects are to be met.
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 When
your fans and the press are interested in what you
wear, who you see and what you do, it can be hard
to find a moment of peace, let alone time to spend
on your own or with family and friends.
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 Singapore
designer, Silhouette was responsible for the international
wedding dresses and designers Khin San Win and Taunggyi
Aung Aung produced the traditional Myanmar gowns and
groom’s wear. With the wedding season here,
the designs were clearly of interest to many young
couples at the event.
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THE Department of Medical Research under the
Ministry of Health is planning to begin production
of hepatitis B vaccine by the end of the year,
a senior official said last week.A factory at
Hlegu, about 26 miles north of Yangon, will
make about seven million doses of hepatitis
B vaccine a year, said the head of the production
facility, Dr Khin Pyone Kyi.
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AS everybody knows,
this year’s monsoon brought more rain than average.
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