TRADERS in Myanmar should increase their knowledge of business rules and regulations when they are preparing to negotiate a contract with another company, business experts told Myanmar Times early this month.

A TRADE fair held late last month saw a decrease in sales compared with the previous two years, according to the fair’s namesake organiser, the Myanmar Ton Tah Company Limited, which is one of the biggest import companies in the country.

THE Landmark Construction and Engineering Company, and the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development this month began work on a joint housing project in Hlaing Tharyar township in the suburbs of Yangon.

CONSERVING the environment is her passion, so it is appropriate that her name means ‘green’. And after several years of promoting environmental conservation, she has received a sweet reward for her efforts.

THE chair of the Myanmar Information and Communication Technology Corporation has called on ICT experts to collaborate on the development of third-generation software that would enable the use of the Myanmar language on all computer operating systems.

“Enthusiastic local entrepreneurs are invited to collaborate with the corporation in operating public internet access centres throughout Myanmar under a franchise system in order to introduce ICT to the public in diverse areas,” said U Aung Zaw Myint, the managing director of the corporation.

Over the last couple of years, Myanmar cotton has started to overtake imported materials as the fabric of choice for those having new clothes made. Not only is cotton cool and comfortable, but it is also considerably cheaper than the synthetic blends brought in from other countries.

He said he has always been crazy for reggae. “From the time I first heard Bob Marley I have been excited about this music. Reggae is very free and it has its own style. I liked it a lot, I still do. I have released more than 20 reggae songs.”