FIGURES released by the Road Transport Administration Department under the Ministry of Rail Transportation show that the number of registered vehicles nearly doubled last year.

“Because of the increase in cyber crimes it is vital to have efficient computer security systems in a country such as Myanmar that is heading towards establishing an e-society,” he said.

An assistant general manager at Myanma Agricultural Produce Trading, U Han Thar Tun, said Sydney-based Suntree International Pty. Ltd. had made the expression of interest in a letter to the ministry last December.

The conservation of the Myanmar roofed turtle (Kachuga trivittata), an indigenous species, was essential to help preserve the nation’s natural heritage, said U Win Ko Ko, a herpetologist with the New York-based WCS and a member of the survey team. The two-week survey is being conducted along a 150-kilometre stretch of the river between Hkamti and Homalin, in Sagaing Division.

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.

Dr Saw Rock Top, an official at the embassy’s Cultural and Information Section, said the scholarships included those provided under the Asia Youth Fellowship Program.

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.

Myanmar’s first online job placement website, www.asianjobbus.com, was designed to make the task of looking for a job faster and more efficient, said U Zaw Thet Pe, the team leader of the Asiajobbus Company.

COMMERCIAL production of high quality paper began late last month at the new mill at Maubin in Ayeyarwaddy Division, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation said.

MACHINERY installed in two bicycle factories operated by the Ministry of Industry (1) will cut production costs by up to 35 per cent and lead to cheaper prices for consumers, a senior official said.

The decision would enable businesses in sectors other than engineering as well as individuals who did not have engineering-related degrees to support the society’s efforts to contribute to national development,” U Than Myint said.

INLAND Water Transport, under the Ministry of Transport, launched two passenger craft and a container boat this month, bringing the total number of vessels in its fleet to 412.The manager of IWT, U Myo Myint, said the passenger boats included the 100-foot-long Shwepyithit, which will carry tourists on the Ayeyarwaddy River between Mandalay and Nyaung Oo and Bagan.