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“When I first opened, I only sold three or four laptops a month and those who bought them mostly just wanted to show off. We had to attract customers with more reasonable prices,” ...

 

“The inflation rate should not be allowed to increase into double digits and we (government and national entrepreneurs) should make an effort to see to it that inflation is no more than five per cent so as not to devalue the Myanmar currency,” U Soe Thar said.

 

The visiting delegation consisted of 10 representatives from the three Korean corporations involved in the deal, Korea Resources Corporations (KRC), Daewoo International Corporation, and Taihan Electric Wire, who will jointly buy 25 per cent of Ivanhoe’s stake, worth about US$120 million.

“Trading increases at the beginning of the rainy season, but these days it is difficult to find a good-quality car because there are no new arrivals of newly imported cars into the market,”

 

The company made the application to produce wolfram – a type of metal found together with tin-tungsten that is used in electrical equipment – in February but is still waiting to learn if the project will be permitted by the Ministry of Mines.

 

AS tight times in the property market continue, ever-greater numbers of real estate agents are looking for jobs as agencies close amid increasing operational costs, sources in the industry say.

 

The city, which is planned to cover more than 3000 acres near Mandalay, was to be developed under the project name “Yadanabon City Silicon Valley”, said Brigadier General Thein Zaw, who also chairs the e-National Taskforce.

 

A LOCAL ICT company launched the country’s first three-dimensional educational computer game for children last week to promote gaming technology in Myanmar.

 

Matpe: K61,500 for 60 viss, down from K63,000. The ready-cargo variety was K650,000 per tonne down from K660,000, while special-quality, ready-cargo matpe was K703,000, down from K710,000 per tonne.

HOUSE OF THE WEEK

SOMEBODY say inferiority complex? Huge towering pillars, reminiscent of that great bastion of global power, the White House, set this edition’s House of the Week apart from its neighbours.

 

THE most powerful cyclone to hit Yangon in half a century ripped through Hlaing Tharyar township on April 28, damaging property and leaving more than 3300 people homeless.

 

The family is staying at a monastery in the village along with dozens of others left homeless. Her husband pushes handcarts for a living, and like many in the village, the family has no money for rebuilding.

 
Three days after the storm, only two beachfront hotels were open, the Golden Beach Hotel and Shwe Hin Tha Hotel. Several guesthouses off the beach had also reopened. Managers at several beachfront hotels said they expected to reopen this week.
 

“Diseases occur not only in birds but also in fish, and nobody can say when a deadly outbreak will occur,” said Myanmar Fish Farmers Association chairman U Than Lwin. “Preparation for prevention is important.”

 

Mr Raza, who assumed his new post in Yangon in March, said in an interview with The Myanmar Times on April 28 that the UNODC was planning to expand its program in Myanmar to provide alternative development assistance for former opium farmers in Shan State.

 

Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Brigadier General Maung Maung Thein said at the ceremony that the main purpose of the association was to foster cooperation among members to ensure the economic success of the marine fisheries sector and to conserve marine resources.

 

A SURVEY of knowledge about traffic rules launched last month by the Traffic Police Force in Yangon has found that many drivers have limited understanding of road regulations.

 

OFFICIALS from the Yangon Division Buses Control Committee (Yangon and Highway) are urging bus workers and passengers to be alert for suspicious packages on public transport and in bus terminals.

 
THEY carried us in their bellies for nine months, comforted us when we were sad or sick, tended to our cuts and scrapes and sat up with us when we had nightmares. So why should we not celebrate the countless sacrifices our mothers made for us?

 

“Cooking means never-ending study so a chef needs to accept feedback sincerely whether it is good or bad,” says John Chu, who took over on May 1 as head chef at the hotel’s Summer Palace Chinese restaurant.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Myanmar Contemporary Art Awards 2004 Finalist
 
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Music icon Bob Dylan, 64, shown in this handout photo received last week, has signed on with XM Satellite Radio to host a weekly hour-long radio show featuring songs hand-selected from his personal music collections, plus interviews, commentary and e-mails from fans. Pic - AFP
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