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Australian group enters oil and gas sector

“Along with the necessary investment, we are looking forward to bringing in new, advanced technology, creating job opportunities for Myanmar people and contributing to the thorough assessment of the national resource base,” ....

Three-wheeler prepares to rev up local car market

The Chinese-made, 150cc Lifan engine can power the oversized tricycle to speeds up to 100-kilometres (60 miles) an hour, U Win Naing Tun says, although it is doubtful people will see them cruising along Yangon streets as rules banning private motorbikes from the city probably extend to the trike.

Pun Hlaing hospital waits for profits

“Over the past year, we have been faced with many difficulties, especially the volatile fuel prices,” he said at FMI’s annual general meeting this month. “We had to use more fuel (to run generators) and our expenses topped the operational costs.”

OPEC gives edible oil sector big loan boost

“The goal of this project is to increase the productivity and value of oil crops and their derivatives, while ensuring low cost edible oil supplies for consumers and assuring that sound policies are implemented and institutions are strengthened to develop a sustainable and competitive oil crop sector,”

FPB profits rise as loans pay off

“Until the end of September 2006, more than K3.8-billion worth of shares have been sold to the public to help reach the targeted capital of K5 billion,”

India wary of Myanmar pulse imports

Despite soaring prices of matpe (black gram) and mung beans in its domestic market, India’s government wants to move cautiously in importing pulses from Myanmar.

Eight Myanmar companies bid for gold mine

EIGHT local companies are bidding for the country’s largest gold mine, which the government wants to privatise, but no foreign firms have made any offers, an official said.

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Forests rethink could earn nation $1b

According to UN data Myanmar is harvesting more than 450,000 hectares of forest each year which emits 32 to 93 megatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Destroying one hectare of forest produces 80 to 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Just cause to protect shrinking resource

WITH unseasonable downpours constantly sending his bird research team scrambling for shelter or forcing them to spend time packing their survey equipment into waterproof bags, U Thet Zaw Naing did not expect to make many new discoveries in the dense forests of southern Tanintharyi Division.

After Gambari visit, some hope new start is underway

“This is an important opportunity for Myanmar authorities. We hope that Myanmar will continue to work closely with the UN,” a Singapore Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement issued November 13. “It is important that Mr Gambari be able to report substantive and concrete progress in at least some areas.”

Jerome Cooper: bringing a new beat to Yangon

Mr Cooper is no stranger to controversy, having courted it throughout most of his 40-year career. He has revolutionised the way drumming is talked about in the US and is still considered somewhat avant-garde in his native New York.

11-year-old rides his toy car obsession to his first solo painting exhibition

OAKKAR Nyi's paintings would make an accomplished adult artist jealous. At just 11 years old, he already has his first solo exhibition under his belt.

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