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THE Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards Ceremony rarely
passes by without the occurrence of at least one significant
event or the setting of a new milestone that sets it apart
from other years, and the 52nd annual ceremony, held on
December 30, was no exception.
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THE Department of Fisheries last month announced
the establishment of a protected area for
the rare Ayeyarwaddy dolphin in the upper
reaches of the Ayeyarwaddy River.
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The Minister of Energy, Brigadier-General
Lun Thi, said in his opening address at the meeting that the
project would promote sustainable energy use and would increase
access to education by bringing power supplies to more remote
schools. |
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 “As
a woman tour guide, I have faced a number of challenges, from
people misunderstanding my job to my parents being worried
because in the past being a tour guide was considered inappropriate
for women,” |
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 THE
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council,
Senior General Than Shwe, warned against outside interference
in the domestic affairs of Myanmar in a message to
the nation on January 4, to mark the 58th anniversary
of Independence Day.
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THE Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior
General Than Shwe, last month urged junior military
engineers who were about to be commissioned to military
regiments to stay vigilant in a changing world so
they could more easily adapt to changing situations.
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THE head of the United Nations World Food Program
in Myanmar, Mr Bhim Udas, has hailed governmental
support that has enabled its staff to travel freely
to the project areas to implement and monitor its
activities.
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 THOSE
who attended the gala celebration of the 102nd anniversary
of the Kokkine Swimming Club on January 3 were also
treated to an exhibition of synchronized swimming,
a sport that is unfamiliar to most people in Myanmar.
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The 52-year-old career diplomat is replacing Mr Cheah
Sam Kip, who left Myanmar in September after completing
a three-year posting, said a notice released by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 28.
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THE Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department
is planning to build two animal quarantine laboratories
to help control transboundary animal diseases, an
official from the department said last week.
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Dr Nyo Nyo Kyaing, the manager of the department’s
Tobacco Free Initiatives project, told Myanmar Times
last month that the aim of the survey was to find
out how prevalent tobacco use was among medical students,
and ....
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THE Myanmar Marketing Committee under the Myanmar
Tourism Promotion Board, and the Union of Myanmar
Travel Association will participate in the ASEAN Tourism
Forum 2006.
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| THE United
Nations World Food Program said that its food-for-education
project in Rakhine State had resulted in a significant
rise in school enrolments among girls. |
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 THE
government plans to implement a project to grow
castor bean plants on 50,000 acres in each of
Myanmar’s nine military divisions for
use as biofuel, Lieutenant-General Myint Swe,
the Chairman of the Yangon Division Peace and
Development Council, said last month.
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 FLORIST
U Min Aung took first prize in a flower arranging
contest held in Yangon on January 1 to celebrate
Myanmar Independence Day.
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THE Union Solidity and Development Association
is conducting free classes for matriculation
tuition at its office in Yangon’s Sanchaung
township with the aim of helping underprivileged
students prepare for exams in March.
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RUBBER production this fiscal year was expected
to exceed 60,000 tonnes, up from about 50,000
tonnes in 2004-2005, said an official with the
Myanma Perennial Crops Enterprise, under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation.
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THE ability of township educational officers
to monitor standards at primary and secondary
schools has been strengthened by a training
course provided by the Department of Education
Planning and Training under the Ministry of
Education.
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THE Myanmar Industrial Development Committee
has granted permission to private sector companies
at industrial zones to import kits for converting
vehicles to run on compressed natural gas, said
an official from Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise.
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THE Seed Division under the Myanma Agriculture
Service has begun distributing more than 100,000
baskets of registered paddy seeds to selected
farmers under a government plan to achieve a
target yield of 100 baskets an acre.
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THE Myanmar women’s football team, runner-up
at last year’s South East Asia Games, has been
ranked 41st in the world in FIFA’s latest global
football rankings, jumping eight spots from last year,
while the Myanmar men’s team dropped one place
to 153rd.
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Myanmar
Contemporary Art Awards 2004 Finalist |
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BOTH men and women are
interested in the Academy Awards ceremony. Not many
people go out on the day of the ceremony, but rather
stay at home and watch it on TV. |
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I graduated with a
Bachelor of Medicine from the Institute of Medicine
(1) in Yangon in 1986. In 2002, I was awarded a Master’s
Degree of Medical Science in Epidemiology from the University
of California, Los Angeles. |
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