"The Myanmar Times" (English) 2000
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# S.Leone rebels free hostages
# Pressure on Poland?s Govt.
# New evidence against Pinochetv
# Giuliani sorts US$22m coffer
# Bush courts Catholic vote
# Microsoft to delay Outlook patch
# Police investigate E.coli outbreak
# Chinese praise relationship
# Donations to Buddhist cause
# China-Myanmar stamp struck
# Off to ILO meeting in Geneva
# Indonesia gives art prizes
# Speed seized in Kayin Statev; Indian commerce chief upbeat on increased trading relations; Woodland push to value-add timber; With tight margins computer retailers look to service edge; Utterly no future growing opium, S-1 tells the Wa; People the priority for bank to be number one, says Yoma bank boss; Dating back to the golden 20?s film buffs delight in museum; Timing its run Titan eyes dominant watch position; At the high end of dress-making pleasing the client is paramoun; Inside the world?s greatest pagoda stairway markets do brisk business; Affection & caring for abandoned girls
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Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Date of publication:
2000-06-11
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2007-03-12
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Facility on literarcy movement; Japan bound for two trainees; Multi-media rooms for schools; Paradise found now challenge remains to preserve it for all; A free market brings a benefit of tax-free markets; Export advantages but ethics, technology needed to succeed; Korean f irm doubles staff to 2000 in search of profits; Herbs are often gentler than prescription drugs; Stone cutters carry on the marble way;
In the search for Truth outsiders flock to Myanmar; Different rules but a marriage made in art; Enormously popular in Myanmar, soothsayers ? believe them or not? Up, up and away as Yangon Air celebrates; Seeking the Significant One? ? how it happens; Fashionable for centuries; 10 months on filming completed for wild elephant documentary;
ASEAN international photo exhibition held;
One thing?s for sure - taxi drivers always have an opinion. MT?s Win Aye asks what?s on their mind; Your stars for this week;
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"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-05-07
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2006-01-15
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Employees urged to work hard
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Drugs snatched in security swoop
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Red Cross youth get-together begins
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New bank for eastern Myanmar
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CD-ROM dictionary launched
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Wings for air force officers...
Striving for the emergence of a Democracy: FM; ASEAN without Myanmar will not be true Group: S1; In a country where languages are highly valued Buddhist institute beckons; Women entrepreneurs take an equal seat; Enjoying 20pc growth DHL eyes expansion possibilities; Warm heart of a Bagan man saves kids from cleft palates; Nation?s third highest earner ready to hook a bigger fish; Get together for Asian Ministers; BLOOMIN? BUSINESS; Murals dating from the 1200?s in need of urgent preservation; One can?t but help wonder whether they?ll come alive; Parisian consultant comes to La Source;
A lotus of the desert? proves disability is no obstacle to success;
Fat, juicy mushrooms on the Japanese menu; Passion for art - vision for museum to house it; Dry zone gets green touch; Mandalay?s lone ranger a straight shooter when it comes to planting trees;
PICKING THE BIG WINNER; "Tax-Free Markets.Welcome News Or Not?".
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"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-05-14
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2006-01-15
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Heroin, Opium fight resolute: Police Chief; Dagon Brewery moves to challenge its big brother; Deals being cut as executive apartment prices bottom out; AT THE GLASS FACTORY; Land of the Pagodas, also a home for unusual Buddha images; Tomorrow leaders safe in the hands of daycare teachers; Hard to find, but French cuisine is a Boris calling; Furusato ? cosy home for Japanese delights; Farewell to the Israeli Ambassador Gad Nathan;
Campaign in search of local inspiration? gets underway; Alliance Francaise activity; Touching moments as school donates proceeds; I just want young people to get better prepared for the future?; Eminent psychiatrist urges family support systems for mentally ill;
For two German academics a 40-year enchantment continues;
The Fullmoon of Kason;
Blind school?s vision to see students matriculate;
Family caring, not individualism places aged home facilities low on Govt agenda;
Literature House holds book & craft fair;
Heroin, Opium fight resolute: Police Chief;
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I realised I must make images, not take photos?...The Farming Way. Is Life Improving?...
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Seminar on first one-metre resolution Ikonos satellite
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Coal-fired Power station to be built
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66-KV power station in Bhamo
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Malaria control week launched
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World Red-Cross Day observed
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DOTS strategy for TB Workshop held
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Eye operations performed
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New bridge in northern Myanmar
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Chess master plays a draw with Russia?s Anatoli Karpov
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Accounting course to be opened
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Industrial Port commissioned
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Opium trafficker seized
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Fire Services Day observed
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Kyukok-Muse-Namhkan road.
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-05-21
Date of entry/update:
2006-01-15
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Niche publisher launches directory; Singapore efficiency in mind with US$94m container port; Down Than Lwin Road a delicious glow of fruits; EARNING MERIT FOR A NURSE ABROAD; State Lottery introduces a K30 million monthly prize; The three musketeers, potting all before them; Staff really get their rewards; Glitzy marriage at The Strand; Birthday bash for Wingabar lad?; Farewell to Aussie diplomat; A WILLYS JEEP RIDE UP THE OLD BURMA ROAD; Koreans urge nation to free up investment code; K500,000 for handset and GSM service, says MPT; San Aung?s widow takes up the cause; SLEEPY PORT TOWN TO VIBRANT HARBOUR; A New Mobile Phone - What?s Your View? THE PROBLEM OF FAKE DRUGS; Myanmar clinches four gold in Kunming rowing regatta; Your stars for this week.
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* S-1 visits Hline River bridge
* S-2 inspects vegetable centre
* Beans and sesame MOU
* Kason festival in Nepal
* A golden belt boxing tournament
* Exchanging of arms for peace
* S-1 visits Hline River bridge
* Cyber English course gets underway
* Cultural delegation off to Vietnam
* October date for Gems auction
* Overseas employment guidance
* Nunnery opens in Myawady
* Opening the sluice gate for rice
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-06-04
Date of entry/update:
2006-01-15
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US$70 million port project underway in southern Myeik; Consultancy services vital for business sector: MHR; Saudi firm steels itself for economy to kick-in; BUDDHA?S EXHORTATION SAW HOSPITAL FOUNDED IN 1940;
Fish are soft and tender, safe and most of all peaceful for the mind?;
His works are few and far between but amazingly full of depth;
Ice Cream Party at Inya Lake;
US$14,000 raised to help a Shan village school;
Soft hearts transmit vitality to hospital;
Thanakha ? facial cream, medicine, protection against a sweltering sun;
A tranquil? UK art exhibition raises profile of local painters; Vietnam?s PM, Phan Van Khai, visits Dagon school;
Yoma Bank extends its services with opening at Hlaing Tha Yar;
Dental guru? sets a new standard in Yangon;
MPT reassures public GSM mobile phone network is all systems go;
US$70 million port project underway in southern Myeik;
Chinese rice breeder says he can raise yields by 2000kg per acre; Yangon?s Silicon Valley ? at a price;
Trishaw Drivers. What?s Their Lot?; Your stars for this week.
Brief News Content:
* S-1 met Thai PM?s advisor
* New road links in the north
* Vegetable cultivation discussed
* Message exchanged with S.Korea
* Nyaung Ye Thun Festival
* Small loans for rural women
* Cold storage factory for Myeik
* Labour Minister back from Manila
* Rowing team wins gold in China
* Off to World Health Conference
* Hepatitis B on ceremony list
* Wheelchairs donated to disabled
* MI?s highest fire insurance
* Chinese football side in Yangon
* Disabled sports stars off to Malaysia
* Myawady bank opens new branch
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-05-28
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2006-01-15
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Cultural nasties? get the torch...
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Lahu?s come into legal fold
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13 nations in Red Cross meet
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Golden jubilee photo contest held
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Police directors discuss ASEAN...Creative networking for cultural progress; Square log? psyche needed by local wood-based sector; Book sellers face rising demand for new stocks; Beans Sprout; High demand from tourists as new beach and resorts open; Unchanged, unchanging. Did magicians stay in these ancient caves? The art of cherooting; River cruising; Tale of two types with modern works of Mandalay sculptor; Not Disneyland but still heaps of fun; Water, water and more water; Shan Food - invasion of new tastes; STREET TALK:
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Your stars this week; Pool school makes learning cool; Oh, every child or man knows where; Yanking at the travel purse of a million readers .
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-10-27
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Chairman?s 500-mile journey to inspect development projects;
Intense focus on developing sustainable primary industry;
Problem solving, discussion breeds a new MBA graduate; Insurance law making its mark; Costa Rica saplings provide seedstock for sustainable oil industry; A day at the nunnery; Parisian elegance, tribal wear at J's Irrawaddy Dream?; Gala ball at Inya Lake sees hotels raise US$20,000 for worthy Myanmar charities; Brief news:
# Hard work over, student relief as exams finish Fiercely competitive retailers at forefront of a consumer age
# New machine to pick out real from fake diamonds!
# US balloonist rescued near Bagan
# A tough test for tractors
# Desire for consumer goods attracts thousands to Fairs
# Brisk car sales for Suzuki
# Fragrant Gangaw in Full Bloom
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-03-19
Date of entry/update:
2005-10-26
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Drive for free market, but farming first; Brief News: * S1 stresses priority to ASEAN
* Central Bank issues new coins
* 222 get Buddhist religious titles
* Opening of new Ahlone wharf
* Kanbawza Bank opens its fourth branch
* Zaungtu hydro - electric power plant inaugurated in Bago... Japan provides aid for primary schools;
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-04-02
Date of entry/update:
2005-10-26
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TOURISM TASKFORCE; Brief News: * Govt denounces US human right report
* S-2 meets Home Ministry officials
* ASEAN Ministerial meeting
* UNICEF in health assistance
* 200kg of drugs seized in Feb.
* K 1.8m donated to Tatmadaw... Globalisation OK, but protect local heritage; Minister calls for ethics in business; Domestic retail banking finally starts to kick in; High returns for those in the used car trade; Aspirations rise to create more competitive SMEs; Social calendar ends with Forces dinner; Silverware - where craft ends and art begins;
Tony Tun Tun reigns supreme at the salon; An insomniac?s journey to discover Yangon?s best coffee; What is coffee?Music. What's Being Sung on The Streets?
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"The Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2000-04-09
Date of entry/update:
2005-10-26
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