"The Myanmar Times" August 13-19 Volume 32, No. 639

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NEWS: Real estate market to slow after govt ends tax break; Two new airlines tipped to launch in 2013; Managing Myanmar?s resource wealth; Govt invites OIC to probe violence in Rakhine; 88 Gen marks anniversary in MDY; Hajj committee finalised; Former mayor removed from USDP post; Not the right time to repatriate King Thibaw, says descendant; CB Bank outlines $2b Mandalay ?new city?; Seven killed in Fresh unrest in Rakhine; Don?t only consider HR in Rakhine: 88 Gen; Human rights body cool on truth commission proposal; Hluttaw committee defends role in Myanmar Music Association dispute; MAI to launch two Mandalay routes; 88 Generation leadership urges official recognition of August 8; Parties call for Quintana removal; Positive signs for NLD in hluttaw; Amended FDI bill to be approved this month; AirAsia to launch Mandalay-Bangkok flights in October; Questions over Press Council formation; DISQUIET is already emerging over the formation last week Hluttaw committee promises freedom of press; NLD leader pledges to ?safeguard rights of society? in committee role; New journalism association formed; Chery QQ3 taxi ban rumour not true, says govt official; Strong monsoon to continue: DMH; Lack of storms leaves central dry zone parched; Investigate Katha land concession, party urges president; Committee to review Myanmar-Thai labour MoU; New pentavalent vaccination program to target 1.4 million children: official; Rep tells of land grabs in Nay Pyi Taw; Govt urged to do more on language; First digital meters installed in NPT, with other cities to follow; Companies sign on to support national HIV plan; Myanmar should be prioritised in anti-malaria campaign, says report; MCDC orders stone carving workshops to leave Kyauksittan; ABSDF visit gets approval; Car insurance being misused, says state firm; ASEAN mulls aid for Rohingya; Myanmar to extradite trafficker to Thailand: official; Students to take part in Asia Science Camp 2012; Kachin conflict grinds on for 50,000 displaced...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: Visa, Mastercard on the way, says banker; Pepsi to make Myanmar splash; Five private banks to offer point of sale cards: official; Deal signed for 50MW Myeik power plant; Ministry to back SMEs; Battle erupts over Singapore brewer; Myanmar seeks to recapture long lost leading rice exporter crown; Company plans ?biggest? sugar factory; Lawmakers push for investment law; Kyat in three-month-long decline; Fights over change in coin-starved Zimbabwe; MPA invites foreshore tender plans; Home prices increase in majority of US cities; Ahlone shipyard to move; Filipino mall mogul plans Asian expansion; Berkshire benefits as Buffett wagers on US housing over Europe...TECHNOLOGY...TIMEOUT: Elephant film seeks local screen; Festival to showcase new songs about Aung San; DreamWorks plans China tourist site; Association still saviour for orphaned girls, 65 years on; Naked Cowboy and Indian duel for Times Square; Lone woman on greatest films list; Publisher marks anniversary with Yangon book fair; Fundraising film, class at MMPO; Mexican craft beers go up against big brands; Historic drinks back from the brink...TRAVEL...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES

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Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd.

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2012-08-19

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2012-08-14

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English

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