All glamour, glitz at film awards: ACTOR Lu Min, actress Khin Zarchi Kyaw and the films Ngar thudapar yaukkyar meinma (All beings are composed of mind and matter only) and Hsan yay (A clever son?s love for a biological father) have won the movie industry?s top honours for 2002... PM stresses importance of drafting constitution in 2004: THE government is looking forward with ?great confidence” to the coming year, which is expected to bring important progress in drafting a new constitution, the Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, said in a New Year speech to diplomats last week... Spiritual approach urged on ecology: A MORE spiritual approach to conservation may be critical in the battle against global environmental degradation, an American academic and internationally renowned ecologist said in Yangon last month... $57 million for Mandalay railroad upgrade: A US$57 million loan from the Indian government to improve the railway service between Yangon and Mandalay will be used to upgrade locomotives and carriages operating on the line, an official with Myanma Railways said last week... Project begins to store archives on computers: A PROJECT to computerise the storage of about 120,000 national archives and records dating to 1836 has started in Yangon, an official from the Department of National Archives said... Rural areas encouraged to make greater use of renewable energy: RENEWABLE energy has the potential to make a significant contribution to socio-economic development in rural areas, says a freelance consultant to Myanmar non-government organisations involved in environmental activities... March start expected for Maubin paper mill: A PAPER mill being established at Maubin in Ayeyarwaddy Division under a joint venture between Myanmar and a Chinese company is expected to go into operation in March, the managing director of Myanma Jute Industries, U Myint Maung, said... Bagan Cybertech plans new services for hotels: BAGAN Cybertech, Myanmar?s only private internet service provider, is planning a new service, providing hotels and executive residences with individual internet and email connections through existing phone lines and wireless options... Unemployment levels rise in areas of economic decline: JOB opportunities in Yangon have increased in some employment sectors but decreased in areas of greater economic downtown, said private employment agency sources... Yangon property market endures downturn in 2003: LAST year the property market was plagued by the general economic situation seen in Myanmar since February, but analysts and industry sources agree there were still positive developments in 2003... Bean and pulse exports increase: Myanmar exported more than 700,000 tonnes of beans and pulses during the first eight months of this financial year (starting April 1), up from 600,000 tonnes in the same period last year,” U Seing Win Hlaing, general secretary of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry said last month.