"The Myanmar Times" Vol.9, No. 166, May 19-25, 2003

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INTERNAL LINKS DEAD...Curious surfers stream into nation?s first cyber cafés: MYANMAR?S first cyber cafes have attracted a steady stream of customers since they opened in Yangon just over a week ago. Cyber Zone, operated by the Maykha Networks company at the Dagon Centre in Sanchaung township, and Fortune International company?s Cyber World 1, in the Danathiha Centre, on Bogyoke Aung San Road, opened on May 10... The Wa drug-free vision: Can it be opium-free by 2005? Carsten Stormer travelled to the Wa Special region on trip arranged by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to assess progress in an opium eradication campaign... Govt says 60m Bagan tower will help preserve ancient pagodas: A SENIOR government official has defended plans to build a 60-metre-high observation tower at Bagan, saying it would help to preserve ancient pagodas used as viewing platforms by tourists visiting the vast cultural heritage site... Agreement to be signed this week for second Tachilek bridge: MYANMAR and Thailand are expected to sign an agreement early this week to build a second bridge linking Tachilek and Mae Sai across the Nam Mae Sai River, say diplomatic sources... Ban on horns gets public thumbs up: RESIDENTS and shopkeepers in downtown Yangon have welcomed the introduction of a ban on using vehicle horns, saying the reduction in noise pollution has improved the quality of their lives... This week Thinking Aloud talks to Daw Yi Yi Myint, the founder of the Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs? Association and a retired professor of Business Administration at Yangon Institute of Economics... Veteran Indian merchant predicts two-way trade about to skyrocket: A LEADING Indian businessman has predicted that trade between Myanmar and India will continue to skyrocket. However, a key determinant for that trend to continue will be the mooted creation of better transport links between the two countries.

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Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd

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2003-05-25

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2006-01-24

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