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Cooking oil prices decrease as Yangon supply improves

“There were fewer raw peanuts available after a poor harvest in Upper Myanmar but healthy harvest from Rakhine amply compensated for this before the October harvest time arrives. Otherwise, peanut oil prices might well have risen even higher,”

Htoo Trading targets $2m rehabilitation

MYANMAR’s largest conglomerate has allocated K2 billion (US$2 million) for rescue and rehabilitation work for the victims of Cyclone Nargis, its spokesman said last week.

MFF plan to rebuild the fisheries

The storm, which struck most heavily at the Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions, inflicted damage on about 55 percent of the of the country’s fisheries sector.

Gold prices slowly dropping

“In the current economic situation, people tend to spend their money on other things than gold, especially since schools are now open. People only buy gold if they have money to spare,”

Delta top priority: construction firms

“We’re constructing housing and facilities for 12,000 families at Nga Pu Taw township on Hainggyi island. We’ve been using 120 labourers and are about 50 percent complete,”


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»	Writer asks for relief housing donations
»	Supreme Group donation
»	YMCA to help elderly rebuild

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Lovely interior hidden behind non-descript facade
	WITH five bedrooms split over two storeys, this South Okkalapa house features a warm and attractively designed interior. And it’s just as well because the three-year-old house’s façade does not stand out from surrounding houses either but it’s clean and hides a house that’s just perfect for a family.

$260m now raised as UN efforts gain further impetus

“Due to concerted efforts of the ministries concerned, the people and private entrepreneurs, the relief task for the first phase has been completed in a short time and the rehabilitation task is in progress for the second phase,”

A month passes and cyclone survivors shed tears for their dead

“We could not do it when they died, or on the seventh day after their death. We could not even bury them properly. So we decided to perform the one-month commemoration according to Buddhist tradition,”

Food pipeline flowing: WFP

“There are elements of our program that are encouraging as we are getting food to people who need it. The key for us is to ensure the sustained flow of food into those affected areas,”

No danger of disease from fish, say officials

“This is not true, we can guarantee that,” said Daw Toe Nandar Tin, an executive member of the federation. “There have been no cases where fingers have been found in fish stomachs. It’s just a rumour.”

Rising star takes out major art award

ORGANISERS of the Myanmar Contemporary Art Awards 2008 have hailed the competition a success following the exhibition of finalists at Yangon’s River Gallery on May 30.

Hip hop stars singing in the rain

Hip hop fans were keen to enjoy the show, the first big entertainment event since Nargis, and the artistes — Kyatpha, Jenny, Yatha, Linya, Htein Winn, Wine Su Khine Thein and Sandy Myint Lwin — sang as they walked to and fro on the catwalk, disregarding the drenching rain.

Nation honours top athletes for 2007

“This is one of the prizes that athletes dream of winning. I’m really proud to be selected from among all the gold medallists in the country. I think I was chosen as I got a good result in Korea Open. It’s the highest level for taekwondo, and I came third in the competition,”

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