Will government announce the martial law or curfew for this crisis?

“Does UN general assembly make reluctant to Myanmar Government?”

Interview with a politician from national league for democracy

Yangon September 21

Since September 17 .It has started, monks protest in Yangon, biggest city and former capital of Myanmar, nearly 6 million of people lived. People are silent said from government official it is just only a few young monks’ boycotts. Actually, they worried about that. One of the big words in the past from president U Mg Mg at 1988 he said, “Please watch and see about the silent majority”. He referred to the rest of the people who did not come out to demonstration during at that time. After that, I noticed Myanmar homemakers came out and took part on strike. So right now most of people who live in Yangon want to know what will happen and how it will happen between monks protest and government .Yangon today asked the politcian who does not want to mention his name and share to for all of you.

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Q1 Yangontoday; firstly I just want to know about the our government, all of you know our Buddhist monks have protest obviously since September 17 in Yangon and also the whole country .right? Why military government is watching and taking no action on it. I especially mean in Yangon, I think it is quiet different their nature .what do you think on it.

Politician; yeah, this is very strange like you said ,may be they don’t know what they have to do but I think government made big mistakes at Pakokku and they won’t make any mistake with monks ..Another possibility is they will do something if they see public participation.

Q2 Yangontoday; what they will (government) do .Monks asked four points for their boycott, Do you think government will do favor or something on it.

; Politician; I think monks asked to government with very straightforward
Firstly, Monks asked about to make officially request on Pakokku case. Secondly, to release the protester who caught after august 17 including min ko naing and student’s leader? Then to reduce the commodities price, finally national reconsolidation. I believe that it is not possible to negotiate to both side because government released announcements by the state own newspaper, if you read newspaper you can see very clearly what they want to do.

Q3 Yangon today: Are you saying government will take forced action and use their power sooner or latter?

Politician; I would say something as if yes they will do it. They will announce the martial law and curfew for this crisis.

Q4 Yangon today: I heard the news from broadcasting service which based on abroad they said government is preparing to take action by army. So what will happen?

Politician; As if I said they will announce curfew and martial law sooner or latter.

Q5 Yangontoday. I think it will lead to confrontation and strike like 88 will happen.

Politician; you can see people desire on monks protest, people support and join that event, I believe but just need starting voltage.

Q6 Yangontoday; what is the present political present situation and our government .they just did constitution and they got supporting from china. Right?

Politician; My opinion is that They have to finish the constitution draft and handling very carefully on this case. I noticed recently they announced by state own newspaper about new constitution it said every citizen will have right to show their opinion. let‘s see China support, I think China will silent on this case and they are trying to avoid very diplomatically.

Q7 Yangontoday. How about Asean?

Politician; Philippine foreign Minster said to discuss Myanmar affair in coming Asean summit. Thailand is also silent like other member I think even Asean also have critical situation because of Myanmar affairs.

Q8 Yangontoday: UN secretary Vanki moon said to be fair on protester. What is the UN role on Myanmar?

Politician ; yeah UN is also doing something .I think UN will discuss about Myanmar affairs in coming general assembly ,Myanmar leaders noticed that and this is the main reason why they were watching on monks protest.

Yangon gold price breaks the record.

Yangon September 19
Because of the monks protest , some unstable condition and rumors in between the people Yangon local gold price reachs the new record in this century said local business man .
“It has been nearly 6o thousands kyats in sept 19 but we believe it will go up in next few days” he added.
No reliable banks and no one trust on local currency kyats in Myanmar that makes these people to collect the gold bars urgently.
There are so many house wives ,called silent majority, that buy spare rice bags from the market but rice prices is still stable in these days said one of the house wife who live in suburb area in Yangon.
The protest monks have continued their boycotts and marched peacefully walk along the signal pagoda road on the evening of the rainy sept 19 and then head to the suelay pagoda which situated at downtown.
So many plainclothes police with wireless phones to shadow the protest route and hundred of people watched the protest monks.

Yangon famous five stars hotel is on fire

Yangon September 19
Five stars Trader hotel, which is located in down town of Yangon recently damaged by fire in this week, said an eyewitness from WHO office.

The small fire case happened in an office room of World Health organization, which is on 15th floor of Trader hotel.

Fire shocked staffs from WHO and UN organizations and they all tried to run out from their job.
WHO and other UN organizations have recently moved Trader hotel from Yangon international hotel.

Even though Trader hotel claimed that it has atomic security system when they face fire case, it did not work well in this case, eyewitness added.

100 kyat cost Alcohol bags on the Yangon market

yangon sept 16

yangon sept 16
100 kyat of Whisky and Jin bags are now on the Yangon market. These bags are smallest and the cheapest in Alcohol market and it targets the grass root people in out skirt of the biggest city in Myanmar.

However, it is not mention the name of producer on the packing and it does not have trade mark from Myanmar food and drugs administration,
“It does not give any grantee to consumer and it might be the dangerous because the price is cheaper than normal”, said a marketing manager from a brewery company.

Three years ago, poor quality alcohol poisoned consumers in Insein and killed some.

Monsoon flooding destroys Kyat 10 billions worth of fishing farms

yangon sept 16

Kyat ten billions worth of fishing farms in delta region were destroyed by late monsoon flooding said Brig-Gen Mg Mg Thein minister for Livestock and fishery at the meeting of Myanmar fishery and federation.
Flooding totally damaged fish and shrimp farms in Nyaung done region and Taik Kyi and Htan Ta pin also face flooding.
According to data from Myanmar Shrimp Association, 4762 acres of shrimp ponds in Nyaung Done region , 1300 acres in Htan Ta Pin township and 570 acres in Taik Kyi township were damaged by flooding.
Some fishing farm covered 70% of their capital by fencing along the farms. The fishery experts guess that flooding brings fish larvae from the farms to the creeks and ponds. It cause s the rivers and natural ponds abound with fish.

Myanmar Hotels to operate Asean Green Hotel’s Standards

yangon sep11
Hotels in Myanmar have to operate Asean Green Hotel’ standards which prevent environmental pollution from coming year 2008, said Brig- Gen Soe Naing Ministry for Hotel and Tourism at the meeting which held in Naypyi daw at September 8.

Asean Green Hotel’s standards include Green Hotel environment, Food and Beverage Services, Public Rest room, Home Stay, Ecotourism, Tourism Heritage.

There are other 25 detail rules to meet this standards and some rule includes participating of hotel’ staffs, guests, clients and suppliers to have a habit of preventing green environment.

Hotels from ten South East Asian Nations including Myanmar plan to complete Asean Green Hotel’s Standards from 2008 to 2010. In addition, each Tourism ministers will sign Asian Tourism Standard certificate.

Mostly Hotels in western countries are used to green label standards, which contain waste management techniques, e.g. waste reduction, reuse, recycling, waste separation and composting.
Western visitors choose these kinds of hotels.
There are 600 hotels, which have 19560 hotel rooms in Myanmar after government allows private owned hotels.

Myanmar and Thai work together to come out Thai- Myanmar Dictionary

yangon sept 10

The counterparts from Myanmar and Thai are working together to come out Myanmar – Thai dictionary said an official from myanmar ministry of education .
To complete this process, the Myanmar scholar group including a teacher from Thai department of University of foreign language, an officer from Ministry of Foreign affairs and a director from Myanmar Department went Thailand at late August. They have met Thai scholars and discuss about issuing ictionary.
If this dictionary will come out, it will be the first official dictionary for the language learners
in both countries. There are some private Thai – Myanmar dictionaries in Myanmar market but it doesn’t work well say a student who learning Thai Language at UFL

Myanmar to gets twenty millions dollars from OPEC for upgrading Dam

yangon sept 10

Myanmar Government to get a loan of twenty million dollars from OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries) for upgrading process of its agriculture dams according to Ministry of national Planning and economic Development.

To get this loan from OPEC, Myanmar high-ranking officials will sign a MOU
With OPEC’s officials at Austria in coming week.

There has been heavy flooding in Myanmar during monsoon season and some areas
From delta region were under water for several days because of breaking dams. There are over two hundred dams in Myanmar under military government.
Myanmar which has been 19 years under military government and that build the dams nearly 12 dams for year and one dam for a month without making research for impact to the people said environmentalist.

Myanmar and Russia are planning to open direct air

Yangon Sep 5

Myanmar and Russia are planning to open direct air link with the aeroflot Airlines being expected to fly Yangon by November this year, according to international airline representative sources which based in Yangon at Monday.

The plan was covered by the discussions between Myanmar ministry of transport and Russia government official during the latter's visit to Myanmar.

During the visit, a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation between the two countries in oil and gas was also signed.

the source said Columbus travel and ticketing company from Yangon is arranging to open the russian language class for air line staff.

unlimitted gems production threats myanmar's resource

Yangon sep 3

Because of the large sale production by so called private company, Myanmar’s jewel finding rate see drop and make the lack of the gemstone ,in Mogok area ,one of the most famous gem’s region in Myanmar said local gems merchant.
Now, the private firm is carrying out production of Myanmar resources including ruby, jade, gold, sliver, copper, lead, tin and nickel and Myanmar trading is freely dealing with registered private merchant.
Those change, some long time foreign traders who specializing in gems and has seized that opportunity to them up from Myanmar gems trade fair, it has held in Myanmar.
Mogok, the country gem s region, has yield the best rubies, is already gone and nowadays anew region mine shu become common and many companies changed their sites to that place.
Local trader told that Mine shu area produces unlimited and could race the shortage of the resources.
Myanmar gems are famous in the world and have well known since the time of the Myanmar kings ,from the beginning of the eight century.
Sales at the Myanmar gems emporium, held recently were 355 millions us dollars only from jade in 2006-07 according to the official record and the amount of the export income listed one of the top ten list in Myanmar.

Nearly 70 jade mine workers trapped in cave

Yangon sept 3

Nearly 70 jade mine workers trapped in cave minning for jade in hpakant ,kachin state ,northen part of Burma in the first week of august , and mine company failed to provide any either information or rescue to find these victims said mine worker who escaped from that event.
That company made no efforts to rescue to the victims who were in the cave and no desire to spread this news because of the heavy raws the collapsing of the mine occurred.
Evidence of that collapsing who are working that company worry and run away for their survival because company wants to hold that news from evidence said that mine worker.
He also added at that time he was not in the cave and assigned to work on the ground so narrowly escaped .Another mineworker from middle Burma, who had been in there had arrived at that mine in the couple of days and he was very frightened and decide to run away from there.

Dollar and euro rise in Yangon

Dollar and euro rise in this week in Yangon verus Myanmar currency kyat in illegal market, after the government fuel price change in August 15 said the local importer who live in Yangon.
In Yangon ,government is still using 1 dollar equivalent to 6 kyats,instead of the real exchange rate 1200 kyats.
Dollar,one of the popular hard currency in Yangon,It had been 1200 for several months in this year after taking action on illegal money transfer hondi player.
" dollar rose from 1200 kyats to 1350 kyats in last two days ago ,it is one of the remarkable exchange rate in this years, export earning that allowed to transfer from own account go up above 1405 kyats "
Myanmar currency kyat fell in illegal market against the yen and euro in Myanmar -china border area that he added.
There is double exchange rate in Yangon offically and illegal ly,The dollar often moves based on trader views about economic factors like the size of the Government trade deficit or the outlook for economic growth. By those measures it seems destined to fall, as it was doing until a few weeks ago.

NEW domestic AIR FARE FROM YANGON TO

YANGON- MANDALAY 65000K adult 48570K child
YANGON-NYAUNG U 53000K adult 39750K child
YANGON-HEHO 53000Kadult 39750
YANGON-THANDWE 65000 adult 48750
YANGON-TACHILEIK 112000adult 84000
YANGON-KYAING TONG 112000 adult 84000
YANGON-DAWEI 52000 adult 39000
YANGON-MYEIK 79000 adult 59250
YANGON-KAWAUNG 11200 adult 84000

domestic air lines raise the new air fare

Yangon august 30
The three private domestic air lines in Yangon will raise the same local air fare charges, nearly 25 percent form at coming 01 September 2007 and onwards said sun far travel agent ,one of the big ticketing company in Myanmar.
Including air bagan one of the famous air line in Myanmar ,air Mandalay and yangonairways raise the same fare prices at same destination.
The new prices for each destination is round about 15000 kyats higher than the old prices and the highest price is between Yangon and Myitkyina that equivalent to 120000 kyats.
before that situation,The domestic air fare charges were different individually.

Over ten thousands acres of fish and shrimp farms are still under water in Burma
Yangon august 26
Over ten thousands acres of fish and shrimp farms are still under water in Burma, Yangon ,Irrawaddy and Pegu division area which is situated lower part of Burma,many of fish and shrimp farms were flooded that area, said U Htay myint (yuzana) chairman of the Myanmar fishery federation(MFF) .

“ It is more than 10 thousands acres of fish and shrimp farms which was destroyed”. He said at the MFF formal meeting at Yangon.

There is not detail information for that damage but the latest report from fresh Myanmar shrimps farm association confirmed that 6440 acres of shrimp farms are already destroyed by river water.

" three islands that has a lot of fish and shrimp farms near the Nyaung done is still under water ,we asked for aid to government but we suffered up till now" said 300 acres fish farms owner who was doing business in that area.

The water level has still 3 feet above the fish farms, so what we are thinking is to give up for this business, he added.

It has been started at 2004 monsoon season but it happened again the region .Flood waters are slowly receding as the low pressure system that overwhelmed the region moves to the Irrawaddy river.

detain more than 5o people

Goverment has detained more than 50 activists who protested fuel-price hikes, a state-controlled newspaper reported Saturday, in a campaign to snuff out increasingly daring demostartion.

Myanmar government bans import of palm oil for private
Yangon august 21
Myanmar government trade council , committee that controlling the export and import license ,has banned import of palm oil for private sector since last July said member of the edible and oil dealer association.
"we are allowed to import for palm oil if we have export earning since December 2006,before that period only Myanmar economic holding enterprise and htoo company had import license for palm oil"said the member who live in Mandalay.
Last July, After 8 months latter giving import chance to private,and then government announced recently that sort of palm oil is not suitable for public and reduced the Import amount from 30000 tons to 20000tons of monthly.
but the certain amount of palm oil import license is still getting only Myanmar Economic holding enterprise since august.
" we have less palm oil quota than as usual from oil dealer association,In domestic market palm oil retail price is higher than sesame price because local snack producer is still using palm oil" said oil dealer from Mandalay.

Editors from weekly eleven journal being interrogated by special branch police

Yangon august 21

Sources close to the yangontoday, Rangoon 's Special Branch police on monday interrogated at least 5 editors from weekly eleven journal.However, no action has been taken, said the source.

Refusing to provide detailed information on the interrogation, one of the saff from weekly eleven told to yangontoday, "It is still too early to comment."

university student continue marrching protest in yangontoday

Yangon,august 21
Some students from Western Yangon university start marching
through Mingaladon township (Danyinkone) to their university,outskirt area of the Myanmar biggest city ,on today morning .In protest against an enormous hike in fuel prices last week said local people who live in Yangon.
But we haven't got any confirmation either from official or eye witness person.
One of the news also come out In Yangon ,there will be happened another silent marching in today afternoon in Yangon.
they said ,it will be happened in Yangon downtown area.

Shin Satellite Public Company to sign a new contract with MRTV

Shin Satellite Public Company to sign a new contract with MRTV

Yangon august 17

Thailand well known Shin Satellite Public to sign a new contract with Myanmar Radio and Television for using its satellite service said Mr. Chalermkiet Limarttanknakul, regional manager of Shin Company.

Myanmar newspapers have recently reported that a recent visit of a high ranking official of Shin company and his meeting of General Kyaw San, Minister for information Myanmar at July.

At present, Shin Company completed the installation of 10 IP STAR gateways in eight countries including Thai, Cambodia, Australia, Vietnam, Newzeland, Myanmar and China.

The telecommunication business formerly controlled by Thai late Prime Minister Thaksin and now owned by Singapore Temasek Holding.

No more 50 kyats( nearly 5 cents) for bus fares in Yangon

Bus fares in yangon increase today but there are not many bus running in yangon said the conductor who is working sule –nroth okala line No 43 .
No 43 line which is running between sule ( downtown) and north okalapa has changed from 100 kyats to 200 kyats for each person.
“ No more 50 kyats if u take any bus u have to pay at least 100 kyats wherever you go”. He added." every bus line change the fares because of the fuel and CNG prices that changed yesterday.he explained.
There are round about 5000 buses which have been running for Yangon city ,round about 6 million people lived , Most of the buses lines already changed from fuel engine to compressed natural gas engine.
"we will stick the new prices list on the buses but we had officially got approval from the head"
said bus owner.
Even though the bus operators can have more money from the people.They said ,they are not happy to do that.
"we know the real situation"
The same thing like that happened last year approved the bus owner who live in northoklapa township.But right now people thought raise bus fares but fewer buses in Yangon.

Many buses were not running today in Yangon

yangon august 15
Many buses were not running today in Yangon morning because of Government-run gasoline stations doubled their prices for petrol and diesel, while prices for compressed natural gas increased five-fold.
bus owners in yangon thoguht this is not reasonable for their business either because they could not afford the increased bus fares or because buses had simply stopped running due to the higher fuel prices.
The disel prices change from 15oo kyats to 3000 kyats per gallon and gasoline moved from 1500 to 25oo,one of the conductor said.
Not only gasoline prices ,compressed natural gas ,abandon natural resources of burma,Increased five time.
"today we have to pay 12000 kyats for four containner ,it is only 2000 kyats in yesterday". the conductor siad.
People who live in outskirt area have been facing the problem for that and they have not get enough buses for transporation.
"I paid nearly double for bus fares when I came to the office but not offically confirmed yet"said office staff who work in down town area.
The decision of raising the fuel prices is seen as being made in line with the rise of world oil prices.The controlled supply quota remains unchanged at two gallons per day per car.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will arrive yangon coming wednsday
Yangon august 13
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will be in Myanmar after his Singapore visit, for a two-day introductory visit starting 13 August at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
He will reach Nay pyi daw ,new capital of Myanmar government, at august 15 said local business man who got invitation to attend economic cooperation meeting ,it will held Yangon sedona hotel.
During the trip, Mr Dung is expected to meet vice general Thein Sein and parties and hold separate meetings .Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Also on the agenda is a business breakfast hosted by Myanmar UMFCCI, where Mr Dung is expected to call for greater economic cooperation and investments.
The Vietnamese prime minister will be accompanied by his wife, Tran Thanh Kiem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Pham Khoi Nguyen, senior officials and a business delegation.

some areas in mandalay nearly under water

Yangon august 13

Due to incessant rains the water level of near Mandalay area,upper Burma rose by nearly danger level of outskirts area in last few days.Some wards near the Irrawaddy river .The mirror ,local state own media said at 11th august KADIBA VILLAGE in Amarapura was hit by flood.Students and teachers from that village who were evacuated to safety it is also said.

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