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• Hotels told to get licences before building
• Irrigation budget halved in agricultural policy change
• Flood-wary Sidoktaya locals demand dam fixes
• Martyrs’ Day crowd packs Yangon’s Bogyoke Aung San Museum
• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Park monument lacks funds
• Martyrs’ Day makes strides for national reconciliation
• President U Htin Kyaw observes Waso and Martyrs’ Day
• Embassy forms team in bid to better protect migrants in Malaysia
• New representatives on Arbitration Council disputed
• Luxury wood seized along border to China

Hotels told to get licences before building Posted: 20 Jul 2016 12:46 AM PDT Would-be hoteliers who fail to apply for a licence before construction starts will not be permitted to operate, the government has announced. U Myo Win Nyunt, director of the hotel and tourism supervision division of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, told The Myanmar Times yesterday that the ministry's days of turning a blind eye were over.

Irrigation budget halved in agricultural policy change Posted: 20 Jul 2016 12:31 AM PDT A shift in policy, away from building dams and toward running irrigation channels to farmland, has led to a 50 percent cut in the request for irrigation funding next year, the agriculture ministry says. U Myo Tint Tun, assistant secretary in the ministry, told The Myanmar Times on July 18 that expenditure in 2017-18 would be less than half of this year's level.

Flood-wary Sidoktaya locals demand dam fixes Posted: 20 Jul 2016 12:30 AM PDT Hundreds of flood victims protested in Magwe Region's Sidoktaya township on July 17, demanding upgrades to local dams and compensation for crops lost to flooding.

Martyrs’ Day crowd packs Yangon’s Bogyoke Aung San Museum Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT People flocked to the Bogyoke Aung San Museum in Yangon's Bahan township yesterday, as nationwide commemorations marked the day 69 years ago that Myanmar's independence hero and eight colleagues were gunned down by a political rival.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Park monument lacks funds Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Additional money is needed to erect a Bogyoke Aung San statue and a Panglong monument in Pindaya township's new Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Park, said National League for Democracy official U Myint Lwin.

Martyrs’ Day makes strides for national reconciliation Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Yesterday's commemoration of the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day was marked by a series of firsts: the first observed under the new government, the first attended by the commander-in-chief and the first held at the newly upgraded Martyrs' Mausoleum.

President U Htin Kyaw observes Waso and Martyrs’ Day Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT On yesterday's double holiday – Martyrs' Day and the full moon day of Waso – President U Htin Kyaw donated Waso robes and honoured fallen martyrs in the Dhammayone, a religious community hall in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Office compound.

Embassy forms team in bid to better protect migrants in Malaysia Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Myanmar embassy in Malaysia launched a migrant protection task force on July 17.

New representatives on Arbitration Council disputed Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Workers are demanding that a new election be held for representatives to the Nay Pyi Taw Arbitration Council, claiming that the recently appointed members were not democratically elected.

Luxury wood seized along border to China Posted: 19 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Police are on the lookout for drivers of two trucks carrying 8 tonnes of illegally harvested padauk logs to China. The abandoned vehicles were seized on July 12 in Kyaingtong/Kengtung township, Shan State.

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