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• Small water pumps banned at three sides of palace moat
• New market building for Sittwe
• Billboard guidelines for Bagan cultural zone
• Bid for Pone Taung-Pone Nyar heritage listing
• NUSU holds protest over unlicensed nurses ban
• ‘Moe Pyar’ case proceedings delayed
• FDA testing foods in Pyin Oo Lwin
• Myanmar Now chief reporter assailed
• Factory workers demand 10-day leave for water festival
• Advanced votes can be cast beginning March 22

Small water pumps banned at three sides of palace moat Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:43 PM PDT The public will not be allowed to use small water pumps along three streets bordering the Mandalay palace moat this coming Thingyan (Water Festival), said U Ye Myat Thu, member of the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC).

New market building for Sittwe Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:39 PM PDT A new building which will be constructed to replace the May Yu market in Sittwe township, Rakhine State, will include facilities such as a playground, hall, cinema and restaurants, as well as 268 shop lots offering goods such as clothing, commodities and electronic products.

Billboard guidelines for Bagan cultural zone Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:38 PM PDT Guidelines for the erection of billboards in the Bagan cultural zone will be drawn up to ensure that they conform to the structure of ancient buildings in the area, said Daw Yu Yu Lin, coordinator with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Bagan's tourism development project.

Bid for Pone Taung-Pone Nyar heritage listing Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:37 PM PDT The Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library is keen on getting World Heritage listing for the Pone Taung-Pone Nyar region, where fossils of the earliest primates have been discovered.

NUSU holds protest over unlicensed nurses ban Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:30 PM PDT Some 500 student nurses marched on the streets of Yangon yesterday in protest over the Ministry of Health and Sports' directive to bar nurses who do not complete the required three years' service in government hospitals from working at private hospitals.

‘Moe Pyar’ case proceedings delayed Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:27 PM PDT The prosecution of 'Moe Pyar' doctrine founder U Nyana and his followers will be delayed as the authorities have yet to obtain court warrants to proceed, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (MORAC) U Myint Oo told The Myanmar Times on March 13.

FDA testing foods in Pyin Oo Lwin Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:26 PM PDT The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Mandalay is testing jams and various other food items produced in Pyin Oo Lwin township, Mandalay Region, to ensure safety and raise awareness on cleanliness among consumers.

Myanmar Now chief reporter assailed Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:20 PM PDT The chief reporter of The Myanmar Now was threatened by nationalists through Facebook after writing a follow-up story about NLD legal advisor U Ko Ni's assassination. He was also assailed on March 14 by three men.

Factory workers demand 10-day leave for water festival Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:19 PM PDT About 500 workers at Running Tex, a Chinese-owned garment factory in Ngwe Pin Lae industrial zone in Hlaing Tharyar township, Yangon Region, launched a strike on March 15 to demand 10 days' leave during the Thingyan (Water Festival) ushering in the Myanmar New Year.

Advanced votes can be cast beginning March 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:16 PM PDT Voter identification cards for the upcoming by-election will be issued by the Union Election Commission (UEC) and those ID cards can be collected at the respective UEC sub-offices beginning from March 17 until March 30, according to a UEC announcement.

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