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• Over 20,000 Myanmar women stay illegally in Dehong: daily
• Options for a modern or traditional Thingyan
• Public urged to report inferior goods
• Thousands protest over bridge name in Mon State
• Protest against issuing of NRC in Sittwe
• U Ko Ni’s assassination case in court on Friday
• Nursing students happy with govt’s deal
• K30b request to boost Yangon power approved
• Danish support to grow local enterprises

Over 20,000 Myanmar women stay illegally in Dehong: daily Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:53 PM PDT More than 20,000 Myanmar women have married Chinese men and are living illegally in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a Chinese government-owned daily reported last week.

Options for a modern or traditional Thingyan Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:51 PM PDT For the 2017 Thingyan (Water Festival), the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) will strictly enforce rules and regulations pertaining to celebrations, as revelers will be able to choose between a modern form of celebration, or the more traditional festivities.

Public urged to report inferior goods Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:49 PM PDT Action will be taken against unscrupulous traders who market non-standard or low quality goods if the public report them to Yangon Region's consumer dispute settlement body, said U Myint Cho, regional head of Department of Consumer Affairs.

Thousands protest over bridge name in Mon State Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:43 PM PDT Nearly 20,000 people protested yesterday in the Mon State capital of Mawlamyine against a proposal in the Pyithu Hluttaw last week to name the bridge connecting the capital and Chaungzone township after national hero Bogyoke Aung San.

Protest against issuing of NRC in Sittwe Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:40 PM PDT Locals from Sittwe, Maungtaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships in Rakhine State, once again, protested yesterday against a government decision to issue national registration cards (NRC) to people ineligible under the 1982 Citizenship Law.

U Ko Ni’s assassination case in court on Friday Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:33 PM PDT The high-profile killing of National League for Democracy (NLD) legal advisor U Ko Ni will be heard on March 24 at the Yangon Northern District Court.

Nursing students happy with govt’s deal Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:29 PM PDT The Nursing University Student's Union (NUSU) got most of what they had demanded from the government after negotiating with the Ministry of Health and Sports last week.

K30b request to boost Yangon power approved Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:28 PM PDT A request of K30 billion from the special reserved fund, granted by Budget Law of the Union 2016, to be spent for supplying the electricity power shortage in Yangon Region during the summer season was approved by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on March 17 amidst complaints by some MPs about poor electricity conditions in their own regions.

Danish support to grow local enterprises Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:27 PM PDT The Myanmar Enterprises Monitoring System (MEMS), which is jointly set up by the Myanmar Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the government of Denmark, is now up and running.

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