Traditional Chinlon playing for paying respects to old-aged players to be held
A traditional cane ball-playing event for paying respects to old-aged players to commemorate its 20th anniversary, which will last for one month, will hold at the Kyauk Myaung traditional chinlon (cane ball) sport hall beginning from 2nd September, it was learnt. At the event the chinlon player groups in Yangon Division will play more than 100 sports activities weekly on Saturdays and Sundays as a symbol of paying respects to the old aged chinlon players.
7-Day News Journal

Mid Year Gems Emporium to be held in October
The gems traders who wanted to sell their jades and precious stones can submit their gems to the Myanmar Gems Trading Headquarters during August 16 to the end of September, it was learnt. The sales of pearl lots and gems will be sold at the Myanmar Gems Hall on 21 and 22 October and the sales of the jades will be held at Myanmar Convention Center (MCC) on the rest days. The pearls and the gems will be sell by Euro currency and not only the foreigners but also local traders who possess the license of exploiting the gems and permit to sell the gems can also buy the precious stones, it was learnt.
Weekly Eleven Journal

Helping hand NICA for Artists
Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (NICA) will help for any artists to launch their data on internet. Those who like such launching may send bio-data, kind of skillful art, hobby, training attended, activities performed, photos and experiences free to NICA. The group is the party conducting the artistic movements and if willing to its depth visit www.artstream.myanmar.com.
The Myanmar Times

BADA assists scholarship 14 University students
Myanmar Border Area Development Association (BADA),One of the NGOs, in cooperation with FIRE fly is planning to provide Scholarship for the coming academic year to 14 University students to whom are selected. That student aiming to grant Scholarships are brilliant is learning but deprived.
The Myanmar Times Journal

Myanmar Traditional Recipe Contest holds soon
There is 2-days longed Myanmar Traditional Recipe contest, under the aegis of ministry of Hotel & Tourism to be held during coming two months. The contest watching by Myanmar chef Association and with the help of Myanmar Toruism Association, Hoteliers Association and Myanmar Marketing Promotion Committee and its Ministry.
The Myanmar Times Journal

Myanmar Hotel & Tour businessmen will participate at Thailand Tourism Mart-TTM 2006
The hotel and tour businessmen from Myanmar will take part and will open booths at the Thailand Tourism mart-TTM 2006, it was learnt. That Show will be held in Bangkok at CHALLENGER 3, IMPACT Maung Thong Thani from September 24 to 29.The exhibition is jointly arranged by the Thailand Authority of Travels (TAT), and FETTA, Thailand Airlines and private companies, it was learnt.
Weekly Eleven Journals

Tender for National Library
The newly-built National Library equipped with new elevators on 10.692 acre plot at the junction of Eastern Race Course Street and laydauntkan Street in Tamway Township, Yangon will be auctioned at a floor price of K 10,000 million. Proposal forms will be available at K 1,000 each commencing 11 August and the tender forms are to be submitted from 10 am to 4 pm only on 24 August at the National Library.