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Article: Nearly all rice mills resume operation in Myanmar cyclone-hit areas
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Nearly all rice mills resume operation in Myanmar cyclone-hit
areas
YANGON, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nearly all rice mills in Myanmar's
Yangon division, which were destroyed in a severe cyclone storm in
early last May, have resumed operation after prompt repair, the
local weekly Voice reported Monday.
These rice mills include 111 in the division and 141 in
Ayeyawaddy divisionion, the Myanmar's Rice Millers Association was
quoted as saying.
The private rice millers are endeavoring to put all the 280 rice
mills in both divisions into full production by the beginning of
next year, the report added.
Ayeyawaddy division was traditionally known as the "rice bowl" of
Myanmar.
In the cyclone ...