• The Moken face a 'settled' future ( By Zon Pann Pwint )
27/9/10

"I HAVE read widely on the Moken and most literature depicts a culture and traditions caught in the mists of time, but such accounts are out of touch with the reality of life at present," says writer U Sein Myo Myint. "The lives of the Moken have already changed."
He has taken three trips to the Myeik Archipelago, the most recent being in 2008. The result of his travels is To the Beauties of Myeik Archipelago, which was published in January 2010.
"In recent times Moken families would live on their boats and rove around the sea, but now their nomadic lives have metamorphosed into a more settled life on land," he says.

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• Myanmar Sand News
20/8/09

Singapore is buying hundred of thousands tons of sand every month according to 7Days News Journal. Surveys have been done during the months of Feb 2009. There were about 6 companies trying to export sea sand and 1 company for river sand. The 6 companies are SBC, S-Marine, Star High, Sim Liang Huat, Diamond Palace and a Thai company represented by Shwe Phone Aung Kyaw co. The combined export of existing companies totalled about 500,000 tones and each 1 cubic meter (roughly 1.5 ton) fetched 3 us$ according to Star High. Myanmar Economic Holding Corporation (MEH) is solely responsible for permitting sand extraction from Myanmar. Those companies who have got the right to supply sand to Singapore government have to open an office in Myanmar and must apply for permit to extract and export sand from MEH. Those who won the tender usually are able to export 1.5 million cubic meter (approx. 2.25 million tons) within a year.

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News from The Myanmar Time June 8 -14, 2007      News from 7Days New April  2 ,  2009

• Island paradise under stress from local lifestyles

Still relatively new as a travel destination, Myeik Archipelago is suffering from a lack of regulation that some in the travel industry worry could destory the area's natural beauty and keep potential visitors away.

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• Sailing out into the blue horizon

On a recent voyage among the islands of the Myeik Archipelago, Khin Hninn Phyu explored the blue green waters of this untouched paradise in Myanmar's far south.

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News from The Myanmar Time May 21 -27, 2007

• Nemo's Around the World

News from The Myanmar Time May 18 -24, 2007

• Burma's Forbidden Island

Frederique Lengaigne and Klaus Reisinger take their cameras to one of Earth’s last frontiers: the Mergui archipelago of Myanmar, the country once known as Burma. The largely uncharted chain of more than 800 islands, cradled by pristine reefs and turquoise waters, has recently been declared off-limits to outsiders by the country’s government . . .

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• Gypsy Secret: Children of sea see clearly underwater

For hundreds of years, small nomadic tribes called sea gypsies have lived among the islands of Southeast Asia, earning fame for their swimming and diving skills. Sea-gypsy children regularly collect food such as clams and sea cucumbers off the ocean floor. A research team studying one sea-gypsy tribe has now found that its children have better-than-normal underwater vision because their eyes adapt to the liquid environment . . .

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• Looking beyond short-term considerations

MYANMAR is looking beyond short-term considerations in promoting its tourism industry, with a focus on benefiting not only travellers but also the people who work in the industry, said leading tourism experts from the government and private sectors.

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News from The Myanmar Time October 17 -23, 2005

• Myeik Archipelago: for nature and adventure lovers

SHIMMERING blue-green ocean water, untouched forests, huge rocks and cliffs, and beaches of pure white sand are what await visitors to Myeik Archipelago, one of the world's last great secret destinations.

Located in far southern Myanmar, Myeik Archipelago consists of more than 800 islands dotting the Andaman Sea between the towns of Myeik and Kawthaung . . .

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News from The Myanmar Time October 17 -23, 2005

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