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“Data provide a detailed portrait of the Burmese- American community in the United Statesâ€
The Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA) is pleased to announce the publication of a statistical report for Burmese Americans in the United States printed on October 2012. The report is written by Aung M. Naing who was a chair for the Burmese Complete Count Committee. The first historic Burmese Complete Count Committee (BCCC) and U.S. Census Bureau have formed a partnership in December 23, 2008 to obtain a complete count in year 2010 U.S. Census for the Burmese (Myanmar) population and improve access to community resources that benefit the Burmese-American Communities in the United States.
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A Taste of authentic food from Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), and Thailand
presented by Network of Myanmar American Association
“The purpose of the event is to bring Southeast Asian communities together in Los Angeles area through different ethnic food and flavorsâ€
FREE Admission
DATE: June 3, 2012 (Sunday)
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Mark Keppel High School (Cafeteria)
501 E. Hellman Avenue
Alhambra, CA 91801
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source: Associated Press (AP)
HONG KONG — Michelle Yeoh says she hopes her portrayal of Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie will raise awareness about the Myanmar pro-democracy leader’s story.
The former Bond girl recently wrapped up shooting for the Luc Besson biopic, The Lady, in Thailand.
Suu Kyi spent 14 of the past 20 years in detention. She was released in November following elections that replaced the ruling military junta with a nominally civilian government. Critics called the elections, which were boycotted by Suu Kyi’s party, a charade. Her party won the last elections in 1990 but was prevented from taking power.
By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) — A powerful earthquake hit Myanmar Thursday near its borders with China, Thailand and Laos, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake hit in eastern Myanmar, about 70 miles (110 km) from Chiang Rai, Thailand, the survey reported.
It had a magnitude of 6.8, the survey said, revising the estimate down from an initial reading of 7.0.
It was a relatively shallow quake, which can be very destructive. The Geological Survey initially said the quake had a depth of 142 miles (230km), but it later revised its estimate to say the quake was 6 miles (10 km) deep, putting it fairly close to the surface.
The U.S. Census Bureau today released more detailed 2010 Census population totals and demographic characteristics to the governor and leadership of the state legislature in California. These data provide the first look at population counts for small areas and race, Hispanic origin, voting age and housing unit data released from the 2010 Census.
The official 2010 Census Redistricting Data Summary File can be used to redraw federal, state and local legislative districts under Public Law 94-171. The census data are used by state officials to realign congressional and state legislative districts in their states, taking into account population shifts since the 2000 Census.
The British colonial-era buildings in Yangon are in dire need of repair after years of neglect. Activists seek to preserve the structures, which they fear will be leveled by Chinese property developers.
source: Los Angeles Times, Reporting from Yangon, Myanmar —
They stand like ghosts from a bygone era, struggling to maintain a shabby dignity in the face of creeping foliage and years of neglect, all the while fueling a debate: Should they be protected as rare treasures or leveled as worthless junk?
Preservationists fear that Yangon’s several hundred colonial-era buildings, a legacy of the British Empire at its height, will succumb to voracious Chinese property developers with a history of building tacky shopping malls for a quick buck.
Several low- and mid-market malls have sprouted up in recent years, most a few miles from the run-down, old downtown area where the vintage buildings are concentrated, raising concern that Yangon will become just another noisy, ugly Asian city of mini-malls and sprawl.
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The U.S. population grew 9.7% in the past decade to 308,745,538, the slowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau says.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2010 Census showed the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2010, was 308,745,538. The resident population represented an increase of 9.7 percent over the 2000 U.S. resident population of 281,421,906. The U.S. resident population represents the total number of people in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The most populous state was California (37,253,956); the least populous, Wyoming (563,626). The state that gained the most numerically since the 2000 Census was Texas (up 4,293,741 to 25,145,561) and the state that gained the most as a percentage of its 2000 Census count was Nevada (up 35.1% to 2,700,551).