Thai entrepreneurs investing in Myanmar will hold market festival in Yangon later this month to raise relief funds for the country's cyclone survivors, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday.
In cooperation with the Thai Embassy, the activity will take place at the Thai-invested Kandawgyi Hotel on Sept. 21.
At special reduced prices, the items to be sold include Thai-manufactured garments, costumes and various kinds of Thai food, the report said, adding that fashion shows will also be attached.
The proceeds from the market festival will be donated to storm-hit regions, according to the report.
Other local report by the Myanmar Times on Monday said that some German artists will hold auction in Yangon for their paintings on Sept. 6 to help raise fund for the storm survivors.
Meanwhile, 12 Myanmar famous artists have been invited to participate in a mobile international painting auction, organized by one of the world's famous auction companies, Sothebys and Christices, touring around four big international cities, other local reports said.
These four cities are Hong Kong, London, San Fransisco and New York.
The event designates each artist to present two paintings for auction, half of the proceeds are set to be donated to Myanmar's cyclone-hit regions.
Many noted and rich entrepreneurs from these big cities will be invited to bid for the paintings in the auction, it said.
More painting show, aimed at raising relief fund for the cyclone-damaged Mawlamyainggyun township in Ayeyawaddy delta, was held in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon last week, in which 95 artists from Yangon and Mandalay took part.
Meanwhile, popular Myanmar musicians and vocalists as well as those from the Myanmar-Chinese community have also been holding a series of live shows in the country in the post-Nargis period to help raise relief funds for the cyclone survivors and for reconstruction of the storm-ravaged regions.
Deadly cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on last May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and massive infrastructure damage.
Official death toll showed the storm killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 missing and 19,359 injured.
Source:Xinhua
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