Alex Ganbaa moved to the United
States in late August and Joshua Gurbazar two weeks ago. Both are from Mongolia
and are learning English. They have supporting each other in their language
class as they can relate with each other on several levels.
We
asked several MPs about the status of the gender law. Their answers follow.
S.Lambaa said the proposal for a fixed quota was holding up passage of the law.
He was a member of the working group on the gender law draft in
Large
foreign companies have borrowed USD760 million to finance their work in
Mongolia but all of this is from foreign sources. With the Central Bank’s
policy interest rates high, commercial banks cannot charge lower interests and
thus cannot service loan demands. The Central Bank
The Political Council
of the Civil Will Party met yesterday and approved by majority vote the
alliance offer of the Green Party. The issue will now be discussed by the
party’s National Committee on November 20. That meeting will also debate the
2010 activity
Turkey and Mongolia signed a
memorandum of understanding during the sixth-term joint economic committee
meeting in Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday. The memorandum was signed by Turkish State
Minister & Deputy Premier Bulent Arinc and Mongolia”s Environment &
Tourism Minister L. Gansukh.
Two other protocols were
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry has
announced a contest among soums to promote an increase in both the number and productivity
of Mongolian camels. Two soums will be
chosen for an award after the number of camels in the last
The census will be held between November 11and 17. Citizens
who live abroad can get themselves registered on the Internet. Those who plan
to leave the country during that period should get themselves counted in a
preliminary enumeration between November 8 and 10
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