- Title: BURMA: Jade Factory
- Date: 5th February 1974
- Summary: R1/2-Mrs. Whitlam party walk along factory -Party passing raw material jade rocks are located. -Party look around various stage of jade processing -Some CU shots of processed jade products. -Perls displayed. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th February 1974 12:00
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- Location: Jade Factory, Rangoon
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- Country: Burma (Myanmar)
- Reuters ID: LVA44BFUDQ120JKBWAT3W4YYJ6O2
- Story Text: Once on twice in a year, Burmese government invites jewerly dealers form all over the world and hold a auction for the jade, red saphire, perl selling.
Around three to five hundred dealers participate for the auction and more or less thirty million US dollars of jewerlys are sold during the year.
Jade and saphires are very popular in this coutry but there are not many jewerly store in the city as most production of jewerly are sold during the acction only.
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