YANGON,
January 10 (Xinhuanet) -- There are 201 cinemas in the
whole of Myanmar,
mostly owned by private enterprises, according
to the Myanma Motion Picture
Enterprise (MMPE), a state-run
organization under the Ministry of
Information.
Of the 201 cinemas, 136 are wholly private-run,
while 58 are
being leased for private operation on a long- and short-term
basis.
The remaining seven are under the MMPE.
There are
about 400 million movie goers annually in Myanmar,
according to the MMPE
statistics.
Besides, there are also over 32,000 video parlors in
the
country, the statistics show.
Myanmar formed the Motion
Picture Promotion and Scrutiny Board
in early 1952. Up to 2000, it has since
then presented a total of
243 film academy awards to successful
artists.
Myanmar also set up a Motion Picture Association in
1989 and a
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