46 Enterprise Management 3.12 SOURCES OF INFORMATION Most of the information exchange happened through word of mouth. Leaders of quarters, wards or10 households disseminated information about the free immigration projects for national ID card, family registration card, SIM card lottery system, micro finance institutions and more. Through friends, family and neighbours MEs learnt about new job opportunities, suppliers, loan services and business plans. MEs also socialized over games such as cane ball (played like football with a ball made out of cane), carrom, scrabble, cards and so on. A lot of information exchange also happened at the bus/train station, in the ferry, tea/beer cafes, during occasions such as the Pagoda festivals, funeral ceremony and so on. 3.12.1 NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS Customer reading the newspaper at the stall Journal seller selling newspaper on the streets in Yangon More MEs read newspapers and journals in Yangon as compared to the other locations as they did not have time or were not literate enough. Lily (Coconut coir rope maker, Mawlamyine) spent all her time making ropes as it was labour-intensive work and left her with no time to read newspapers. Level of education emerged as another problem. Myat (Sells watches and spectacles, Mawlamyine) never attended school and others like Myint (Toddy juice maker, Mawlamyine) had limited education through the monastery. Both options limited their reading capabilities. Most of the MEs were interested in football and crime news. Some of them also showed interest in Politics while some read specific articles. Olivia (Salon lady, Yangon) was mostly interested in reading classifieds to look up for coaching classes for her son. Zaw (journal seller, Nay Pyi Taw) read all the journals and newspapers. He had to know everything about the latest news as his customers often talked to him about it. He liked reading Pyithu Khit the most. It contained the political news. One ME was interested in Politics and read various journals like Yatasone, Yananthe, Myattashia, Myatpamyagone, D Wave and newspapers like 7 days daily and The Mirror. Myint, the basket weaver bought The Mirror and read the crime section in it. Diya (Bicycle repairer, Yangon) mentioned that she bought crime journals to take precautions for her daughter. Hlaing(Photographer, Mandalay) read newspaper to know about upcoming fashion shows and convocation ceremonies.