The Chin State government wants to prioritise a number of hydropower projects in order that more development can come to the state, which is the poorest in the Union. The state, bordering Bangladesh and India in western Myanmar and traversed by a number of mountain ranges with fast-flowing rivers, has seen much interest from foreign […]
Garments sector poised to boom in Pathein
January 11, 2019 by
The garment industry seems poised to boom in Ayeyarwady Region, with a company developing an industrial park near Pathein signing a contract with a Chinese firm that plans to build 50 garment factories within two years. The new factories would dramatically expand the town’s nascent manufacturing sector, which has for several years been attracting interest […]
People Can Veto Power Plant: Energy Boss
October 12, 2016 by
According to energy ministry’s permanent deputy secretary San Yu, the highly controversial coal-fired Tijit power plant in southern Shan State, will not be restarted if the people oppose it. “The Tijit power plant is still shut down and the project’s fate depends on what the people want. It will not be forced,” said San Yu. […]
Chin urge transparency on Mwe Taung mining project
September 27, 2013 by
Chin political parties and residents are calling for transparency over a Chinese-backed project, with some warning that the project could lead to a repeat of the unrest seen at the Letpadaung copper mine. Geological studies of the Mwe Taung Phar Taung area – on the border of Chin State’s Tiddim township and Sagaing Region’s Kale […]
