Myanmar’s professed commitment to competition reform has come under fire after the government packed the new Competition Commission with bureaucrats serving under a minister. Six out of the 11-member body, including the chair, are government officials, while only one identifies as an economist. Appointing Commerce Minister U Than Myint as Commission chair is “questionable” since […]
New Competition Commission already under fire
June 26, 2019 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Commerce Minister, Commission chair, Competition Commission, competition reform, infant stage, Member, serious body, The competition regime, U Than Myint
Clashing with the law, SEZ body to resurrect Dawei megaproject
July 18, 2018 by Thiha
Myanmar’s SEZ working body announced that the long-suspended Dawei SEZ project will be resurrected this October, in a move which is set to clash with the Environmental Conservation Law because there is no known site-wide environment assessment conducted or approved. U Than Myint, chair of the SEZ Central Working Body, said during a meeting with […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: 2015 Environmental Impact Assessment, Bangkok, Chair, Charlie Thame, Commerce Minister, Dawei, Dawei megaproject, Dawei SEZ, Dawei SEZ Project, ECC, EIA, EIA consultation process, Environmental Compliance Certificate, Environmental Conservation Law, hluttaw, Htee-Khee village, ICJ, International Commission of Jurists, Italian-Thai Development, ITD, Japan, Loan, Myanmar, National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, NGOs, Premchai Karnasuta, Private Sector Development Committee, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Sean Bain, Tanintharyi communities, Tanintharyi Region, Thai firm, Thailand, Thammasat University, the ICJ’s legal adviser, U Than Myint, World Wildlife Fund, WWF
Suu Kyi’s man in Yangon under fire over transit deal with China
August 7, 2017 by Thiha
Aung San Suu Kyi’s first major infrastructure project could hardly be more visible – hundreds of new yellow buses now plying the streets of Yangon in what her ruling party hopes will be a potent symbol of how it is transforming peoples’ lives. But two deals to import 2,000 buses from China estimated at more […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: a Yangon NLD lawmaker, an engineer, Anhui Ankai Automobil Co Ltd, aung san suu kyi, Beijing's ambassador, Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd, businessman Kyaw Ne Win, China, Chinese companies, Chinese embassy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Commerce Minister, diplomats, discount price, domestic economy, electric vehicles, European, European actors, express delivery, French, global director, grandson of former junta leader Ne Win, Hong Liang, import, International Finance Corporation, international standard, japanese, Kyaw Zay Ya, lower quality, Myanmar, Myint Thaung, National League for Democracy, new yellow buses, NLD, open tender process, Phyo Min Thein, planning and landscape, Privately-owned Zhengzhou Yutong, public-private joint venture, Reuters, Robert Marshall, Rohingya Muslim Minority, Roland Kobia, semi-civilian government, Soe Aung, Southeast Asian Nation, Than Myint, the EU ambassador, transit network, World Bank's investment arm, Yangon, Yangon Bus Public Company, Yangon region's minister of planning and finance, Yangon's antiquated transit system, Yangon's chief minister, YBPC, YBPC chairman Maung Aung, Yuxiang Tang, Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co
India’s Myanmar Policy
February 27, 2015 by thiha
Indian foreign policy has changed markedly since the 1990s, driven by realism and its own economic and strategic interests. One important change has been the increased attention New Delhi has been paying to Southeast Asia over the past two decades. The government of P. V. Narasimha Rao, which initiated India’s “Look East Policy,” also recognized […]
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