YANGON — The Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee says it lost confidence in the consortium led by a Thai construction company due to breaches of contract at the mega project in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region. Last week, Italian-Thai Development Public Co. Ltd. (ITD) announced that it received a notification of termination of its […]
Conditions Nearly Set for Dawei SEZ Initial Phase to Begin: Govt Committee
August 5, 2019 by
YANGON— The Myanmar government is currently negotiating the conditions precedent (CPs) with the concessionaires for the initial phase of construction work on the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a US$8-billion (about 12.16 trillion kyats) project that includes a deep seaport. The strategic project in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region is set to be Southeast Asia’s largest […]
Dawei SEZ may make local communities worse off: study
December 6, 2018 by
Research shows that the scaling up and regularisation of trade and investment through Dawei Special Economic Zone has a risk to narrow, restrict, or reduce economic spaces or practices in which women predominate, pushing women towards precarious positions in labour hierarchies. Dawei Development Association (DDA), affected community members and EarthRights International launched a new report […]
Villagers Support Dawei SEZ Resumption but Demand Fairness
December 3, 2018 by
YANGON—Villagers residing on the site of the initial phase of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Tanintharyi Division cautiously welcomed a recent agreement by Thailand and Myanmar to resume the project’s initial phase and upgrade a highway leading to the location, saying their homes are almost entirely lacking in basic services. Early this month, […]
Plans afoot for Dawei SEZ and Thai Border road link with Thai loans
July 18, 2018 by
Plans are underway to seek loans from Thailand to build two-lane Dawei-Htikhee road included in the Dawei Special Economic Zone project, said Union Minister for Commerce Dr Than Myint, who is also chairman of Myanmar SEZ Central Work Committee. The construction has been agreed and approval sought from relevant parliaments. The government is also working […]
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