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Restoration project reopens ‘best view in Yangon’

December 13, 2018 by Thiha

Through a doorway where colonial shoppers once flocked, up several flights of steps and a wrought-iron spiral staircase, there lies one of the most splendid sights in downtown Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. Gazing to the left from a panoramic roof terrace, almost within touching distance, is the top of the gleaming Sule Pagoda. Slightly beyond […]

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Zaykabar forcibly demolishes houses in Yangon

November 6, 2017 by Thiha

YANGON- Some houses in Satmuzonetoochey-1 Street of Mingaladon Township, Yangon, were forcibly demolished by staff from Zaykabar Company yesterday afternoon. Since the beginning of 2012, Zaykabar had faced a lawsuit over possession of 11.077 acres situated in Satmuzonetoochey-1 Street, Mingaladon Township with four farmers. The land possession case had taken nearly six years and it […]

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British day out in Yangon

November 20, 2013 by thiha

“See Bagan and live. See Angkor Wat and die,” says my guide Phaphophon Chantharawattanakul, quoting British historian Arnold Toynbee, as he leads me on a stroll through the streets of Old Yangon. “See Yangon and cry,” I retort, narrowly avoiding getting run over as we brave Yangon’s crazy traffic to reach Sule Pagoda. Founded and […]

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Conservation projects in Yangon face long road ahead

November 12, 2013 by thiha

Several high-profile renovation projects for Yangon’s most iconic heritage structures tendered by the state one year ago have yet to begin as the government is slow to rubberstamp master plans, while some development firms have yet to submit them, officials said. In November last year, the Myanmar Investment Commission chose four firms to separately convert […]