Kandawgyi

Pedestrian-Only Zone at Mandalay Thingyan

March 13, 2017 by thiha

The 26th Street to the south of the Mandalay palace moat will be closed to vehicular traffic during the Thingyan festival next month and turned into pedestrian-only zone to avoid traffic congestion, said U Ye Mon, deputy mayor of Mandalay Region. He said 26th Street to the south of the moat was usually […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Deputy Mayor of Mandalay Region, Information Committee Member U Kyaw San Myint, Kandawgyi, mandalay, Mandalay City Development Committee Public Relations, The Myanmar Times, U Ye Mon

Yangon MPs demand park protection

September 5, 2016 by thiha

The Yangon Regional Government Rights Committee chairman Khin Maung Win has pledged to retake ownership of public parks. “We are monitoring the proposal on restoring ownership of public places for the people as a first priority. We are tracking the proposal to see whether the government will implement the proposal,” said Khin Maung on August […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Inya Lake, Kandawgyi, Khin Maung Win, Mya Kyun Tha, Mya Kyun Tha Park, Myawsinkyun, Nay Phon Latt, The Secretariat Office, The Yangon Regional Government Rights Committee, Thingangyun township

Steering Yangon clear of urban disaster

October 27, 2015 by Thiha

Smart urban planning will determine Yangon’s future and – if the government gets it right – could be worth tens of billions of US dollars. U Thant Myint-U, founder of non-profit Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT), said yesterday that urban policy planning will determine whether or not Yangon will have a multi-billion-dollar-a-year tourism industry. “It will […]