A franchise of a UK-based preschool service provider located in northern Yangon has reached its first anniversary and is set to expand to downtown Yangon as well as Mandalay. With aspiring families in the country looking for quality education, demand is on the rise. Before the government opened up the education sector to international investments […]
Yangon shanty towns defy chief minister’s order
June 9, 2016 by
And still they come: Yangon Region authorities are fighting a running battle against the constant proliferation of illegal shanties, which have continued to spring up overnight despite a city ordinance that any new unofficial residents will be arrested. Most of the new shanties can be found in Hlaing Tharyar township, whose industrial zones are a magnet for unemployed workers […]