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Kachin State Inks Border Business Park Deal With China-Myanmar Joint Venture

March 11, 2020 by Thiha

YANGON—The Kachin State government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Chinese-backed company to develop a business park project in Kanpiketi, a border town in northern Myanmar, as part of Beijing’s ambitious grand infrastructure plan, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). On Wednesday, the MOU was signed by the state government and Myanmar […]

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Manila Water seeks bigger projects in Yangon, Bandung

April 25, 2017 by Thiha

Manila Water Company, a member of the Ayala Group of companies, is planning to submit scaled-up proposals in the third quarter of 2017 for prospective water concessions in Myanmar and Indonesia following the success of its pilot projects. In a press briefing after the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, MWC Chief Operating Officer for New Business […]

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Can Myanmar’s garment industry deliver decent jobs?

March 20, 2017 by Thiha

Myanmar was ruled by a military junta for 50 years. After such a long period of economic isolation, foreign investment is now booming as economic sanctions have been lifted following Myanmar’s first steps towards democracy. The export-oriented garment industry is benefiting from these new opportunities and is expanding at a rapid rate. Lured by low […]

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YCDC planner targets 30 percent parkland

March 24, 2016 by thiha

It isn’t easy keeping Yangon green, what with the heat, developers’ voracious appetite for empty land, and the council’s lack of resources. But municipal officials say they are hopeful they can more than double the amount of green space in Yangon under a new zoning plan, taking the figure up to 30 percent. U Toe Aung, a […]

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Myanmar Teachers and Administrators Complete Educational Leadership Training at WIU; Second Myanmar Group at Western Since 2014 MOU Agreement Established

May 21, 2015 by thiha

MACOMB, IL — Last Monday, 30 teachers and administrators from across Myanmar completed leadership training at Western Illinois University. As part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at expanding educational opportunities between Western and the International Language & Business Center (ILBC) of Yangon (Myanmar), the teachers took part in the “Educational Leadership Institute.” The […]

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Myanmar’s Railway site to be revived for tourism

January 13, 2015 by thiha

Homegrown Tala Mon Company has been awarded a contract by the local government to develop a museum, hotel, park and other tourist facilities at the Death Railway site in Thanbyuzayat township in Mon state. Min Banyar San, chairman, Tala Mon Company, told TTG Asia e-Daily that the work is expected to begin within the next […]