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IFC Approves Support for Controversial Tycoon’s Mandalay Cement Project

September 1, 2017 by Thiha

The World Bank’s private sector lending arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has given the go ahead to support a multi-million dollar plan to expand a cement factory in Mandalay Region, operated by the Shwe Taung Conglomerate. The firm’s chairman, Aik Htun, had been alleged by US authorities to have had ties to the drug […]

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Yangon Planning Committee Wants Public Access to Riverfront

December 5, 2013 by thiha

YANGON — In order to get a sight of their city’s river, residents of Burma’s commercial capital currently cram into a few jetties where they can take morning exercise or evening walks. But soon, they may have more space. That is if the city’s committee working on urban planning gets its way. During a public […]

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