KOCHI, India, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Myanmar could export as much as 20 tonnes of gold in 2019 after the Southeast Asian country earlier this year permitted exports of the precious metal for the first time in five decades, a senior industry official said on Saturday. A pick-up in legal exports will reduce the smuggling […]
Singapore’s Parkway Cancer Centre opens breast clinic in Yangon
October 11, 2017 by
SINGAPORE’S Parkway Cancer Centre in partnership with breast surgeons from Singapore and Centre for Better Living (CBL) Medical Centre in Yangon, have opened Myanmar’s first specialist breast clinic on September 30, filling a big void in the country’s battle against the deadly disease. The Yangon-based CBL Breast Clinic offers breast cancer screening, early and accurate […]
Strengthening Myanmar’s banking sector is key to economic growth
August 31, 2017 by
Central to Myanmar’s economic development is the reform of its finance sector and specifically its banking sector. Banks play a fundamental role in the transformation of market economies. Recently the government has enacted a series of laws intended to reform and strengthen its banking institutions to restore investors’ confidence and to make capital more accessible. […]
