The Yangon Region government has received over the 12,000 applications for request of proposals (ROPs) for land sold by the government, a Yangon official said. There were over 15,000 application forms issued by the government when it first announced the land sale. The regional government started selling the ROP forms for K10000 (US$6.60) each on […]
Yangon Officials see High Public Interest in Land Sale
November 25, 2019 by thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Hlaing Tharyar, Hmawbi township, ROP, Shwe Lin Ban industrial zone, Shwe Pyi Thar, U Maung Maung Soe, U Than, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC), Yangon Region
Yangon government reviews cinema rental fee
September 7, 2017 by thiha
Yangon Region government is reviewing the rental fee for state owned and private cinemas, Minister Daw Naw Pan Thinzar Myo for Karen Affairs said Tuesday at Yangon Region Parliament session. MP U Kyaw Zay Ya from Dagon Township asked the parliament when the regional government started renting out cinemas and stalls in Yangon Region and […]
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Government to open vocational training schools for dropouts in Yangon
August 21, 2017 by Thiha
The Yangon government and the Ministry of Education will start collaboration in running vocational training schools in the region to help youth dropouts find gainful employment, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein said. “Children who drop out from school will finally have a chance to get access to education that they can afford,” U […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, government, government technical institutes, Hlaing Tharyar, Mandalay Region, minister for education, Ministry of Education, MOE, Myanmar Literacy Resource Center, non-formal education school, Shwe Pyi Thar, State Counsellor, U Myo Thein Gyi, U Phyo Min Thein, Unicef, vocational training schools, Yangon, Yangon Chief Minister
Ministry Constructs Reduced Cost Housing For Public Servants
August 11, 2017 by thiha
The Ministry of Planning and Finance has announced a plan to build housing projects to lease exclusively to public servants at reduced rates, beginning later this year. The Ministry of Planning and Finance has designated regions in Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Yangon, and a few other states and regions as target areas for government housing projects, according […]
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Bidding for Waste-to-Energy Plant Soon
July 6, 2017 by thiha
The next energy plant which can recycle all waste and rubbish produced in Yangon will be built after calling for tenders, according to Dr Aung Myint Maw, Assistant Chief Engineer, Pollution Control and Cleansing Department of Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). The cost for building the plant was equally shared by both governments while the […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Assistant Chief Engineer, Cleansing Department of Yangon City Development Committee, Dala, Dr Aung Myint Maw, Hlaing Tharyar, Japanese governments, Mingaladon, Mingaladon Township, Myanmar, North Dagon, Pollution Control, Seikgyi Kanaungto Townships, Shwe Pyi Thar, The Next Energy Plant, Yangon, YCDC
Small industrial zones lack government support
August 26, 2016 by thiha
Investment should be directed toward upgrading the country’s ageing industrial zones, as the government contemplates launching new ones, say Yangon industrialists. As the Yangon Region government and Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) mull the regeneration of the country’s industrial base, the owners of existing factories say more can be done to make them competitive. U Ko […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Dawei, Kyaukphyu, Myanmar investment commission, Myanmar-Japan Thilawa Development, North, North Dagon Industrial, Rakhine State, Shwe Pyi Thar, South Dagon, Tanintharyi Region, Thilawa SEZ, U Aung Naing Oo, U Ko Gyi, U Ko Lay, U Min Thu Myint, U Myint Zaw, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein, Yangon Region
Government plans housing for 16,000 factory workers
June 12, 2015 by thiha
The government is planning a housing rental project for 16,000 factory workers from Hlaing Tharyar and Shwe Pyi Thar industrial zones, according to Daw Win Maw Tun, deputy minister for labour, in the first such move to support the private sector. The housing will be dormitory-style for single men and women, with the intention to […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Accommodation, Daw Win Maw Tun, factory, government, Hlaing Tharyar, housing, industrial zones, Ko Thant Zin Oo, Ma Aye Aye Phyo, Ministry of Labour, Plan, Shwe Pyi Thar, Social Security Board, SSB, U Myat Thin Aung, U Nay Myo Win, U Thein Sein, workers
YCDC’s $10m toilet and toll-gate tender
March 25, 2015 by thiha
Yangon City Development Committee has finished its annual tenders for private companies to run 37 businesses under its Departments of Revenue and Markets, such as toll gates and public toilets. The 37 separate tenders have generated about K9.97 billion (US$9.65 million) in income for city coffers, with the winning companies set to take over the […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bayinnaung, Department of Engineering, Hlaing Tharyar, Hledan, Insein, Kabar Aye, Kayay Pin, Market department, Mingalardon, Pazundaung, Revenue Department, San Pya, Shwe Pyi Thar, Thanthumar, U Nay Win, Waizayandar, Yangon City Development Committee, YCDC
Angry Thilawah SEZ residents to take legal actions
September 26, 2013 by thiha
Angry Thilawah Special Economic Zone (SEZ) residents and land-owners are preparing to take legal actions against the divisional government over compensation. “The Yangon divisional government informed us to wait for a week on August 23. They assured us that they would negotiate the best offer. We would contest a legal suit if they do not […]
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