The Myanmar authorities have sped up efforts in recent months to increase the country’s attractiveness for global manufacturers. The latest move was revealed in September by the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) and concerns the move to allow local and foreign investors into industrial zones across the country. This follows requests by companies from Hong Kong […]
Myanmar courting global producers
January 12, 2017 by Thiha
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Sales in Yangon’s East North New City are ‘dreary’ say realtors
September 4, 2015 by Thiha
Yangon Mayor U Hla Myint told the regional parliament last June that the East North New City had been awarded first priority among the seven new city projects devised by the Strategic Urban Development Plan for Greater Yangon 2040. He stressed the importance of its location between the future Hantharwaddy Airport and Thilawa Port and […]
Shwedagon and Yangon cannot be divided, says forum speaker
May 20, 2015 by thiha
Shwedagon Pagoda is the historical and cultural centre of Yangon, and if its character should fade, the character of Yangon will also fade away, said Daw Hlaing Maw Oo, assistant director of the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development’s Urban and Regional Planning Division. If modern high-rise buildings are built close to the pagoda, […]
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