Most of Myanmar’s civil servants want to retire in Yangon, the country’s economic capital, according to a government survey. U Kyaw Lin, deputy minister of Construction, told the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) on Monday that his ministry and the Ministry of Planning and Finance conducted the survey of civil servants who were due to retire […]
Yangon elevated expressway doesn’t need MIC approval: official
January 29, 2018 by
The Yangon elevated expressway project is a government-to-government project and it doesn’t need approval from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC), according to the MIC. “Government-to-government projects are not submitted to the MIC. If the investment is made by public, private and partnership and as a developer, it is submitted to the MIC. The infrastructure projects […]
New Urban Development Projects for Six Satellite Townships in the Works
August 10, 2017 by
The Ministry of Construction (MOC) is planning new urban development projects for six satellite townships as part of a strategic plan to develop Yangon, according to the MOC and the Department of Urban and Housing Development. Six new satellite towns – Shwe Lin Ban, Pan Hlaing, Thilawa, Front Dagon, Htauk Kyant as well as the […]
Tender to Be Called for Highway Upgrading
April 26, 2017 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list The Ministry of Construction will call for international firms to tender for upgrading works on a 40-mile section of the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay Highway starting at Yangon, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary U Kyaw Lin said on April 10. The upgrading works, which will use an Asia Development Bank’s […]
Ministry Aims at 1 Million Housing Units by 2030
March 11, 2017 by
The Ministry of Construction has planned to implement one million units by 2030, according to the government’s housing development plan. The plan began in 2012 and it is intended to be implemented over the course of five years. As the plan is reaching its first five-year marker, the government should be building an estimated […]
More Than 2000 Low-Cost Units to Go on Sale
October 27, 2016 by
More than 2000 low-cost apartments will go on the market next month as a wave of government construction projects nears completion, officials have announced. The Department of Urban and Housing Development said the three projects, in two Yangon townships, were being made ready for sale. “Sales of the 2208 apartments will begin in November,” said […]
Condominium Rules to be Finalised in December
October 19, 2016 by
THE Ministry of Construction has put concerted efforts to finalise the condominium rules, which will include exact provisions and procedures before the end of December, according to a spokesperson of the ministry’s Department of Urban and Housing Development. The ministry and relevant organisations have been developing the Condominium Law since 2013. It aims to establish […]
