Three gas turbine power plants expect to generate sufficient electricity supply next year

Three new natural gas-fired power plants with the capacity to generate more than 450 megawatts of power are expected to go live before the coming summer season. That should satisfy the energy demands of the country for 2018, said U Khin Maung Lay, deputy managing director of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s (MOEE) Electric […]

8,000 affordable flats to be established within five years in Mandalay Region

Mandalay Region authorities plan to develop affordable housing with 8,000 apartments across the region within five years, according to the Urban and Housing Development Department (Mandalay). The project aims to fulfill the housing needs of residents as well as to stabilise the local property market. The department recently invited eligible persons who do not own […]

Mandalay Affordable Housing Units to be Sold Through Lottery System Next Year

More than 500 apartments for low-income families, government staff, pensioners and others will go on sale in January in Chan Mya Tharsi township, Mandalay Region. Buyers will be selected by drawing lots, local authorities say. The 560 apartments, in 14 five-storey buildings on a 7.67-acre (3-hectare) site in Mya Yi Nandar ward, were built by […]