Govt Promises to Meet Myanmar’s Rising Electricity Demand

Yangon — The Ministry of Electricity and Energy is hoping to expand electricity access to half of the population by December, according to Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win. Of 10,877,832 households in Myanmar, 5,140,061 – or 47 per cent of the population – had access to electricity by October. The deputy minister told the […]

Government announces new MIC appointments, U Thaung Tun as new chair

The Union government on Saturday officially announced changes in the ranks of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). According to notification (61/2018), U Thaung Tun, union minster of Ministry of the Office of the Union Government, formerly a member of the MIC, will now be the commission’s chair. Meanwhile, Dr Than Myint, Union Minister of Commerce, […]

The members of the new Myanmar Investment Commission has been announced

THE Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) was reshuffled on Tuesday with the appointment of U Kyaw Win, Union Minister for National Planning and Finance as chairman and U Than Myint, Union Minister for Commerce as vice chairman. The reformed commission includes 11 new members, while U Aung Naing Oo, former Secretary of the MIC, has been […]