REPORTED BY MIN THIHA ZAW TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY MYINT WIN THEIN + MYA
Surveys on environmental impacts and depletion of marine resources due to deep seaports should be conducted before projects have been implemented; Vice-chairman U Han Tun of Myanmar Fishery Federation was quoted as saying.
Deep...
Ruili/Jiegao (Yunnan, China)
He was a man from Rangoon who 20 years ago had fled to the nearest Chinese city of Ruili. But he did not complain that his Chinese work and residence permit, which allowed him to sell jade mined from the mountains of Myanmar, still confined him to the Chinese province of
Yunnan.
Chinese...
REPORTED BY AH NGAE HTWE TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY MYINT WIN THEIN + MYA
Economists are of the view that Myanmar, with the anticipation of fresh foreign investment during the time of the new government, should welcome foreign investment in the manufacturing sector to solve the problems of unemployment...
REPORTED BY PHYU NU TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY WIN HTUT + MYA
Local residents living in some border areas of Myanmar are buying and using electricity from neighboring countries such as China and Thailand, it was learnt.
The towns that are buying and using power from China are Lwejal of Kachin...
Singapore (Platts)–4Oct2011/212 am EDT/612 GMT
Construction of the $2.5 billion Sino-Myanmar oil and natural gas pipelines by China National Petroleum Corp is progressing according to plan and proceeding smoothly, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, just days after Myanmar...
By BRIAN SPEGELE
BEIJING—The head of a major Chinese company behind a controversial dam in Myanmar said the project’s suspension by the Myanmar government last week was a surprise that “will lead to a series of legal issues,” in the latest sign of frayed relations between the two...
One of the villagers said they sent the signed letter of complaint to the president on 18 September, 2011.
“Our farms were confiscated by Military Police (10) of the Western Command based in Ann on 27 August. During the confiscation, the forces drove us away from our farms by intimidating us...
Kyauk Pru: An army major who once served on the district council of Kyauk Pru, the second largest city in Arakan state, has sold off arable lands owned by local farmers to an Indian company for 40 million kyat, said local farmers in the area.
Major San Maung Maung sold off the arable farms and pastures...
