Mega-Project

Myanmar boosts incentives for infra development, labour-intensive projects

January 12, 2017 by Thiha

THE MYANMAR Investment Commission, a government body to facilitate both foreign and local investment, has planned plans to provide more incentives for investors in the two areas that are crucial to the country’s growth, labour-intensive industries and infrastructure development, a senior official said. According to Aung Naing Oo, secretary of Myanmar Investment Commission and director […]

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All is not smooth on the Silk Road

August 25, 2015 by Thiha

A new deepwater port that is planned in Myanmar could provide a big boost to the China-backed Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative. Yet, the problems being encountered in setting up the port at Kyaukphyu also show that overcoming ‘soft’ impediments posed by a downturn in China-Myanmar diplomatic ties, issues of human displacement, and environmental protection […]

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Thais reduced to ‘matchmaker’ in Dawei as Italian-Thai set to pull out

November 19, 2013 by thiha

Myanmar’s stalled Dawei mega-project, which Thailand has striven to get off the ground for years, appears set to pass out of Thai hands, as Japan takes on a bigger role, though the nature of this role is far from clear. Thailand’s largest contractor, Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), which is a contract partner with the Myanmar […]

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