The Yangon region government has come under flak since March, when it announced the launch of a new Yangon City project at the west bank of Yangon River. If and when the first phase of the US$5 billion development is complete, it will include five village townships, two bridges, 26km of artery roads, 10 sq […]
Myanmar takes new measures to promote foreign investment
July 3, 2018 by
YANGON — Myanmar has reformed its investment commission recently and will soon enforce a new companies law in a bid to promote foreign investment. The new Myanmar Investment Commission was reorganized with 13 members with Minister at the Office of the Government U Thaung Tun as chairman. Along with the enactment of the new Myanmar […]
New Yangon City Project CEO Questioned About Role of Chinese Firm
June 28, 2018 by
YANGON—Serge Pun, the CEO of the controversial New Yangon City project on Saturday partially disclosed the terms of a deal with a Hong Kong-listed Chinese firm that could see it provide infrastructure for the first phase of the development. The revelation came amid a question and answer session at a public meeting organized by the […]
Massive Yangon City Expansion Renders Naypyitaw Pointless
June 28, 2018 by
Myanmar’s business capital of Yangon will see a massive expansion to accommodate its growing population and make the city more business-friendly and livable, the regional government said. This will make custom-built capital Naypyitaw, located 367 kilometers in the north in the middle of nowhere, an even more pointless city, observers noted. The New Yangon City […]
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts coming to Myanmar in 2018
June 27, 2018 by
Prime Residence has appointed Rosewood Hotels & Resorts to manage the Rosewood Yangon, which is scheduled to open in winter 2018. The company established by Kanok Furniture and Decoration of Thailand and Jewellery Luck Group of Myanmar originally planned for Kempinski Hotels to operate the property as the Heritage Hotel Kempinski Yangon., according to a […]
Myanmar devises roadmap for expansion of Yangon city
June 27, 2018 by
YANGON, June 24 (Xinhua) — Myanmar’s Yangon regional government has formed a new firm to draw up a roadmap to undertake expansion of the financial center to make it a business-friendly and livable city. The first and second phases of the huge project of the New Yangon City Development Company (NYCDC), which is fully owned […]
Myanmar hires China Communications to survey bold new city
May 8, 2018 by
Myanmar’s plans to build a city twice the size of Singapore took a step forward this week with the signing of a framework agreement with China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) to conduct preconstruction surveys as a prelude to the $1.5bn first phase of the scheme. It may not be CCCC, a huge state-owned company, who […]
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