DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Dusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion (31 billion pounds) project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar's southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the "new global gateway of Indo-China."
Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand's largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl, to transform 250 sq kms (97 sq miles) of scrubland in southern Myanmar into Southeast Asia's largest industrial complex.
"There is very little activity around here related to this project. A lot of us wonder if they are really confident enough about it to go forward with it," said Kyaw Naing Oo, 40, a trader in Maungmakan, whose white-sand beaches... read more
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by Published on February 3rd, 2012 09:52 PM
In recent months they’ve become a fixture of my regular teashop on Bogyoke Aung San Road in downtown Yangon. Wielding cell phones, contracts and large folding maps of the city, the property brokers are aggressive, talking loudly into their handsets as other customers chat quietly over cups of tea.
For many, the brokers are the ugly side of the business sector, claiming large commissions for linking up buyers and sellers.
“The ...by Published on February 3rd, 2012 05:38 PM
DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Dusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion (31 billion pounds) project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar's southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the "new global gateway of Indo-China."
Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand's largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl, to transform 250 sq kms (97 sq miles) of scrubland in southern Myanmar into Southeast Asia's largest industrial complex.
"There is very little activity around here related to this project. A lot of us wonder if they are really confident enough about it to go forward with it," said Kyaw Naing Oo, 40, a trader in Maungmakan, whose white-sand beaches ...by Published on February 3rd, 2012 07:47 AM
Myanmar, which has been one of the most repressive states in the world for five decades, launched a sudden political transition in the past year. The government, run by former military man Thein Sein, is preparing for by-elections in April in which longtime dissident Aung San Suu Kyi will run. The government is inviting outside experts, observers, and even human rights activists to witness the elections. It is also apparently ...by Published on February 2nd, 2012 10:08 PM
Beijing's long-time ally might be redirecting its attention to the West.
Last October, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech to the New York Economic Club. She spoke on the need for the United States to improve its statecraft by using economic policy to enhance its diplomatic leverage ...ျပစ္မႈဆုိင္ရာဥပေဒပုဒ္မ ၁၀၄ ခုကုိျပင္ဆင္ျပ႒ာန္းဖုိ႕ အက်ိဳးအေၾကာင္းေဖာ္ျပခ်က္နဲ႔ တင္ျပဖုိ႕ျပင္ဆင္ေနၿပီ
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ျပည္ေထာင္စုတရားလႊြတ္ေတာ္ခ်ဳပ္က ...by Published on February 2nd, 2012 03:43 PM
ေနျပည္ေတာ္ ဇန္န၀ါရီ ၂၅ ရက္က ေနာ္ေ၀းႏုိင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီးနဲ႔ေတြ႔ဆုံမႈအၿပီး မွာ ...by Published on February 2nd, 2012 03:47 PM
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အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမုိကေရစီပါတီသစ္အေနနဲ႔ ...by Published on February 2nd, 2012 03:46 PM
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Burma Real Estate – Boom or Bust?
For many, the brokers are the ugly side of the business sector, claiming large commissions for linking up buyers and sellers.
“The... read more