The Dawei SEZ has taken a long time to take shape and isn’t going as planned so if the current investors cannot develop the project effectively, then Chinese companies may be asked to take part.
Category: Myanmar
Govt’s efforts on environmental management making progress: official
Most of the businesses in nine sectors pinpointed by the government had submitted EMPs by a deadline that expired last month.
HARNESSING SALWEEN RIVER: Settlement through confrontation or cooperation?
An all-embracing deliberation on resource governance, including the potential to harness rivers, needs to come after peace negotiations bring a political settlement to the ongoing ethnic conflicts.
Hydropower and the worsening water crisis for Myanmar and Asia
Many people who could be directly affected in the Kachin, Shan and Kayin states are voting with their feet in public demonstrations. As their banners make clear, they say no to dam building.
Myanmar Secures First Green Loan from Singaporean Banks
The loan is to Burmese developer Shwe Taung Group – the first in the country — to be used for a mixed project that includes offices, a shopping mall and the Pan Pacific Hotel.
Myanmar opium cultivation declines, farmers not happy
Demand for heroin in the region is dropping, as the drug market continues to shift strongly to synthetic drugs.