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OPINION: Burma’s tourism sector needs safe hands
ADB estimates that tourism will account for 8.4 percent and 8.3 percent of GDP in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
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Burma to shun coal, boost hydro in quest for energy
Burma looks to hike the planned share of hydropower in its energy mix at the cost of polluting coal as it tries to attract foreign investment.
For Serge Pun, a high road to success tangled in red tape
Serge Pun may be unburdened by international sanctions, but his Mr Clean image has done little to help him clear domestic hurdles.
Road fatalities could double in Burma: ADB
Road fatalities are expected to double in Burma unless effective road safety measures are implemented.
Citigroup, StanChart hope to boost Burma’s credit rating
Citigroup Inc and Standard Chartered Plc are set to advise Burma on its first credit rating, paving the way for it to issue its maiden international bond.
BUSINESS WEEKLY 19 DECEMBER 2014
Business in Burma this week: Yoma secures loan from ADB to aid investments in Burma; Green flag for foreign firms in medical sector; Burma looks to compete as garment maker.
BUSNIESS – Singaporean company receives US$100 million for Burmese investments
Singapore-listed company Yoma Strategic Holdings have secured a loan from the Asia Development Bank (ADB) for over US$100 million to aid investments in Burma. According to the ADB, the loan[…]
Experts warn of further concentration of wealth
If Burma’s reforms stay on track, its growth rate could be on par with Asia’s fastest growing economies according to the Asian Development Bank; however, experts fear the nation’s wealth may remain concentrated in the hands of a few
The battle over Yangon’s Dala bridge
Bridges over major rivers can transform local, as well as national, economies. But not everyone is in favour of building a $168 million bridge linking the congested downtown of Yangon with the poor and rural township of Dala to the south.
International Relations Lead Story News Sport
Leeds United’s Burma football tour causes stir over ethics, optics
The English football club Leeds United may be kicking itself this week after its boisterous announcement that it will be bringing the squad to Burma next month was met with widespread condemnation.
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Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of Bengal
Bangladesh is racing to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown in Burma, amid conflicting signals from top Bangladeshi officials about whether the refugees would end up being stranded there.
Govt delays foreign investment law
The delay of the much-anticipated reform comes as Suu Kyi faces criticism that she has neglected economic reforms.
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IMF visits Burma for annual economic checkup
An International Monetary Fund delegation visits Burma this week for an annual economic checkup of a country whose treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority has put it in the international spotlight.
Chin climate change Environment Farmers Lead Story News
The silent climate burn in Chin State
Chin State has suffered particularly erratic rainfall, landslides and floods. But new adaptation programs are aiming to prepare farming communities for future changes in the climate and improve food security.
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Tycoon Serge Pun says economy neglected by NLD government
Burmese tycoon Serge Pun, one of the wealthiest men in Asia, says the government led by Aung San Suu Kyi has neglected the nation’s much-needed economic reform.
ASEAN Business Lead Story News Technology & Science
ASEAN the ‘next frontier’ for e-commerce boom
E-commerce in Southeast Asia is ripe for fast-paced growth given the region’s huge population and growing middle class, but countries need to address existing challenges to help the business reach its full potential, says a Google executive.
International Relations Lead Story News
China’s Xi says Belt and Road needs to reject protectionism
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged major multilateral institutions to join his new Belt and Road Initiative, stressing the importance of rejecting protectionism in seeking global economic growth.
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Rural Burma still lit by candles, kerosene and batteries
Generators are expensive. Pact says one hour of diesel power in rural Burma costs roughly the same as 24 hours of power in Rangoon.
A year on, Suu Kyi struggles to move Burma on from conflict
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government took over last April amid soaring hopes among both her backers in Western governments and ordinary voters at home. A year on things look very different.
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INTERVIEW: Branding organic coffee in Burma
Genuis Shan Highlands Coffee founder Ngwe Tun discusses organic coffee growing, marketing, and the challenges for Burma’s coffee industry.
Ministry mulling change to telecoms law’s e-defamation clause
The Ministry of Transport and Communications is reviewing the 2013 Telecommunications Law to determine whether the legislation’s article 66(d), a controversial provision on electronic defamation, should be amended.
Infrastructure Lead Story News Trade
Thailand to boost funding for Rangoon-Mae Sot road upgrade
The Thai government is stepping up efforts to boost the Rangoon-Mae Sot trade link by approving a 1.8 billion baht ($53 million) budget to help Burma develop part of its road along the transnational route.
Chin Farmers Feature Lead Story
Can agriculture, small loans lead Chin State to a fertile future?
Challenges abound, but so too does hope that the right set of policies can spur development in this remote part of Burma.
Debt, health and education woes bedevil Rangoon’s urban poor
Many among Rangoon’s urban poor are being forced to rely on high-interest loans to survive, a new report by Save the Children has found.
Farmers increase fertiliser use with little knowledge, or regulation
In recent years, farmers in Irrawaddy Division have come under pressure to modernise, as labour costs rise and productivity of the delta’s soil declines.
Thailand wakes to uncertainty, grief without King Bhumibol
Thailand’s people woke up on Friday to the first day in 70 years without King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a king worshipped as a father-figure who guided the nation through decades of change and turmoil.
Lead Story News Women's Issues
Burma’s gender-equality progress reviewed in Naypyidaw
Burma’s progress in achieving gender equality was under the spotlight in Naypyidaw on Friday during a review of the country’s National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women.
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Thai money transfer service targets Burmese workers
TrueMoney, a subsidiary of Thailand’s True Corporation, is moving to expand into international mobile payment services, targeting Burmese migrant workers.
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ADB says loan for B’desh railway will improve access to Burma
The Asian Development Bank says a US$1.5 billion loan to Bangladesh to build a railway line will bring trade and tourism to the country’s south and improve access to Burma.
Business Energy Environment Natural resources News
Burma to host ‘Sustainable Energy and Water Resources Management Week’
Burma has been an attractive investment destination for foreign investors in recent years and is ready to take on the challenge of achieving the new heights by bringing more Foreign[…]
