Mon State to distribute confiscated cars to government agencies
Cars confiscated in Mon State are to be redistributed to government agencies.
Cars confiscated in Mon State are to be redistributed to government agencies.
Road fatalities are expected to double in Burma unless effective road safety measures are implemented.
Traffic police attributed the accidents in most part to human error, including reckless driving and a general lack of understanding of traffic rules.
|
|
---|
|
|
---|
Lead Story News Rangoon Society
Rangoon’s Minister of Finance says there are plans for new overpasses to relieve traffic congestion in Tamwe, Bahan and Mayangone townships, and traffic lights for 65 busy junctions.
Crime Lead Story News Rangoon Society
Rangoon traffic police have announced that they charged 12,000 drivers for traffic violations in just one week. Fines for breaking traffic rules generally incurred a 1,500 kyat (US$1.50) fine, police authorities said.
The price of imported vehicles has rapidly declined as a result of the Burmese government’s “car slip” scheme, causing concern among dealers who are incurring major losses on import duties.
The President’s Office has sought to mitigate a controversy over its delivery of hundreds of vehicle import permits to at least 14 ethnic groups, a measure some commentators are calling a “Cars for Peace” scandal.
Features Lead Story News Society Video
Since the Burmese government started allowing new cars to be imported in 2011, many more taxis can be found on the streets of Rangoon. Htay Htay Win is a female taxi driver.
Business Features Lead Story Video
New import laws in Burma have led to a drop in car prices that has made cars affordable for ordinary people, but it is also putting former car dealers out of business.
These cars on a road in Pobba Thiri township near Naypyidaw appear to be rolling uphill – are magnetic forces pulling the car, has gravity has gone wrong or is[…]
Dec 10, 2008 (DVB), Burmese authorities are holding further car auctions today in Rangoon to sell unregistered vehicles which have been seized from their owners, but there is little interest[…]
Nov 27, 2008 (DVB), A recent auction of confiscated cars in Mandalay has been criticised by locals as many of the vehicles had already been sold cheaply to friends of[…]