29 October 2013
President U Thein Sein proposed in a letter October 18th to construct a 50-megawatt power plant fuelled by natural gas in Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island. The proposal was made to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the legislative assembly, and indicated that more than $57 million had been set aside for the plant. The funds will come from a $5 […]
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03 October 2013
The $20 billion Chinese railway project that is projected to connect Kyaukpyu, Arakan State to Kunming in the southern part of Chinese is still being debated according to sources from within the government. Activist groups have been expressing their concerns along with the residents about not having the environment assessment report released as well as […]
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02 October 2013
Ten residents of Kyaukpyu, located in the Arakan state, were sentenced to three-month jail terms September 26 for their unauthorised protests against the Shwe pipeline, a controversial Chinese-backed project. The demonstration attracted the support of more than 500 locals and was held in mid-April on Maday Island. The controversy that caused the protest stems from […]
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18 September 2013
From Sunday 22nd September, residents of Kyaukpyu will for the first time have the convenience of 24 hour electricity. Made possible by gas turbines from Shwe Gas pipeline terminal converting compressed natural gas into electricity, homes in the Kyaukpyu township and surrounding villages will have electricity at standard rates of 35 kyat per unit. Local […]
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10 September 2013
According to state-run media, the government in Burma will offer development bids in the Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Both international and national firms are invited to submit their own “comprehensive strategies”, the Bid evaluation and Awarding Committee (BEAC) chairman has stated. This comes from an official report in The New Light of Myanmar. Kyaukpyu […]
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09 September 2013
Police in Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, detained and interrogated 11 Chinese staff members of the Shwe National Gas Project on the 5th September concerning the unexplained death of a Chinese worker on the project. The workers are being detained for questioning. All of the employees on the project, located on Maday Island of the Kyaukpyu District, […]
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24 August 2013
The 10 protestors who led a demonstration asking for development around the Shwe Natural Gas Pipeline were scheduled to have their cases decided by a judge in September. The protesters are to be judged following testimony and evidence submitted from both sides, according to U Tun Kyi, one of the group of 10 protestors who […]
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22 May 2013
The port of Kyaukpyu at the northern end of Ramree Island. This fishing port is in the process of being transformed into a major international deep-sea port, funded by China and connected by a rail and road network to southern China. Thanks to the photographer, Zibo Wei, for this amazing panoramic taken in June 2011.
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23 December 2012
The 120-square-kilometer Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone threatens as many as 40 villages with pollution and toxic waste and will endanger the health of thousands of people in Arakan, according to a report issued by the Myanmar NGO Arakan Oil Watch in December 2012. In addition, the nation’s second largest mangrove forest will be destroyed, among […]
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22 December 2012
A special economic zone planned for an area in Burma’s Arakan State on Ramree Island near Kyaukpyu could have devastating effects, according to a report titled “Danger Zone” created by Arakan Oil Watch. Among the likely detrimental effects are: Negative impacts to 40 villages. The endangering of thousands of people. Destruction of the second largest […]
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