13 June 2011
A daring world record attempt to fly by microlight from England to Australia has hit delays in Ramree Island due to heavy storms and low cloud cover. Dave Sykes from Yorkshire, England is aiming to be the first paraplegic to fly a microlight aircraft 11,600 nautical miles through 18 countries to raise money for the […]
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10 June 2011
In the past year Burma received a record $20bn in foreign investment, the Ministry of National Planning Development has said. The staggering amount compares with just $302m in 2010 and comes despite Western sanctions against its military government. China, it’s northern neighbour, was the biggest foreign investor with $8.27bn in the year to March 2011, […]
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10 June 2011
At a conference in Bangkok on Wednesday, the Italian-Thai Development Public Company outlined their plans for a mega deep-sea and industrial estate near the fishing town of Dawei (formally Tavoy), southern Burma. The 10-year, $8 billion plan comes 3 years after the Burmese and Thai governments signed an agreement to jointly develop a port project […]
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31 May 2011
Beijing has announced that China Railway will construct the 810 km railway connecting the Chinese city of Dali, Yunnan province to Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma. Under the signed MOU, China Railway would be in-charge of building the railroad and said it expected to complete the project within three years. It has been previously reported […]
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26 May 2011
Burmese leader General Than Shwe is visiting China on Thursday for his first official visit as Burma’s new president. The trip will include three days in Beijing where in-depth discussion on China’s navy docking in Burmese ports and their desire to provide naval protection for oil and gas facilities at the port of Kyaukpyu, Ramree […]
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02 September 2010
Chinese are establishing naval and air bases on Myanmar’s Ramree Island in the Bay of Bengal. These bases on Ramree Island will help the Chinese in their endeavors to control the upper Bay of Bengal. Source: http://www.indiandefencereview.com/geopolitics/The-Chinese-are-coming.html
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21 October 2008
A Chinese-led consortium with a concession for oil exploration on Burma’s Ramree Island has left hundreds of local islanders landless and unemployed and their environment befouled, a human rights group said Tuesday. Blocking Freedom, a report compiled by the environmental and human rights group Arakan Oil Watch, said a consortium led by the China National Offshore […]
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08 February 2008
Some residents of the Arakan state’s Ramree township have complained that local officials are declining to authorize paid-for roadway repairs unless youths in the area join the USDA, the Union Solidarity and Development Association. About 7.5 million kyat has been raised by the local military division commander and minister of transportation Thein Swe to pay […]
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31 January 2008
Ramree is an island off the largely undeveloped western coast of Burma, and it is rich in natural beauty. Just off shore, however, is a resource with extreme monetary value. The site offers Southeast Asia’s largest deposits of natural gas, estimated to be worth perhaps up to $52 billion. The deposits are called “golden gas” […]
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15 January 2008
China is aiming to satisfy its growing energy needs with a pipeline through Burma, an effort that will complicate American attempts to change the regime in Rangoon, which has been widely condemned for its human rights abuses. Burma’s ruling junta, the State Peace and Development Council, attracted global attention in September, when its security forces […]
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