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CPG Signs As Advisor For Kyaukpyu SEZ

CPG Signs As Advisor For Kyaukpyu SEZ

22 March 2014

CPG Consultancy Ltd., a Singaporean company, is signing with the Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone’s bid invitation and selection committee and serving as the key advisor for choosing and inviting international developers to the SEZ. The news came from Ba Shwe, a committee member. The Kyaukpyu SEZ covers 1000 acres and is located four miles from […]

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Kyaukpyu Oil Terminal Faces Fallout From Kunming Protests

Kyaukpyu Oil Terminal Faces Fallout From Kunming Protests

22 November 2013

The Chinese oil port in the Arakan State’s coastal city of Kyaukpyu and the associated country-crossing pipeline to China’s Yunnan Province face a significant issue that could slow down operations considerably. Opposition from the Chinese people and environmental issues have delayed construction of the refinery that is supposed to receive nearly half of the 22 […]

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24-hour electricity for Kyaukpyu

24-hour electricity for Kyaukpyu

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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11 Chinese Staff Being Interrogated In Kyaukpyu Over Death of Chinese Worker

11 Chinese Staff Being Interrogated In Kyaukpyu Over Death of Chinese Worker

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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Chinese Project Will Uproot Thousands And Destroy Kyaukpyu Coastline, NGO says

Chinese Project Will Uproot Thousands And Destroy Kyaukpyu Coastline, NGO says

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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Kyaukpyu to Kunming pipeline construction officially commenced

Kyaukpyu to Kunming pipeline construction officially commenced

18 August 2011

Burma has officially commenced construction of the main gas pipeline connecting the natural deep sea port of Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, to China’s southern city Kunming, in China’s Yunnan province. Although much construction has already been made at Kyaukpyu port, the official commencement on August 1st 2011 of the pipeline is seen as a major advancement […]

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Burma’s wealthy businessmen prosper from Kyaukpyu construction

Burma’s wealthy businessmen prosper from Kyaukpyu construction

26 July 2011

Tay Za, owner of Htoo Company, and Tun Myint Naing (aka Steven Law), managing director of Asia World Co, are two of Burma’s wealthiest businessmen and are both involved in the construction of the deep sea port and facilities in and around Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island. Htoo Company was setup in the early 1990’s and is […]

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Environmental fears at Kyaukpyu port project

Environmental fears at Kyaukpyu port project

06 July 2011

Reports of waste piling-up and the dynamiting of reefs to lay the gas pipelines have raised fears of the environmental impact at the Kyaukpyu deep-sea port project. Kyaukpyu residents and workers have signed a petition complaining about the problem to both the local authorities and now to Hla Maung, the prime minister of Arakan State, […]

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Record foreign investment in Burma

Record foreign investment in Burma

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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Plans for mega port at Dawei

Plans for mega port at Dawei

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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