30 January 2015
The announcement of the winner for the first stage of building the special economic zone (SEZ) in Kyaukpyu has been postponed. Management officials decided that the announcement will be made in February, rather than in December 2014 as originally planned. According to the Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee joint secretary, U Aung Kyaw Than, the […]
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28 January 2015
The development of the oil pipeline that will link Kyaukpyu’s Arakan State port to China will start from January 30. However, many local residents want to protest against it due to the damage to the environment and land seizures due to the inauguration of the project. According to local people, there is a large group […]
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13 January 2015
Many businesses have started to fear that the Kyaukpyu project development will end up being under Chinese control. It could cause problems for Rakhine State if the development of the deep-sea port does end up in Chinese hands. The businesses have encouraged the government to take some time with the project. There is no need […]
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30 December 2014
Kyaukpyu Township is ready to receive oil from the Middle East. Ships will bring the crude oil to Madae Island, where it will then be sent to China through the newly created pipeline. A Rakhine State Minister recently made the announcement. From January 2015, the Kyaukpyu Deep Sea Port will see 100,000-ton oil tankers moor […]
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08 November 2014
Companies that are looking to get involved in domestic airport development will have the chance to do so following a plan to locate more investors for the privatization of Myanmar international airports, states the Department of Civil Aviation. As told to Mizzima, October 30 by U Win Swe Tun, the department’s director-general, “Upon completion of […]
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15 October 2014
Construction on the Kyaukpyu Deep Sea Port in the Rakhine state is complete and the facility will be ready to accept oil tankers in November, according to a local association and other sources. The port is on Maday Island east of the town and includes terminals as well as oil storage facilities. Docking can start […]
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10 October 2014
Two suspects who have been charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of two British tourists on Koh Tao Island in Surat are from the Arkanese town of Kyaukpyu in Myanmar. They were charged September 15. Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both age 21, were arrested after weeks of pressure on local authorities to […]
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10 October 2014
Upper house MPs in Myanmar have called the nation’s government to take actions that will improve the lives of people in Rakhine, calling it a “national duty”. Speaker U Khin Aung Myint called for speeding up development in the state in an effort to combat rampant poverty. U Hla Swe, representative of the Magwe Region, […]
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30 September 2014
Japan may soon be among the top three foreign direct investment nations or FDIs in Myanmar because of Japan’s investment in the three largest special economic zones being developed in Myanmar. Infrastructure developers and manufacturers from Japan are playing a large role in these zones. Currently, Japan is the 10th largest FDI source in Myanmar, […]
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13 September 2014
September 11 marked the end of an overnight curfew in the Sittwe and Kyaukpyu townships in the Rakhine state that was imposed more than two years ago, according to a spokesman. A curfew from the hours of 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. had been in place in Sittwe, the capital of the state. The curfew […]
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