Dr Colin Ong, president of Arbitration Association Brunei Darussalam, proposes setting up a panel of arbitrators, 60 from ASEAN countries (six from each country) and 40 from China during the Belt and Road Summit held in Hong Kong. Photo: Supplied THE head of Brunei’s arbitration association called...
Read MoreJaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chair and chief executive officer of Ayala, the oldest and largest conglomerate in the Philippines, speaks at panel session “Partnerships with ASEAN: Growth through Infrastructure” during Hong Kong’s Belt and Road Summit. Photo: Supplied ASEAN countries, with their enormous demand for...
Read MorePeter Beynon, country chair of Jardine Matheson and chair of British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar, speaks to The Myanmar Times in March 2017. Photo: Aung Khant THE government should update the business community with the latest economic activities and manage the expectations, according to domestic and...
Read MoreLife by the Inle Lake in Taunggyi District, Shan State. Aung Khant/The Myanmar Times Electricity will be installed at a total of 416 villages in the Taunggyi, Loilen and Langhko districts in Southern Shan State between 2018 and 2022 according to the Ministry of Electricity and...
Read MoreU Win Aung speaks at the MTSH annual general meeting in 2016. Aung Khant/The Myanmar Times Yangon-Listed firm Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holding Ltd (MTSH) may invest in Kyaukphyu SEZ, according to MTSH chair U Win Aung. The fourth annual meeting of the MTSH, a Yangon Stock Exchange-listed (YSX-listed)...
Read MoreBusinesses positive on Myanmar’s economic prospects ahead of the new Companies Act. Photo: The Myanmar Times Prospects for the Myanmar economy are looking promising despite the unrest in northern Rakhine, officials from the public and private sector said today. Inflation pressures are expected to ease and private...
Read MoreThilawa SEZ. Photo: Aung Myin Ye Zaw Shares of Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings Public Limited (MTSH), which is listed on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), have plunged since trading ex-dividend on August 9. MTSH has proposed a dividend of K260 per share for the financial year ended...
Read MoreThe Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) has approved the issuance of 13 permits, including one for a beer joint venture in Mandalay. Eight foreign businesses and 5 Myanmar citizen businesses were approved at a recent 12/2017 meeting, according to Deputy Director General of Directorate of Investment and...
Read MoreFormer United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (centre) arrives to meet with President Htin Kyaw in Nay Pyi Taw on 23 August. Kofi Annan chairs the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. Photo - EPA The Commission cautions that large-scale projects in Rakhine State have bred local...
Read MoreConstruction of an economic zone dedicated to promoting trade, manufacturing and services in the outskirts of Maungdaw Township in northern Rakhine State is expected to start when the current situation in the area has calmed down, a regional minister said. MAUNGDAW economic zone, located in Kanyin Chaung, will...
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