Zhou Rong, a senior research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China in Bejing, told the Chinese state-run Global Times that the China-Myanmar Border Economic Cooperation Zone was likely to be established at the border between Yunnan province and Kachin State. On May 17, the Communist Party-run newspaper quoted […]
Read MoreThe Belt and Road Initiative: interview with Jonathan Woetzel, McKinsey senior partner and MGI director Jonathan Woetzel, senior partner of McKinsey & Company and director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), told The Myanmar Times that success of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Myanmar would depend on the country creating an investor-friendly environment […]
Read MoreSome two million tonnes of oil and two billion cubic metres of gas will be supplied annually for domestic use after the completion of Myanmar-China oil and gas pipelines, the South East Asia Crude Oil Pipeline Co Ltd (SEAOP) and the South East Asia Gas Pipeline Co Ltd (SEAGP) said in a statement. Those oil […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) is going to negotiate with officials from the Internal Revenue Department (IRD) about withholding tax on high-income agri-businessmen, U Nay Lin Zin, joint secretary of Myanmar Rice Federation, told The Myanmar Times. The IRD is preparing procedures to levy WHT on agri-businesses with an income of K500,000 and above after deductions, […]
Read MoreThe biggest gas-fired power plant, with a capacity of 225 megawatts, will start operations in December this year in the Taungtha and Myingyan district in Mandalay Region, a senior official from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE), told The Myanmar Times. The project, which is estimated to involve US$300 million (K410.18 billion) investment, is led by the Singapore-based Sembcorp, […]
Read MoreLand plots in zone B of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will be put on lease shortly because of high demand from investors, despite the issue of power outages in the area, according to Takashi Yanai, president of Myanmar-Japan Thilawa Development Limited (MJTD). Mr Yanai said 95 percent of the land plots have been […]
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