Author: Peter Carlisle

Labour dispute resolved between contractor and workers on Myanmar’s US$600 million Yoma Central mixed development project in Yangon SEE ALSO: Workers Protest At Yoma Central Construction Site To Demand Paid Leave During The Myanmar Thingyan Holiday (Songkran) A labour dispute between the contractor and construction workers of the US$600 million Yoma Central mixed development project […]

Hotel Construction Threatens Myanmar’s World Heritage Site at Bagan Despite a prohibition on new construction in Myanmar’s World Heritage site, new hotels and guesthouses continue to be built within the protected property zone of Bagan, according to local residents. The 50-sq.-km property zone is an area “that has been demarcated as containing most of the […]

Shwe Taung Group wins tender for three solar power project in Myanmar Shwe Taung Group has won three out of 30 ground-mounted solar power tenders called by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) in Myanmar. The company said it is the only Myanmar group to win three projects as the lead developer and majority […]

Myanmar Signs Power Purchase Deal with a Thai-based engineering and construction company A state-owned enterprise in Myanmar has signed a power-purchase agreement with a Thai-based engineering and construction company which plans to develop a US$685 million (911 billion kyats) power plant in Yangon. On Wednesday, the agreement was signed by Electric Power Generation Enterprise, which […]