Myanmar eyes skytrain and underground system for Yangon

Myanmar is in talks with foreign companies with a view to building elevated and underground train systems for the commercial capital Yangon, the country’s rail transport minister said on Wednesday ‘We are now talking with international companies for the construction of both a skytrain and underground train system for the commercial capital Yangon,’ the minister, […]

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Built to Build Group optimistic as buyers race to beat price increases

Positive factors, ranging from global and domestic economic growth, the government’s populist policies and anticipated rises in construction costs, will help the homebuilder Built to Build Group enjoy 30% sales growth this year. Sutee Ketsiri, the group’s managing director, said the country’s gross domestic production (GDP) was expected to expand by around 5% while the […]

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Myanmar's ambitious Dawei project faces uncertainty

Dusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar’s southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the “new global gateway of Indo-China”. Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand’s largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl ITD.BK, to transform 250 […]

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Myanmar’s ambitious Dawei project faces uncertainty

Dusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar’s southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the “new global gateway of Indo-China”. Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand’s largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl ITD.BK, to transform 250 […]

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Location, location, location: Myanmar's the hot new neighbourhood

Property agent Kyaw Saw leafs through a thick pile of real-estate listings in Myanmar’s faded commercial capital, Yangon. “Our customers used to be all people from the east — from China, Taiwan and Japan,” said the portly businessman. That’s changing fast. “We had no Westerners a year ago. Get in now before the rush begins,” […]

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Location, location, location: Myanmar’s the hot new neighbourhood

Property agent Kyaw Saw leafs through a thick pile of real-estate listings in Myanmar’s faded commercial capital, Yangon. “Our customers used to be all people from the east — from China, Taiwan and Japan,” said the portly businessman. That’s changing fast. “We had no Westerners a year ago. Get in now before the rush begins,” […]

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Property Prices Rocket by Burma's/Myanmar's Dawei Deep-Sea Port

Property and land prices in Dawei, also known as Tavoy, in southernmost Burma have sky-rocketing to hundreds of millions of kyat due to the development of the nearby Thai-backed deep-sea port project, claim local businessmen. Real estate prices are highest around Ar Zar Ni Road, in downtown Dawei, where most private banks have opened branch […]

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Property Prices Rocket by Burma’s/Myanmar’s Dawei Deep-Sea Port

Property and land prices in Dawei, also known as Tavoy, in southernmost Burma have sky-rocketing to hundreds of millions of kyat due to the development of the nearby Thai-backed deep-sea port project, claim local businessmen. Real estate prices are highest around Ar Zar Ni Road, in downtown Dawei, where most private banks have opened branch […]

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Highway, industrial zone proposed as solutions to Thailand's flooding problems

Experts are proposing a new highway linking Ratchaburi and Kamphaeng Phet provinces, western and eastern floodways, a new economic zone and an outer ring road for eastern Bangkok as solutions to flooding problems. The Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF), chaired by Virabongsa Ramangkura, plans to seek a new economic zone for relocation […]

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Highway, industrial zone proposed as solutions to Thailand’s flooding problems

Experts are proposing a new highway linking Ratchaburi and Kamphaeng Phet provinces, western and eastern floodways, a new economic zone and an outer ring road for eastern Bangkok as solutions to flooding problems. The Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF), chaired by Virabongsa Ramangkura, plans to seek a new economic zone for relocation […]

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