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Coconuts
April 20, 2018
Have you ever wondered why Thingyan, also known as Burmese New Year or Water Festival, starts on April 13 every year? A recent article by Myanmar News Market explains that the date has to do with the discrepancy between the lunar and solar qualities of the traditional Burmese calendar.
Eleven Myanmar
April 20, 2018
Yangon residents felt a slight earthquake of 4.2 magnitude scale on April 18. The quake hit Yangon centering about 35 miles east-southeast of Pyapon latitude 16.20ÃâðN, longitude 96.19ÃâðE, depth 10 kilometers about 46 miles south of Kaba Aye seismological on April 18, announced Department ofÃâà...
Myanmar Times
April 20, 2018
England championship club Leeds United will visit Myanmar to play two friendly matches in Yangon and Mandalay next month. ... The visiting team will play against MNL All Stars team at the Thuwunna stadium in Yangon on May 9 and the Myanmar national team on May 11 at Mandalar Thiri stadium inÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
April 20, 2018
By Myo Pa Pa San 19 April 2018. YANGON — More than 6,000 Yangon residents have submitted applications to purchase 1,000-plus low-cost apartments put up for sale by the Yangon regional government, according to the government Public Housing Sale Committee. “Over 20,000 people bought application forms, butÃâà...
Xinhua
April 20, 2018
YANGON, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Yangon region has attracted about 60 percent of total investments from both home and abroad in the fiscal year 2017-2018, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Friday. During the period, the region attracted 54 million U.S. dollars' foreign investmentÃâà...
Myanmar Times
April 19, 2018
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck Yangon on Wednesday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. ... In Yangon, some of the people in several townships felt the earthquake, such as in Kyeemyindaing township, Thaketa township, Insein, Shwe Pyi Thar, Hlaing Tharyar, North Dagon,Ãâà...
Myanmar Times
April 19, 2018
The project will include construction of a jetty, storage tanks, loading and unloading facilities and a gas-filing plant. It will involve an initial investment of $60 million and be developed across 32 acres of privately-owned land near Bogyoke Village, which is in Thalyin township, Yangon. The permitted durationÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
April 3, 2018
By Wei Yan Aung 3 April 2018. Lethwei Fight | April 8. Boxers from Myanmar, Thailand, China and elsewhere will face off in the ring, with the main event between Myanmar's Soe Lin Oo and Thailand's Payak Samui. April 8, 2 p.m. Theinbyu Stadium. Ticket information here. Ni Ni Khin Zaw: Retro REDVolution Show 2018Ãâà...
Myanmar Times
April 1, 2018
On March 31, the regional government launched the New Yangon Development Company (NYDC). NYDC was incorporated under the Special Companies Act and 100pc owned by the regional government. Infrastructure works related to Phase 1 are expected to amount to a sum in excess of US$1.5 billion.
Myanmar Times
March 30, 2018
The development comes after the new Yangon taxation law was submitted to the regional parliament on March 21 with updates to 38 existing regulations, including the collection of wheel tax. Before the changes, Yangon had been collecting the various taxes based on 1997 legislation, which is nowÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
March 30, 2018
Safety in Yangon has been an increasingly discussed issue in recent months. Many Yangonites – men and women – report regular cases of harassment, both verbal and physical, when travelling around the city by public transport. Sexual assault of women is rife on the city's buses and because of this manyÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 30, 2018
This includes the new township of Kyee Myin Daing at the west of Yangon River. “It will be good to develop the western side of the river as Yangon city is still small. The city needs to expand beyond its current boundaries or the congestion will get worse,” said U Ye Lin, executive committee member of theÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 29, 2018
The other concern is whether the high-rise development will obstruct views of the Shwedagon Pagoda, as the area is actually located on Yangon's second highest point after Shwedagon Pagoda. Locals are also concerned of the potential damage that could be done to nearby heritage sites. These includeÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
March 29, 2018
A long-stalled Yangon “new city” development project is moving forward again, with a development company involving Mr Serge Pun and former Singaporean foreign minister Mr George Yeo set to relaunch the project later this month. Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein will deliver opening remarks atÃâà...
Coconuts
March 13, 2018
Back in October, we first summarized Yangon's placement in the Safe Cities Index 2017 with an article titled “Yangon ranked second most unsafe city in the world.” We received a lot of frustrated feedback from readers who live in or have visited Yangon, most of whom professed they have never personallyÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 13, 2018
March 18, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Tea Factory, Kan Yeik Tha Street, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road. Free Admission. Exo Festival Night Market | March 16-18. This night market showcases Korean, Thai, and Myanmar foods, fashion, accessories, entertainment and more. March 16-18, 1 p.m. till late night. People'sÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 12, 2018
U Aung Myint Maw said the incineration facility has a temperature of 900-1300 Celsius and could safely dispose of highly hazardous hospital waste. Hospitals in Yangon city produce two tonnes of hazardous waste, which needs to be incinerated and 0.75 tonnes of waste that can be buried, the YCDC said.
Myanmar Times
March 12, 2018
U Phyo Min Thein added that Yangon will work closely with the MFF to raise quality and efficiency standards at the new breeding zones, enabling farmers to earn more. The Yangon government will also work to improve transport and access to the new breeding zones to facilitate exports. Currently, thereÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 9, 2018
YANGON — The Yangon regional government will curb fuel price hikes as of this year, said Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein. The minister made the remark at a monthly meeting between Vice-President 1 U Myint Swe and businessmen at the office of the Union of Myanmar Federation of ChambersÃâà...
Democratic Voice of Burma
March 8, 2018
Private enterprises will be permitted to set up for-profit pavilions in Yangon during April's Thingyan festival, the city's mayor told DVB yesterday. The move marks the first time since the National League for Democracy took power in 2016 that commercial venues are to be allowed. Speaking on the sidelines ofÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
March 7, 2018
The resettlement in Yangon of Kaman from Rakhine State has the USDP worrying about an influx of 'legal and illegal immigrants' in the commercial capital. By NYAN HLAING LYNN | FRONTIER. NAY PYI TAW — A government decision to resettle 55 Kaman families from Rakhine State in Yangon hasÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 1, 2018
The ground shook in Yangon in 2013. There were strong earthquakes in Kani, Monywa, Mawleik, Chauk, Htamathi, and Taikkyi in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively. Part of Myanmar's rich cultural heritage is also in danger. In 2016, 6.8 magnitude wave in Chauk caused extensive damage to a dozenÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
February 27, 2018
It was replaced in 1936 by the imposing Cholia Jamah Mosque, which today serves a community of about 100,000 people, most of whom live in Yangon. The Cholia Darga Mosque is nearby on 29th Street. On February 4, about 200 people gathered at the Cholia Jamah Mosque for celebrations marking theÃâà...
Vanity Fair
February 23, 2018
Five years ago, I discovered my grandfather's old house near the end of a dusty and potholed lane in the middle of Yangon, Myanmar. It was abandoned and in ruins, the roof partly caved in, a termite nest four feet high underneath a sagging teak staircase, the expansive grounds overgrown with giant mango and jackfruitÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
February 19, 2018
A British resident of Yangon has created a website that highlights the dramatic changes development has brought to the former capital since the turn of the 20th century. By OLIVER SLOW | FRONTIER. IN The Silken East, a two-volume account of his life and travels in colonial-era Burma, Vincent ClarenceÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
December 31, 1999
And anyway, part of the thrill of being a foreigner in Yangon is watching things sprout up and blossom from nothing. I got to be in the first little cadre of nerds who began bootlegging official rulebooks and bringing in special grid mats and tiny plastic goblins from game shops in Bangkok or Taiwan. I spent anÃâà...
Mizzima News
December 31, 1999
Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. along with its partners, First Myanmar Investment Company Limited and The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) have jointly announced the launch of sales for The Peninsula Residences Yangon, according to a press release. Located in the historic heart ofÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 31, 1999
Zaw Win Htut, Big Bag, Wai La, Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein, Wyne Su Khine Thein and many others will perform. April 1, 5 p.m. One Entertainment Park. Free Admission. Summer Beach Party. There will be EDM and international DJs. March 31, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Yangon Waterboom, Tickets are 20,000 kyats.
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
Myanmar singer Bunny Phyo donates used newspapers for an environment campaign. He will be among the artists who will perform at the first wildlife music festival on April 7. Photo - WWF. Yangon to host first wildlife music fest. Myanmar's first wildlife music festival, 'Voice for Momos' will be held nextÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
December 31, 1999
The Yangon government has finally tabled a bill to reform the city's municipal body to parliament, but lawmakers say suggestions made during a recent review process have been largely ignored. By HEIN KO SOE | FRONTIER. ALMOST TWO years after the National League for Democracy began reviewingÃâà...
