Industrial Development
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"The Yangon Region government is planning to develop industrial zones in 10 townships, and the Htantabin Industrial Zone project will be implemented on 2,200 acres of land in Htantabin Township in the northern district of Yangon, where Hline, Kokkowa, and Bawle rivers meet.
The industrial zone project was initiated in August, 2018. During a preliminary discussion between the Yangon Region authorities and a foreign company, 1,000 acres was designated for the project. After a feasibility study, the zone will be developed on 2,200 acres of land, which is located a mile away from Htantabin Township and near the point where the Hline, Kokkowa, and Bawle rivers meet.
Prior to the project implementation, Naw Pan Thinzar Myo, the Yangon Region Minister for Kayin Ethnic Affairs, Hluttaw representatives, and officials of concerned departments met with the local residents at the Htantabin Township General Administration Department office in a bid to make the project transparent. After four rounds of discussions between the authorities and locals, the project received the support of the local residents.
The Htantabin Industrial Zone will be set up in three phases. An Industrial Zone, Development Zone, and Residential and Green Zone will be constructed under each phase. Golden Myanmar has drafted plans to construct a management center, hospital, fire department, school, sewage treatment plant, logistics port, generator, cargo port, and water treatment plant.
The industrial zone will be shaped like a tortoise. A floating market will be included in the project. The market will be over 200 acres wide and will be located at the head of the industrial zone. A Taipei company will develop the floating market.
The China (Taipei) company will construct a US$30-million rainbow-shaped bridge, connecting Htantabin Township to Hmawby Township. Necessary measurements are being taken for that bridge project, which will directly link the industrial zone in Htantabin Tonwship with Sanpya village in Hmawby Township. It will become the main access for container vehicles and ensure smooth trade flow between Htantabin and Hmawby towns. The river crossing bridge will be constructed on the Hline River..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Water Portal "Global New Light Of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-05-29
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-26
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Abstract: "In
the
past
four
years,
Myanmar?s
economy
and
industrial
sector
have
experienced
significant
development
which
has
pushed
rural
work forces
into
urban
industries.
Livelihoods
of
rural
migrant
industrial
workers
in
Myanmar,
along
with
urbanization
and
industrial
development,
need
to
be
researched
if
economic
quality
of
life
is
to
be
improved
and
social
needs
to
be
addressed
for
migrant
industrial
workers.
This
research
will
test
the
hypothesis:
?Rural
migrants
experience
improved
life
after
moving
to
work
in
factories
in
Hlaingtharyar
Industrial
Zone”.
This
research
examined
by
answering
three
research
questions
Do
migrants
experience
social
rights
to
development,
social
standards
and
quality
of
life
after
moving
to
Yangon
Industrial
Zones,
What
relationship
do
rural
migrants
have
with
local
industrial
workers,
authorities
and
labor
unions,
What
are
the
needs
of
rural
migrants
to
improve
social
standards
and
quality
of
life?.
The
purpose
of
this
research
proposal
is
to
better
understand
the
lives
of
rural
to
urban
migrant
workers
in
industrial
zones,
to
assess
how
they
adapt
and
survive
in
their
new
environment
as
well
as
their
social
relationship
with
local
habitants,
work,
unions,
and
their
families.
This
issue
makes
a
direct
impact
on
productivity
of
industries
and
human
rights
issues
of
labors.
This
research
mainly
applied
ethnography
approaches
to
rural
migrant
workers
as
a
human
agency.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Tin Maung Htwe
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-08
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Industrial Development, Yangon Division, International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) 23-26 July, 2015
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"Myanmar Center for Responsible Business will broaden its scope to begin systematically seeking public feedback about specific grievances regarding companies? operations, as it launches the research phase for its 2015 transparency in Myanmar Enterprises report.
?We want to get more feedback from the public to act as a reality check ? for example, has the company been involved in specific land grab cases, or does it mistreat its workers or prevent them from joining a trade union,” said Vicky Bowman, director of the centre, at a press conference yesterday..."
Ko Ko Aung
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (English)
Date of publication:
2015-03-20
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-23
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"...we should look back Myanmar?s history on industrial policy.
Every government to date since independence, either civilian or military,
and either democratic or socialist, has approached the problem of the pri?vate sector with great concern and trepidation. Whenever they wanted to
accommodate and integrate the energy of private enterprises into the na?tional economy, the socialist philosophy, anti-capitalist attitude, control-prone disposition and xenophobia based on the bitter colonial experiences
provided obstacles, with the redefinition of the role of the private sector
being left vague and halfway.
The transition to market-oriented economy in the 1990s seems to be a his?torical exception. The various reform measures taken by the military gov?ernment apparently show their strong commitment toward a full-fledged
market economy. The author calls the present transformation of the economy the Third Wave, and assures himself that it has been the biggest wave of
liberalization in Myanmar?s industrial history.
Compared with the previ?ous two waves, which the author thinks occurred in the latter half of the
1950s and in the mid-1970s, the present regime has committed itself much more clearly to market economic principles and the enhanced role of the
private sector.
Nevertheless, the history still exhibits a reserve to be fully confident in
government policy toward a market economy. Recent backtracking of eco?nomic reforms is certainly something to be worried. It would be necessary
for the military government to commit itself again to such ideas as open
markets, free competition, transparency, accountability, consistency, level
playing field, freedom of information and rule of law, which are the foun?dations for a free and fair market-oriented economy. Without the govern?
ment?s commitment to those ideas, the private sector would never be con?fident on public polices, and as a result, the full-fledged investments would
never be forthcoming."
See Toshihiro Kudo, ?Industrial Policy in Myanamr: Lessons from the Past? in Industrial Devel?
opment and Reforms in Myanmar: ASEAN and Japanese Perspectives, (Bangkok, The Sasakawa
Southeast Asia Cooperation Fund, 1999).
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Source/publisher:
IDE- Institute of Developing Economies / JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization
Date of publication:
2001-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-09-22
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