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• EIS on Thilawa SEZ will be "transparent": developers
• DVB journalist freed from prison
• Mandalay consumer protection group targets school canteens
• New chief minister to face close scrutiny from Rakhine MPs
• Kyaukpyu SEZ looks for interest from builders
• Speaker dismisses NLD, 88 campaign
• Religious leaders call for calm
• Two families mourn loss after Mandalay violence
• MP slams govt over failure to enact by-laws
• Calls grow for review of regional human rights body

EIS on Thilawa SEZ will be "transparent": developers Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:57 PM PDT The environmental and social assessments conducted for phase two of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone will be made available to the public in their entirety, said reps from the Japanese and Myanmar companies tasked with the project.

DVB journalist freed from prison Posted: 03 Jul 2014 05:15 PM PDT Democratic Voice of Burma video-journalist U Zaw Pe and his co-defendant U Win Myint Hlaing were released from Thayat Prison on the morning of July 4, after the Magwe Region Court on July 3 reduced their sentence from one year to three months.

Mandalay consumer protection group targets school canteens Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:16 PM PDT The quality of school food will be the first item on the agenda for the recently launched Mandalay branch of the Consumer Protection Association, leaders say.

New chief minister to face close scrutiny from Rakhine MPs Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:51 PM PDT Rakhine State Hluttaw MPs have vowed to watch closely how new chief minister U Maung Maung Ohn tackles the issues of communal conflict, citizenship for Muslims and poverty reduction in the state.

Kyaukpyu SEZ looks for interest from builders Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:19 PM PDT Expressions of interest (EOI) for firms aiming to bid on constructing a special economic zone in Rakhine State are slated to be issued later this month, according to officials involved in the project.

Speaker dismisses NLD, 88 campaign Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:30 PM PDT The public campaign on constitutional reform led by the National League for Democracy and 88 Generation will have no effect on the parliament's constitutional amendment process, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann.

Religious leaders call for calm Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT Keep calm and carry on: that's the message from religious leaders in Mandalay, after the city was rocked by two nights of communal violence.

Two families mourn loss after Mandalay violence Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:17 PM PDT Two families in Mandalay are mourning the husbands and fathers they've lost in mob attacks. Bureau chief Stuart Alan Becker meets the family of U Soe Min.

MP slams govt over failure to enact by-laws Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:58 PM PDT Government ministries have been accused of holding back important legislation by taking too long to issue by-laws, without which legislation is not in effect.

Calls grow for review of regional human rights body Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:01 PM PDT Southeast Asian human rights experts are urging a regional human rights body to be given a far stronger protection mandate as its work comes under review five years after it was created.

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