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• White card-holders cut from voting in referendum
• Land consultations too short, CSOs warn
• Shwekyin meeting scheduled for January
• Demands grow for minimum wage
• Talks between Shan, Pa-O break down
• Workshop highlights dangers to Myeik
• Power struggle
• Hluttaw to push Malaysia on attacks
• Referendum bill submitted to parliament

White card-holders cut from voting in referendum Posted: 24 Nov 2014 01:20 AM PST Holders of temporary identification documents – better known as white cards – are likely to be barred from voting in a national referendum on constitutional change proposed for May 2015.

Land consultations too short, CSOs warn Posted: 23 Nov 2014 08:41 PM PST Civil society groups have called on the government to give them more time to respond to a draft national land-use policy, saying that planned consultations due to end at the end of the month have been too rushed.

Shwekyin meeting scheduled for January Posted: 23 Nov 2014 08:35 PM PST At least 1000 members of the Buddhist clergy are expected to attend a conference in Yangon Region's Hmawbi township in early 2015, the organising committee said.

Demands grow for minimum wage Posted: 23 Nov 2014 08:31 PM PST Workers' rights activists are demanding that the government take action to carry out labour laws enacted in March last year. One says failure to do so amounts to a continuation of forced labour.

Talks between Shan, Pa-O break down Posted: 23 Nov 2014 08:08 PM PST The chair of the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation (PNLO) has ruled out further negotiations with the Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) after the two armed groups clashed over a territorial dispute.

Workshop highlights dangers to Myeik Posted: 23 Nov 2014 08:01 PM PST A plan to establish marine protected areas in Myeik Archipelago in southernmost Myanmar was backed by officials from several ministries at a workshop in Tanintharyi Region last week.

Power struggle Posted: 23 Nov 2014 07:16 PM PST As Myanmar rushes to plug the power gap, activists warn of worsening tensions in ethnic minority border areas, where such projects have long brought bloodshed and upheaval -- but little energy.

Hluttaw to push Malaysia on attacks Posted: 23 Nov 2014 05:49 PM PST Parliament will write, in English, to the speaker of the Malaysian legislature requesting action over the treatment of Myanmar migrant workers in Malaysia, it was decided last week.

Referendum bill submitted to parliament Posted: 21 Nov 2014 05:10 AM PST Parliament has already begun preparing to hold a nationwide referendum on the constitution next May.

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