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• Visa exemption signed with Singapore
• NLD reshuffle planned with coming internal election
• Embezzlement probe wraps up
• No plan to suspend betel nut street stalls in Mandalay
• State counsellor asked to lead ASEAN joint meetings
• Speaker warns MPs to avoid pointing out government weaknesses
• Apartment lottery winners warned not to sell the housing
• Conservation ministry takes aim at Mong La wildlife trade
• Govt plans to build 180,000 affordable housing units
• Dragnet tightens around illegal fishing

Visa exemption signed with Singapore Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Starting in December, Myanmar and Singapore citizens will no longer need a visa to travel between the two countries.

NLD reshuffle planned with coming internal election Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT After dealing a blow to its biggest political rival in last year's election and becoming the ruling party, the National League for Democracy is now preparing to hold internal elections, the party's secretariat announced yesterday.

Embezzlement probe wraps up Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A tribunal tasked with investigating allegations of a US$100 million gems heist that implicated senior members of the former administration has come to a conclusion, but will not be sharing its findings with the public.

No plan to suspend betel nut street stalls in Mandalay Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A directive from the Union government to reduce the use of betel will not lead to the closure of betel nut stands in Mandalay, according to the city's development committee.

State counsellor asked to lead ASEAN joint meetings Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The prime minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong yesterday urged State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to act as a leader of joint ASEAN meetings with other countries, especially during the G20 summit. The latest role will add yet another responsibility onto the 70-year-old leader's very full mandate running the National League for Democracy, heading the President's Office, serving as foreign minister and assuming the role created for her as state counsellor.

Speaker warns MPs to avoid pointing out government weaknesses Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Speaker of parliament has been criticised for apparently trying to dissuade MPs from asking questions that show the government in a poor light. Rakhine State MP U Pe Than compared current Speaker U Win Myint unfavourably with his predecessor, Thura U Shwe Mann, adding, "It looks like the Speaker is putting pressure on MPs not to criticise the government."

Apartment lottery winners warned not to sell the housing Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Lucky winners who were picked to live in Mandalay's new riverbank apartment complex will have to stay there, city officials say. The city development committee's head of building works, U Zaw Win, said on June 4 that those who won the lottery to occupy the city-owned housing on the Ayeyarwady River could be evicted if they were found to have transferred their apartments to others.

Conservation ministry takes aim at Mong La wildlife trade Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Authorities plan to shut down a notorious market where exotic animal parts are sold openly, an official said yesterday, as Southeast Asia struggles to stem a billion-dollar wildlife trade fuelled by Chinese demand.

Govt plans to build 180,000 affordable housing units Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The government revealed plans yesterday to build 180,000 affordable housing units throughout Myanmar. U Min Htain, director general of the Department of Urban Housing and Development, made the announcement at a press conference held at the Ministry of Construction in Nay Pyi Taw.

Dragnet tightens around illegal fishing Posted: 07 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Myanmar is now legally bound to help rid the seas of pirate fishing vessels.

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