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• New import laws for LNG in the pipeline
• ‘Death Railway’ to get a new lease on life
• Myanmar, Singapore ink MoU to establish skill standards for workers
• Substations, transmission lines to be extended in new towns
• Causes of plane crash narrowed
• More bodies from plane crash recovered
• Communication law ‘likely to be reviewed’
• PC, UNFC to discuss int’l community’s role in ceasefire in next meeting
• Machines may stem farm labour shortage in Magwe
• 7 Myanmar workers rescued from sugar-cane farm in Thailand

New import laws for LNG in the pipeline Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:22 PM PDT The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) is going to draft new laws on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in cooperation with the Myanmar Oil and Gas Services Society (MOGSS) and Hluttaw but details of the draft are not known, MOGSS vice-chair Daw Hnin Phyu Phyu Aung told The Myanmar Times.

‘Death Railway’ to get a new lease on life Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:20 PM PDT The historic Yangon-Mandalay railroad, better known as the Death Railway, is in dire need of a facelift.

Myanmar, Singapore ink MoU to establish skill standards for workers Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:14 PM PDT The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population signed an MoU with Singapore's Temasek Foundation-Singapore Polytechnic in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday to cooperate on establishing a technical institution quality assurance framework for Myanmar workers.

Substations, transmission lines to be extended in new towns Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:12 PM PDT Construction of substations and transmission lines by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy to provide electricity to new towns and regions is part of the 5-year plan beginning in fiscal 2017-2018, Deputy Minister Dr Tun Naing said at last week's Pyithu Hluttaw session.

Causes of plane crash narrowed Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:07 PM PDT The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has said that the possible causes for the June 7 crash of a Y-8F 200 Tatmadaw transport plane are mechanical failure, an explosive material on board or pilot error.

More bodies from plane crash recovered Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:03 PM PDT Search crews in Myanmar have now recovered the bodies of nearly half of those who died in last week's military plane crash, the army said Sunday.

Communication law ‘likely to be reviewed’ Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:00 PM PDT An amendment to section 66(d) of the Communication Law has been discussed by the Assessment Commission of Legal Affairs and Special Issues and is likely to be reviewed, commission member and ruling NLD spokesperson U Win Htein said.

PC, UNFC to discuss int’l community’s role in ceasefire in next meeting Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:56 PM PDT The role of the international community in preserving the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement signed between the armed ethnic groups and the government will likely dominate the upcoming negotiations in early July between the government's Peace Commission (PC) and United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC).

Machines may stem farm labour shortage in Magwe Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:52 PM PDT The agriculture sector should switch from labour-intensive farming to mechanisation to overcome a worker shortage, according to U Nay Myo Kyaw, minister of Labour, Immigration and Population in Magwe Region.

7 Myanmar workers rescued from sugar-cane farm in Thailand Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:48 PM PDT Thai and Myanmar officials have rescued seven Myanmar nationals who were tricked into working for nothing on a sugar-cane farm in a forest in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.

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