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• CSOs condemn journalist killing
• NGOs push for child rights ombudsman
• High-speed rail planned by 2023
• Cheated seafarers speak out: ‘It’s simply human trafficking’
• Take two: iPay system to return to city buses
• Yangon police permit almost 90pc of protests
• More than 100 MPs set to debate constitution report
• Govt open to public suggestion for drafting new land policy
• New safety body aim to halve road deaths
• No easy solutions to city’s wastewater problems

CSOs condemn journalist killing Posted: 27 Oct 2014 01:51 AM PDT Civil society organisations are calling for an investigation into the death of journalist Aung Naing Kyaw (Ko Par Gyi), who was shot and killed while in Tatmadaw custody.

NGOs push for child rights ombudsman Posted: 26 Oct 2014 08:43 PM PDT An ombudsman should be appointed to safeguard children's rights, according to Save the Children International, which last week hosted a Child Rights Governance workshop with civil society organisations, religious leaders and the media.

High-speed rail planned by 2023 Posted: 26 Oct 2014 07:07 PM PDT An eight-year upgrading plan could result in a 100-kilometre-an-hour train service between Yangon and Mandalay, parliament heard last week.

Cheated seafarers speak out: ‘It’s simply human trafficking’ Posted: 26 Oct 2014 06:53 PM PDT Ko Aung Naing's dream was to be a seaman on a shipping vessel. But when his parents paid an employment agency K3.3 million to get him a job on a foreign cargo ship, he didn't expect to end up working near a foreign port for a meagre wage as an assistant welder.

Take two: iPay system to return to city buses Posted: 26 Oct 2014 06:20 PM PDT Public transport chiefs in Yangon are to try again to introduce the iPay card system to pay fares.

Yangon police permit almost 90pc of protests Posted: 26 Oct 2014 06:12 PM PDT Police in Yangon Region approved almost 90 percent of the more than 300 applications to protest submitted so far this year, a senior official said last week.

More than 100 MPs set to debate constitution report Posted: 26 Oct 2014 05:52 PM PDT Debate over the controversial sections of the 2008 constitution that bar Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency and give the military a veto over reform looks set to intensify, after the committee set up to review the constitution reported to hluttaw last week.

Govt open to public suggestion for drafting new land policy Posted: 26 Oct 2014 05:51 PM PDT The government has launched a public consultation process on its draft national land use policy, three years after the two land laws were enacted by parliament.

New safety body aim to halve road deaths Posted: 26 Oct 2014 05:50 PM PDT Road safety chiefs have announced a goal of cutting in half the death toll from accidents, U Lian Cin Mang, director of the Road Transport Administration Department, told The Myanmar Times on October 23.

No easy solutions to city’s wastewater problems Posted: 26 Oct 2014 05:34 PM PDT Each day, more than 1.2 million gallons of industrial wastewater passes by – and sometimes beneath – the homes of Hlaing township's 13th ward, discharged from a nearby military-run textile and garment factory.

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