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• Mandalay NLD, UEC to hold member elections
• Garment factory to be auctioned after owner disappears
• Nay Pyi Taw Ma Hta Tha to hold election
• Fishermen fight for Chindwin
• Censors cite national reconciliation in pulling film from festival screening
• Government to allocate more funding to public services
• Sagaing workers’ hearing postponed
• ‘Green cards’ distributed to stateless Muslims
• Visa deal inked with Mongolia
• Regional authority extracts himself from mining quandary

Mandalay NLD, UEC to hold member elections Posted: 15 Jun 2016 11:29 PM PDT Members of the National League for Democracy will be electing a new addition to the party's regional executive committee in Mandalay today to replace U Htin Kyaw, who has since become the country's president. Regional party president U Tin Tun Oo said, "There's only one vacancy in the regional executive, the position of the former president. Now party headquarters has been informed about the vacant position."

Garment factory to be auctioned after owner disappears Posted: 15 Jun 2016 11:26 PM PDT A Taiwanese-owned garment factory of dubious legal standing has gone dark after the owner ran away in the midst of financial trouble, according to Yangon labour officials.

Nay Pyi Taw Ma Hta Tha to hold election Posted: 15 Jun 2016 11:22 PM PDT An election for a new chair and members of the Nay Pyi Taw Supervisory Committee for Motor Vehicles will be held on June 23, according to the committee's current head U Win Swe.

Fishermen fight for Chindwin Posted: 15 Jun 2016 11:15 PM PDT Fishermen on the Chindwin River have succeeded under threat of protest in getting Sagaing Region government to hold off from auctioning fishing rights in two stretches of the river to outside entrepreneurs. The fishermen want the chance to bid so that local people can fish in the river themselves.

Censors cite national reconciliation in pulling film from festival screening Posted: 15 Jun 2016 11:00 PM PDT A major work that was competing for an award at this week's fourth Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival was abruptly pulled from the screening schedule in an apparent last-minute decision by the censorship board.

Government to allocate more funding to public services Posted: 15 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT President U Htin Kyaw has pledged to increase public spending on education, health and social security starting this fiscal year with revisions to the government budget.

Sagaing workers’ hearing postponed Posted: 15 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Workers from a plywood factory in Sagaing Region, students and their supporters yesterday boycotted the second trial since they were arrested on May 18.

‘Green cards’ distributed to stateless Muslims Posted: 15 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Rakhine State immigration officials have given out more than 1000 new national verification cards or "green cards" to stateless Muslims as part of a citizenship verification pilot in the conflict-ridden state.

Visa deal inked with Mongolia Posted: 15 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Citizens from Myanmar and Mongolia will be able to travel freely between the two countries when a visa exemption agreement signed yesterday comes into effect.

Regional authority extracts himself from mining quandary Posted: 15 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A decision on the controversial Letpadaung copper mine is out of our hands, the Sagaing Region chief minister insists.

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