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• Taung Yoe survey aims to boost lobby for ethnic affairs minister
• MCDC to get 11 new members
• Rakhine’s divided minorities
• Laws hard to enforce on unfinished Yangon-Mandalay road
• Traffic officials seek to battle alarming rise in road deaths
• Minister rebukes Ma Ba Tha
• New Thanlyin-Thaketa bridge planned to reduce traffic congestion
• Rakhine committee establishes 142-point agenda
• Cash-strapped Mandalay daily shuttered
• Rakhine State residents petition for local control of resources

Taung Yoe survey aims to boost lobby for ethnic affairs minister Posted: 15 Jul 2016 01:59 AM PDT A survey to count the ethnic Taung Yoe population in Shan State was launched last month, with its organisers seeking to tally enough of their own to qualify the group for an ethnic affairs minister post in state government, according to Taung Yoe Literature and Culture Association patron U Kyaw Htwe from Pindaya township.

MCDC to get 11 new members Posted: 15 Jul 2016 01:57 AM PDT Five new members will be appointed to the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) within the next two weeks, according to the committee's joint secretary U Thet Naing Tun.

Rakhine’s divided minorities Posted: 15 Jul 2016 01:26 AM PDT The mainly stateless Muslim people who identify as Rohingya have been called the most persecuted people in the world – but in the IDP camps and surrounding villages in Rakhine State, where an estimated 140,000 are interred, members of another, often-overlooked Muslim minority: the Kaman, who say they are ignored by the international community and facing abuse and discrimination at the hands of the Rohingya.

Laws hard to enforce on unfinished Yangon-Mandalay road Posted: 15 Jul 2016 01:11 AM PDT The Ministry of Construction is trying to speed up completion of the notoriously dangerous Yangon-Mandalay highway, and upgrade its safety standards amid the annual rise in accidents.

Traffic officials seek to battle alarming rise in road deaths Posted: 15 Jul 2016 01:00 AM PDT Drunk drivers, people who drive while using their phones and don't buckle their seatbelts, and motorcyclists who ride without helmets are all contributing to a fourfold rise in the number of road accidents over the past few years, says the government. Now the transport ministry has set up a new body to reduce the carnage on the nation's roads.

Minister rebukes Ma Ba Tha Posted: 14 Jul 2016 10:53 PM PDT Adding to the backlash against hardline nationalist group Ma Ba Tha, the Union religious affairs minister yesterday warned the group to stay away from hate speech, or face legal retribution.

New Thanlyin-Thaketa bridge planned to reduce traffic congestion Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Yangon's regional government plans to resolve traffic problems on the longest bridge in the region by building a new one, which will connect Thanlyin and Thaketa townships over the Bago River. Repairs are also planned for the old bridge.

Rakhine committee establishes 142-point agenda Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT After only its second meeting, the new committee formed to address issues in Rakhine State has identified 142 priority areas.

Cash-strapped Mandalay daily shuttered Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Mandalay Alinn Daily News printed its last edition yesterday. Messenger Media, which distributes Mandalay Alinn, the only private daily newspaper in the region, stopped production yesterday due to budget difficulties, said editor-in-chief U Thant Zin Oo.

Rakhine State residents petition for local control of resources Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Residents from all 17 Rakhine State townships are signing on to a petition demanding that they be given local control over their natural resources, the most notable of which is oil, said U Kyaw Khaing, director of Arakan Oil Watch.

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