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• Laws must protect the people: Speaker to MPs
• Yangon govt to offer low-cost housing to ‘real’ squatters
• 6000 school buildings in ‘dangerous’ need of upkeep: deputy minister
• Street vendors to be banned on Yangon’s busiest roads
• Myanmar ranks last in ASEAN tobacco control study
• Freelance miner shot by soldier in Hpakant altercation
• Settlement, apology ends strike at slipper factory
• Renewed push to legalise migrant workers in Thailand to start later this month
• Sagaing community divided over sweeteners from controversial military-run sulfuric acid factory
• First rock garden opens at Mandalay University

Laws must protect the people: Speaker to MPs Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:38 AM PST Legislation must represent the best interests of the people, the Speaker of the lower house has urged, calling on MPs to ensure the law serves to protect the country's citizens.

Yangon govt to offer low-cost housing to ‘real’ squatters Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:37 AM PST The Yangon Region government is in the process of arranging low-cost housing for "real squatters" in the commercial capital, Yangon's security and border affairs minister told the regional legislature yesterday.

6000 school buildings in ‘dangerous’ need of upkeep: deputy minister Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:34 AM PST Nearly 6000 school buildings are so badly in need of repairs that they are considered "dangerous", according to a Ministry of Education official.

Street vendors to be banned on Yangon’s busiest roads Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:27 AM PST Yangon's 11 busiest roads will soon be free of street vendors, an official from Yangon City Development Committee's Department of Administration told The Myanmar Times yesterday.

Myanmar ranks last in ASEAN tobacco control study Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:12 AM PST With out-of-date policies, cheap access, and ubiquitous usage, Myanmar ranks last in tobacco control, according to a survey of the region released last week.

Freelance miner shot by soldier in Hpakant altercation Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:10 AM PST A jade miner was shot in Kachin State's Hpakant township following a brief confrontation between miners and Tatmadaw soldiers, according to a state MP.

Settlement, apology ends strike at slipper factory Posted: 16 Nov 2016 11:08 PM PST Some 600 disgruntled workers at the Myanmar DYC slipper factory in Mingaladon township ended their strike yesterday, after labour officials mediated a settlement and a Korean supervisor of the operation apologised for allegedly abusive conduct, according to the workers and a factory official.

Renewed push to legalise migrant workers in Thailand to start later this month Posted: 16 Nov 2016 11:07 PM PST Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand will be issued with Certificates of Identity before the end of November, in a joint effort by the Thai government and Myanmar's Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population.

Sagaing community divided over sweeteners from controversial military-run sulfuric acid factory Posted: 16 Nov 2016 11:03 PM PST Villagers and civil society are divided over what to do with community development funds from a controversial sulphuric acid factory operator, amid ongoing concerns about the potential health risks posed by the facility.

First rock garden opens at Mandalay University Posted: 16 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST The country's first geological rock garden, which will showcase fossils and the world's oldest rocks, opened in Mandalay University's Department of Geology yesterday.

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