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• KNU-backed development projects in Tanintharyi on hold
• Designer of Hpakant environmental plan to be announced soon: MGE
• Striking Yangon workers plan march on city centre
• Youth policy moves ahead with Kayah delegates absent
• MPs’ helicopter suggestion fails to lift off
• Returned refugees, Yangon government settle housing troubles
• Many villages still empty in northern Rakhine
• Dutch tourist released from Mandalay prison, deported
• Bail denied for Eleven Media CEO, editor
• Prosecution pursued against captain, owners of Chidwin River ferry

KNU-backed development projects in Tanintharyi on hold Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:23 AM PST A MAJOR economic project backed by the Karen National Union has been stalled until after the government greenlights a Tanintharyi industrial zone.

Designer of Hpakant environmental plan to be announced soon: MGE Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:20 AM PST In another step to clean up the notoriously corrupt jade industry in Hpakant, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has announced it will soon reveal the tender winner selected to design an Environmental Management Plan for over-mined areas in Kachin State.

Striking Yangon workers plan march on city centre Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:15 AM PST More than 150 workers on strike from Hlaing Tharyar township's Shwe Mi plastic factory have announced they will march into Yangon's city centre within the next two weeks if the regional government does not address their dispute.

Youth policy moves ahead with Kayah delegates absent Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:13 AM PST Drafting of Myanmar's long-awaited youth policy appears to be going ahead, but without the input of Kayah representatives.

MPs’ helicopter suggestion fails to lift off Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:10 AM PST The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided not to pursue a suggestion by a number of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw MPs that would have seen the government purchase firefighting helicopters with a loan from Poland. Instead, the 50 million euro fund will be dedicated to buying high-tech fire engines and other search and rescue vehicles.

Returned refugees, Yangon government settle housing troubles Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:08 AM PST Refugees repatriated from Thailand finally have a home after several back-and-forth negotiations with the government over the cost of housing.

Many villages still empty in northern Rakhine Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:07 AM PST Many of the villages in northern Rakhine State where the military has been conducting "clearance operations" since October remain empty, with some citing "anxiety" as the reason for the continued absence.

Dutch tourist released from Mandalay prison, deported Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:04 AM PST DUTCH tourist Klaas Haytema, who was jailed earlier this year for disconnecting an amplifier used to broadcast a Buddhist sermon, has been released from Mandalay Central Prison and deported from the country.

Bail denied for Eleven Media CEO, editor Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:02 AM PST The CEO and chief editor of Eleven Media Group have seen their appeal for bail foiled as their request was denied once again despite the addition of a prison doctor's note.

Prosecution pursued against captain, owners of Chidwin River ferry Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:01 AM PST Enough evidence has been gathered to prosecute the captain and two owners of the Aung Soe Moe Kyaw 2 ferry, which capsized in October on the Chindwin River, causing the deaths of more than 70 passengers, according to Police Captain Soe Myint of the Kani township police station.

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