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  Thai stock exchange-listed steel company, Millcon Pcl (MILL) is expected to start operation in Thilawa SEZ next year

  Thai stock exchange-listed steelmaker Millcon Plc (MILL) is expected to start its operations in Myanmar next year after being granted a licence to invest in the special economic zones recently, reports the Bangkok Post on March 5.
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  State-run Myanma Railways have invited local and foreign firms to provide consultation services for construction of underground optical fiber cables (OFCs) along the railroads across the country

  State-run Myanma Railways has invited proposals from local and foreign firms to provide consultation services for construction of underground optical fibre cables (OFCs) along the railroads across the country.
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  The Construction and Housing Development Bank (CHD Bank) has issued over USD 77.6 million in loans to developers of affordable housing projects

  The Construction and Housing Development Bank (CHD Bank) has issued over K80 billion ($77.6 million) in loans to developers of affordable housing projects, a senior bank official said.
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  Myanmar Government plans to issue identity documents to undocumented Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand

  The government is planning to issue identity documents to an estimated 645,567 undocumented Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, according to an official from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.
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  Myanmar local businesses are not ready to join the AEC in 2015

  Myanmar will be able to join the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is planned for late 2015, only in 2018 as the country is not ready for a fruitful integration, according to the country’s apex business association.
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  Myanmar government is expected to sign an agreement with two Thai companies to start developing the first phase of Dawei megaproject

  The Myanmar government is expected to sign an agreement with two Thai construction companies to start developing the first phase of the Dawei megaproject, the Bangkok Post reported on March 3.
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  Federation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (FTUM) calls for a raise in the minimum wage in Yangon to 5,000 Kyat per day

  U Khin Muang Aye, central executive committee member of Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA), told Myanmar Business Today that raising the minimum wage to K5,000 per day would “kill the garment industry overnight.”
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  USD 25 billion trade is expected this fiscal year

  Trade should top US$25 billion before the current fiscal year ends March 31 with most of that completed by the end of this month, the Ministry of Commerce reports.
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  ASEAN's famous glacier, Hkakabo Razi in Putao, has high potential for nature-based tourism and adventure travel

  Asean's famous glacier, Hkakabo Razi, has high potential for nature-based tourism and adventure travel, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.
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  Most foreign investment in Myanmar goes into natural resources sector

  Zay Yar Aung, chairperson of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) told a parliament session yesterday that foreign companies have invested at least US$39 billion in 522 businesses to date, most of which has gone into the natural resource sector.