Myanmar Business Today - Vol 2, Issue 5

Myanmar Business Today
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January 30-February 5, 2014

MYANMAR’S FIRST BILINGUAL BUSINESS JOURNAL

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January 30-February 5, 2014 | Vol 2, Issue 5

IMF Raises Myanmar’s GDP Forecast,
Says economic outlook remains favourable; praises reforms

Shein Thu Aung

U Aung/Xinhua

Myanmar Summary

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Phyu Thit Lwin

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the Fund warned about the outas liberalising the foreign ex-

The Paris-based lender ear-

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President Warns of
Possible Sanctions
if Two Laws Not
Enacted

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said in his message to the
Union Parliament speak-

if the Anti-terrorism Law and

The FATF is an intergovern-

CFT). The group maintains a

The FATF meeting from February 10 to 14 in Paris will inThe two bills were sent to parliament on January 7. The antiterrorism bill was submitted to
parliament on January 20 by

He told the parliament that it

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MYANMAR’S FIRST BILINGUAL BUSINESS JOURNAL

Board of Editors

Myanmar to implement 5 hydropower projects
with European countries

Parliament opposes the President regarding
SEZ Bill

liament last week.
He said there were a total of 22 hydropower plants

The bill was approved by the parliament last year and

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Myanmar Summary

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Interra Spuds Two New Wells at
Chauk Oil Field in Myanmar
Kyaw Min
ingapore-based

oil

and

Unithai Ventures into
Myanmar With New
Shipping Services
Shein Thu Aung

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Goldpetrol Joint Operating Co

“This venture will enable Unithai and Chin Corp to

the Ayeyarwaddy river in the

Reuters

rels of oil per day.

An oil well operates in Myanmar’s Chauk, home to one of the longest producing oil

Interra estimates that the reary.

tion should be available in approximately six weeks.
Interra is an investment hold-

est in the Improved Petroleum
ment and exploration. It also

Myanmar Summary
ing will be funded from existing
funds on hand, it said.

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Yangon Airport’s Capacity, ASK Surge in 2013
Thai Airways dominates, while Golden Myanmar moves in
at the No.2 position, featuring a seat share of 9.9

Yangon Airport capacity 2004-2013*
Annual domestic and international ASKs (billions)
3

Domestic ASKs

International ASKs
2.73

2.5

year, namely two domestwo international links to

2
1.67

1.5

the top 12 airlines represent a seat share of 71.7

1.3
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sia Airlines has strength0.81

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0.78

annual growth in weekly
0.52
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0.27

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0.32

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0.27

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0.23

0.27

a result of boosting its
anmar Airways, the leader

0
2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Source: Innovata 2004-2013. 2013*: as of 10 December 2013

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Yangon Airport is the
primary international airdon, 15 kilometres north

tourists and global busiDespite losing its status
in 2005, Yangon is still
tion data provider Innovata said.
seat kilometres were offered on routes involving

for trade, industry, real
estate, media, entertainment and tourism, and
the national GDP.

ous year, analysis of Innomate, the airport has reTaw Airport, serving the
est airport for passenger
number of seats on an airelled in kilometres.

Innovata said.
Golden Myanmar in
top 12
the last 12 months by 4.9

The international market has by far outpertor in terms of growth,
even though the latter

have expanded their pres-

growth over this period.
ternational market, this
pared to 2004; therefore,

lished in July 2012.
The airline has burst
into the top 12 airlines

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13 new services

Top 12 Airlines at Yangon Airport
Weekly one-way seat capacity

weekly to daily. On the

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1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

operating from Yangon

6,191

Golden Myanmar Airlines
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Myanmar Airways

ways withdrawing its four

4,488

Air KBZ
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Thai AirAsia

Thailand has managed
to maintain its top posi-

3,766

Bangkok Airways
3,322

Yangon Airways

frequently added domes-

2,520

AirAsia

2,473

Asian Wings Airways

been added this year,

2,240

Malaysia Airlines

2,160

Air Mandalay

desh, although the latter
did not make the top 12
ranking.

Source: Innovata

Japan fastest growing market
The fastest growing

7,000

6,285

Thai Airways

routes) and Nok Air (two)

6,000

1,995

Singapore Airlines

New routes in 2013

No.11 position is due to
week last year.
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(ANA) has expanded
hugely in the last 12

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10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

Thailand
Myanmar
Singapore
Malaysia
China
South Korea
Japan
Vietnam
Taiwan

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Qatar
Hong Kong
India

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“Looking forward, it is imthe progress made on the priormodernisation

Overall reserves still remain
above three months of imports

national reserves, as envisaged

require

state banks and it now holds

up in FY2014-15 as foreign di-

Davies said.

will

modernisation and stressed on
having updated regulations and

“This progress needs to be
late further reserves to provide
and there are pressures from

tional reserves are still low and

Singing praise
The Fund said the authorities made good progress in

full budgetary autonomy and
a strengthened market framework in order to implement ef-

said.
been supporting the authorities to monitor progress against
a small set of quantitative and
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but remains low; to enable inboosted though broadening the

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Myanmar’s ASEAN Chairmanship:
Challenges and Opportunities
nam, Philippines, Japan

ty (AEC) near. It would do
well to display independent-minded
leadership
solidarity.
Thirdly, the plight of the

the region and the world.
ing to its appalling human
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Ahim Rani/Reuters

with its ongoing internal

rd

ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Dylan Loh Ming Hui

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mit, in addition to over
240 regional meetings
– drawing thousands of
diplomats, leaders and
throughout the year.
2014 is also an impor-

resorted to using power
own power network.
Questions also remain
as to whether it has the

it is the penultimate year
before the inauguration
lenges and opportunities

ship will impose extra
burdens upon a narrow

-

managing the reform pro-

Main challenges facing Myanmar
The most obvious test
for Nay Pyi Taw is its inliable power supply; limtels; and poor transportation linkages are some
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greatly overworked. To
tinues to be more asserwould need to deftly manby Beijing to issue new
quiring foreign vessels to
seek prior permission to

drawn rebukes from Viet-

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APC to Invest in Teak Plantations in Myanmar
as the teredo worm.
Teak (Tectona Grandis) is na-

Phyu Thit Lwin
used the world over for dura-

ingapore-based plantation
-

hotels, with a range of uses
Capital (APC) said it is planning
to expand its Teak and Agarwood plantation operations in

for its natural non-skid properties, while varnished and oiled

furniture as well as a longstandboat building.

a vessel. Teak is almost imper-

monly known as Burmese Teak,
is amongst the most sought after in the world and regularly

has established Teak plantations with additional land aling.

support foreign investment, we
believe the time is right to establish sustainable Teak planta-

UNEP

that he hopes APC to be “one of

anmar the unique opportunity to elevate its
-

high-speed 4G mobile
internet network was installed (albeit only for the
media and VIPs) in various venues in a relatively
short period of time. Ad-

be reaped from a deeper
relationship. Investments

Opportunities for
Myanmar
-

great strides in opening
up while its assumption of
low Nay Pyi Taw to open
up further to the outside
-

(APF) in Nay Pyi Daw.

ment Commission. But
-

-

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government-only
representatives,
meddled
ings and even shut down

ment in the same period.

Its willingness to learn,

making it more resilient,
nese investments, thus
making it more geopoments from the western

willingness and ability to
under pressure to perform globally.
-

Impact on domestic
reform
developing sets of ‘best
in 2015 – there is strong
tor on the world stage.
-

portunity to open up more
integrate further with the
Dylan Loh Ming Hui is
a research analyst at the
S. Rajaratnam School
of International Studies
(RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.

-

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overshadowed by its human rights failings.

Myanmar Summary

through urgently-needed
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It has already made some
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Asian neighbours for it
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Farmers to Get
New Warehouses
for Rice

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RC Cola to Set Up Plants in Myanmar
Aye Myat
freshments is
also under negotiations
to

T

in the Philippines will put

Kyaw Min & Htet Aung

N

ew warehouses will be built in three ma-

year, as it seeks to expand

Thailand.
The
expansion is in line
with plans of

Asia.
bottler

to

be
is also looking at starting

properly, he said.

nity (AEC) starts in 2015.
the sidelines of the annual

The group of Filipino
businessman Yao has in-

enough warehouses they will be able to make
implemented by the Eulisting.
ing the townships where the establishments will

freshments,

hubs

Damir Sagolj/Reuters

“This initiative will address a big problem, but

Myanmar Summary

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through

Yao said. He said international operations would
be boosted by the new
in

neighbouring
Cola International.

drawing board.

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What Myanmar’s Story of Generosity
Means to The World
-

Philippines, to name a few. An

the high numbers of people who
report helping a stranger … in

aid-giving nations, however,

-

-

Lean Alfred Santos

I

mmediately after the United
able to nurture this tradition of
formal engagement in giving
-

Charity index
The annual index measures

“[The index] estimates that
this next potential generation of

Aid Foundation, a Londonpeople help a stranger, donate
money and volunteer their time
of money donated.

billion if they gave just 0.4 perity — the same as people in the

land. This opens up a whole new

believe that developing nations
-

CAF

tries and just emerging from
-

Future of charitable giving
Grinham said developing

shaped by norms and religious
beliefs forms part of the way
ers.

high proportion of people fol-

opening up the potential of de– that giving is more than just
wealth – to new heights.
esting. The wider point about

Grinham added these steps
-

the past 12 months.
The former military state also
ranked fourth in volunteer-

forms of giving and builds trust

helping a stranger with 46 per-

-

also believe that governments

Australia CEO Lisa Grinham
told Devex.

ham.
Australia stumbles
peak of the index, Australia,

menistan, on the other hand,
led in volunteer time with 57

years, slid down to 7th
from the top just over a year ago

see higher levels of donations
and generosity is not wealthmoney to give. However, we
should not kid ourselves that

lay devotees support the lifestyle of devout monks through

-

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Pact Launches Local
Partnership Initiative
Aye Myat

year, was listed by FATF as one
-

that began in June last year.

velopment program that fosters

gress.
Parliament speaker Thura U

and water, sanitation and hymunity-based

organisations

has prioritised the passage of
these two bills to avoid possiliamentarians that not having
these laws “has been an embar-

-

ety in rural areas through part-

-

Pact

their formal engagement in the
LPI, the NGO said in a statement.
The total grant amount for

Shae Thot project.

needs in the southeastern part
rently served by other INGOs or

Myanmar Summary
-

sion from the government to ex-

Foundation.
-

investment. The anti-terrorism
law was written with the help of
he added.

-

U

terrorism and money launder-

NGO says the LPI will deepen

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Myanmar to Host International Visa-Free Travel to Myanmar for
Conference on Oil and Gas
ably in the oil and gas industry

Aye Myat
yanmar is going to
host an international
industry is set for further expansion and growth in onshore
2014, organised by Vietnam-

Yangon from 24 to 27 February.
mar Oil and Gas Enterprises
ganise the show.
improving international and
27 February.
-

below the mid-table range of
the top 20 list. Australia ranked

Mimi Hudoyo

and it opened its door to invite
laborations.

B

y the end of this year,
-

Indonesia and Brunei should be

Myanmar Summary

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Minh Vi Exhibition and Advertisement
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the need for visas.
U Htay Aung, union minhave been doing it step by step.
rangements with Cambodia, Vi-

nationals travelling within the region, with the aim of extending a
single visa to foreign tourists.
the rest of the world), but there
is still a lot of homework to be
tionals).
“There was an evaluation (during the meeting) and (the results)
tion between other government
-

Bilateral agreements with the
also determine how seamless
would be hammered out by this
year, he added.
of the issues raised during the

“Tourism ministers need to
have a forum with the ministers
of transportation, immigration

-

Elka Pangestu.
full implementation of a visa-

Myanmar Summary

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“Australians are known for be-

eighth in donating money, and

were no disasters of the magnitude of 2011 in 2012, this is the

Grinham explained that the

It will be interesting to see the
results of the 2014 index when

-

-

Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Japan tsunami.
“The index is based on the
2012 year. In 2011, Australians
rallied to support a number of
-

ing almost every nation in the
world in the Philippines after
Typhoon Haiyan.
Lean Alfred Santos is a Dethe development community in
A woman offers food to a Buddhist monk early in the morning in Yangon.

players such as the Asian Development Bank and AusAID.
Prior to joining Devex, he covered Philippine and international business and economic
news, sports and politics. Lean
is based in Manila. The article

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and has been republished with
the publication’s permission.

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South Koreans Seethe,
Sue as Credit Card Details Swiped
Joyce Lee

T

he theft of personal information from more than
-

ers believed to originate from
to have been an inside job.
-

President Park Geun-hye and
nited a storm of anger and liti-

Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

loaded details of 105.8 million
of the banks hit by the theft to
ensure their money was safe,

Card Co Ltd, Lotte Card Co Ltd
and NH Nonghyup Card onto a
portable hard drive.
The man then sold the information to at least two people

The theft of personal information from more than 100 million South Korean credit cards and accounts, reportedly including

of multiple litigations.
-

one might know when I pay

person have been arrested.

my phone number and where I
live. I might as well keep all my

sation for emotional injury.
ed to 451 trillion won ($424.01

Victims sue, demand
answers
-

added.
The stolen information in-

-

rea has further highlighted the
formation after tens of millions

-

payments industry, said in its

stolen from retailer Target Corp
during the holiday shopping
season.

numbers.
passwords were not stolen, al-

failure.

nature – without the need for

lion in 2012, from just under
$10 billion the year before.

Reuters
Myanmar Summary

developed world.

-

estimates, by far the largest in

-

senting them.
-

tributed to one of the highest
levels of personal debt relative

as investigators probed how

nature.
Cho Yeon-haeng, president of
-

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Sullen in Singapore: Its Workers Are
the Unhappiest in Asia
employers and professionals

Brian Leonal
orkers

-

in

wealthy
happiest in Asia and
nearly two-thirds would like to
quit their jobs in the next year,

-

the main reasons to stay with a
last week.
a 2012 survey.
foreign workers.

leave their jobs in the next 12
months.
The top reasons for dissatisand being asked to do more
with less.
Indian workers were the happiest in Asia, with about 70
ing to the survey by the Neth-

WMC

motivated and that their skills

working options was average or
ity of employers also said that
ous ages was one of the biggest
reer development opportunities readily available is a great
pore, said in a statement.
reans were motivated by know-

ernment, its popular vote hit in

Myanmar Summary

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and tighten the labour market
for foreigners.
minimum salary for foreigners
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were also important. About 59
and obliging employers to adporeans for 14 days before an
year.

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Reuters

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after Online Furore
-

Elaine Lies

J

On Tuesday last week, a
spokeswoman said the ad would

Nippon Airways said last
week it was pulling a TV
advertisement featuring a Japa-

with versions on other media,
she added.

overtones.
with Japanese subtitles, proThe Independent

more tourists amid a sharp rise
in visitors over the last year,
brassy blond wig, in line with
Japanese stereotypes about Eu-

some people saying they had

In another version of the ad,
-

ing on Jan 18, two men in ANA

however, said they liked the

The ad unleashed a torrent
wears a large fake nose and a

woman said. “Our intention
-

nose were intended to show
nate against anybody.
“There were people who took
it that way, so we are paying at-

was simply strange, rather than
ANA apologised for the ad on
-

The ad aired only in Japan,
but also spread on Internet video sharing sites.
Reuters

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15

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China Calls on Manila to Meet It Halfway
on Fishing Rules
mar, the Philippines foreign
minister said the new rules, and
as saying China would build 20
new patrol vessels this year.
Reuters
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status quo and threats to the
stability of the region, these
latest developments violate the
other states under international
-

Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

told the gathering.
-

disputed waters in the South China Sea.

are holding four days of meet-

Michael Martina

C

pines to meet it halfway

ippines. Brunei, Taiwan and

-

waters and China has a separate
dispute with Japan in the East

tions from the beginning of

The Philippines will defy the
new Chinese rules and the navy
-

sovereignty.
territorial sovereignty and integrity is unwavering. At the
same time, we always put forth
-

meet China halfway on the rel-

vessels to obtain approval before entering the waters.

-

powerful China over most of

-

tations

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ships.
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ships

Pakistan Again Halts Gold Imports to Stem
Smuggling into India
Import curbs in India trigger rise in smuggling from neighbours
Siddesh Mayenkar

P

akistan has temporarily banned gold imports

six months as it tries to stem

try there has been a surge in its

the amount smuggled into InPakistan usually imports tiny

to a statement on the ministry
website.

though imports surged last year

days and exports, mostly jewmonth before the previous ban
– amounted to $514 million.
Pakistan said the ban would

Pakistan last banned imports
virtually dried up legal imports
the six months to November as
-

of 2012.

Jayanta Shaw/Reuters

biggest bullion buyer, spurring
a surge in smuggling and remand.
“Credible reports have indi-

sive non-essential import and
-

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Thai Farmers Add to Government
Woes With Rice Scheme Protests
running into funding problems.
-

Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat
delegation would visit lawyers
soon. If there was no way to get
sides and join protesters
trying to topple the government
if they do not get paid for their

would join the anti-government
protests, he said.

northeast. The latter two are
Puea Thai strongholds, a worry
-

Her brother Thaksin is still
-

the latest instalment of Thai-

The protests in Bangkok pit
tablishment against the mainly
poorer supporters of Prime

Reuters

based on the rural vote.
Anti-government
protests,
now in their third month, have

and loans for businesses in the
villages, and he is seen as the
ernment.
ile in Dubai rather than serve

IMF Raises Philippine GDP

and her brother, ex-premier
power handed down in 2008.
toppled by the military in 2006.
November were sparked by a
$600 million investment, and
drags on.

Rural vote
The rural vote brought Yin-

ers are guaranteed an above-

power in 2011 with a sweeping
populist platform.

-

formed part of it meant that
out of the global market. It left

waiting three or four months to
be paid.

unsold grain and the govern-

nesty that would have allowed
him to return home a free man.
Although the protests have

-

Karen Lema

T

-

last week it had raised its
-

ens of people were wounded,
some seriously, when grenades
were thrown at anti-governtre last weekend.
Reuters

rebuilding.

the Philippines, told reporters.
-

Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

down $20 billion from earlier
estimates.
That has prompted the gov-

month.
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tival season in full swing, demand remains strong, keeping
isting jewellery to meet demand
and also boosted smuggling.
Reuters
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year.

Reuters

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IEA Sees Oil Use Rising As
Global Growth Picks Up
Rapid rise in US crude oil production to continue
Lin Noueihed &
Christopher Johnson

G

rels disappeared from the mar-

lobal oil demand will inreversing four months of de-

The

International

and the United Arab Emirates

Energy

a modest rise and Iraq was the
only member to post a fall.

this year, 50,000 bpd higher
ity gained momentum.

the IEA said in its monthly report.

shifts was the relentless rise in

have by now largely exited the

990,000 bpd growth, one of the

Reuters

“Global oil demand growth
appears to have gradually
gained momentum in the last 18
-

in the energy-intensive manu-

said.
However, the IEA said the energy industry had absorbed the

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and pipeline expansions and
elsewhere, notably Libya and

from Libya and Iran has helped
rise by 780,000 bpd this year,
troleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) will also have to pump
mand.
-

limited rises.

Demand over the last few
months has depleted oil inven-

$108.70 a barrel last year,
it said.
on Tuesday last week traded
around $107.
plummeted in November by

OPEC oil this year by 200,000
bpd to 29.4 million bpd.

fastest absolute annual supply
Reuters

to a plunge in Libyan exports, at

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Philip Mostert

Cullinan Diamond was found in
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Lenovo Restarts Talks to Buy IBM Server Unit
IBM server unit value likely $2.5-$3 billion: analysts
in a $25 billion deal last year,

-

reports as a potential suitor for
the business. A Beijing-based

think it will be one hundred
Reuters
Myanmar Summary

Eager Seller, Flush Buyer
Thinkpad PC business in 2005
springboard for its leap to the
top of global PC maker rankings.

Reuters

be worth between $2.5 billion

C

has resumed talks to buy
International
Business

novo doubling the server business margins is a good deal for
between $4 billion to $6 billion
for the unit, while Lenovo was
$2.5 billion.
Analysts now estimate the

diversify beyond a shrinking PC
market.
would make it the biggest ever
attempts to remould itself as a
and data storage servers. It also
last year.
hardware towards software and

likely more eager now to do a
deal than last year after several
quarters of weak earnings.
But any deal would also likely
mittee on Foreign Investment
-

PC maker, said last week it was
in preliminary talks about an

and phones, he added.

the seller but said it was making
the statement in response to resition of a server business.
It added that it had not enment and that no material
terms had been agreed to.

added.

servers, the deal is worth $2.5

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Results And Shares
in the fourth quarter, up from

Martinne Geller

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man. “Importantly, sales in the
emerging markets have seen a

quarter.
markets

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results and sent its shares higher on Tuesday morning as investors greeted the news with
relief.
Unilever generates more than
half of its sales in developing
and emerging markets. It was
hit hard in the third quarter

emerging markets, despite last

Maintained Goals

pointed out that growth there
remained well above that in developed markets.
“The good news ... is that a big
proportion is just good volume

the group stood by his goals

in

emerging

China and Indonesia notable

growth ahead of its broader
markets and improvements in
Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters

He noted however that devel-

the devaluation of a handful of
ian real and the Indian rupee –

ters in an interview.

Reuters
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demand.
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Dove soap, said sales in emerg-

appear

to

be
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New Option for UK Pension Transfers
option of transferring to the
sey.
It will be interesting to see if
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tion agreement between the two
Euro members would be very
this move for free.

ple opt for somewhere like the
ment side of things out of, but
the main point is that there are
plenty of options.

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they may bring to the industry
pened in Guernsey when vari-

David Mayes
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David Mayes MBA provides
wealth management services to expatriates throughout
Southeast Asia, focusing on
UK Pension Transfers. He can
be reached at david.m@faramond.com. Faramond UK is
regulated by the FCA and provides advice on pensions and
taxation.

options available for transferbefore these options disappear.

pension transfer market with
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for free between any of the ju-

been the market leader in the

example, if you were to be based

Myanmar Summary

simultaneously

removed

this is not likely to last forever.

all
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ket many in the industry are
wondering if they will be able to

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ideal to transfer from Gibraltar
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opportunity for all of those who

to legally save a fortune in taxrate, meaning those in the high-

pension to Gibraltar also avoids
death tax, meaning your loved
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Su Su
lowing

regulatory

approval

Hamada & Matsumoto (MHM)

ents abroad.

– on April 1.
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2012, while Nagashima Ohno

alternative dispute resolution

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and November last year, re-

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Malaysia Airlines, MAI Sign Code Share Deal
travel.

Shein Thu Aung
yanmar
Airways
Interna-

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10.
The deal also allows

60 destinations worldwide and a further 800
destinations in more than
world partners.

pore, Langkawi, Bangkok
Airlines in a bid to in-

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Reuters

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Inside: Banking Reform in Myanmar
Myanmar is changing for the better, at a fast clip, and the US banks need to recognise these positive changes
inghouse established by the

as with the four banks listed in
GL19, provided that the undertions regulations.

have started to be routinely is-

Eric Rose &
Dr Andrew Lian

the weakest links in
the former pariah state, is exest growth rates in Asia after it
allows foreign banks to begin
operations in early 2014. The
the medium term, and rising,

Treasury Department needs to
stantially delay sending even
-

foreign banks have taken ad-

wholly-owned

subsidiary

types of unwarranted denials or
eign banks to engage in limited
draft of the new banking law is

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mar under the same terms and
-

anmar has four state-owned
banks and nineteen privatelyheld banks, no foreign banks
have been allowed to operate

its

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-

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Will the US banks adapt to
this new marketplace?

unlimited potential at this time.
Eric Rose is the Lead Director of Herzfeld Rubin Meyer
in Myanmar. He focuses on
the global aspects of business
cluding mergers, acquisitions,
privatisations,
technology
transfers, compliance counselling, and international commercial transactions. His experience in Myanmar spans over
twenty years.
Dr Andrew Lian, who is leading the Herzfeld Rubin Meyer

have had an extremely low pen60 million. This means there
is tremendous growth potential that is just beginning to

government has undertaken a
number of reforms designed to
-

trol (OFAC). On July 11, 2012,
OFAC issued Burma General
tation and re-exportation of

Burma. OFAC followed GL 16
with GL 19, issued on February

Bank has stated that the setdependent Central Bank, as

needs to address this rather
rent position of the Department
appears to be that the marketproposition. In the short run,

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Nationals list (two state-owned
banks, and two private banks).
In other words, to quote OFAC,

al export goods, and doubling

among its mandates, ensures
-

Practice, is one of Presidents
Thein Sein’s advisers on ethnic
opment. He is a member of a
number of Presidential Commissions, and advises the Myanmar government on issues
concerning minorities, as well
legislative changes in the country’s investment laws.
The article was originally
published on InsideCounsel.
com and has been republished
with the authors’ and publication’s permission.

Myanmar Summary

ent relationships with any nona result of GL 19, also with the

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ment Bank, Ayeyarwady Bank,
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Rapid consumer banking
growth

Despite this regulatory openness, it appears that many
-

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Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

been installed, as well as over
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Enabling Sustainable Value Chains in Asia’s Apparel Frontier
Part I: Grasping the Opportunity
a huge potential market with
an estimated 19 million mempotentially tripling spending
lion; and abundant natural
Maximilian Martin
Series Summary
try is booming. It earned more
than $917 million in exports in
more than 100,000 people by
2015. Garments are already the
-

ral gas, and hydropower, and
an ambitious reform program
land and water pollution, and
similar regulation around enviing industrial waste water and
Steve McCurry

hotspots in the textile and garment industry. National labour
industry following the lifting
But there is an important
twist to this story. The growth
global textile and garment in-

reports, and provides an evily boasts the lowest minimum
garment wages in Asia, averes are higher and stand at $85time and other bonuses.
ing how growth and the ability

textiles, apparel and luxury
goods, and it has long had both
development and industrialisation while also being a persistent repository of poor labour
mental pollution. The advent of
fast fashion has added further
-

To sort through the wide

in neighbouring Bangladesh in

tions for sustainable apparel

ment industry. The report outthat would enable the industry
to leapfrog others in terms of
stakeholder responses; solutions exist that are working
ditions and environmental
tivity is rising; fast fashion and
tainable growth model for the
an industry-wide solution have

thereby avoiding the slow path
of trial and error that many
lowed.
Series Breakdown
Part I: Grasping the Opportunity.
apparel industry with our enPart II: Building Human
Capital and Improving Working Conditions. Part II of this

buyer-led initiatives to improve
-

far failed to add up to indushas released a new report titled

to simply treating symptoms
does not yet exist.

-

The report is based on an in-

enable progress toward sustainability.
Part III: Riding the Power
of Total Resource Productivity. Part III of a new series on
-

ing China and India (among
others) and about 500 million
people living in relative proximity; a youthful population
age of 18 (thereby leading to
an additional10 million people

“The apparel industry has the exhilarating
potential to be an important catalyst, enabling Myanmar’s graduation to the group of
middle-income countries”

world gradually heading toward
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Done. Part IV of this series on

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to address as it seeks to realise

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intermediaries; and the marketing networks at the retail level.
Upstream and supporting
industries remain underdevel-

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sity of St Gallen. He previously
served as founding global head
and managing director of UBS
Philanthropy Services, head of
research at the Schwab Foundation, senior consultant with
McKinsey & Company, instructor at Harvard’s Economics
Department, and fellow at the
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As the industry grows, how
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agrarian to the post-industrial
and investment opportunities.
mar stands today at around 1

worker safety; and the environ-

import all raw materials and
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itself.
mar aims to upgrade its pro-

sustainability on a long-term
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mobile phone penetration at 10
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and the tastes and aspirations

stream and downstream industries are helpful for enabling the
ters.
Contract Manufacturing
is the Norm

will need to be supported by an
adapted legislative framework;
estimates for export potential
are about $5-6 billion even
upgrading.

pay, and worker health and
the exhilarating potential to be
able textile and garment value
tries – just like in many other
trial revolution 250 years ago.
oldest industries but has often
turned a blind eye toward its
able vision for the industry is
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greater detail in my next post.
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for sustainable industry transformation.
An Incomplete Domestic
Upstream Supply Chain
in textile and garments and is
ship. A traditional Burmese
proverb from the times when
every household had a handloom and women were weaving
longyis for the family them-

Assembly is a form of indus-

The Solution Path toward
Higher Value Added
yond $6 billion in garment exports if it manages to routinely
its textile and garment value
grading options for generating
more value added. These op-

garment sewing plants, most

population growth, awakening
mine what needs to happen to
– where humane working, entions are the norm rather than

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“Key problems in the industry

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include working conditions, pay,

move to higher value-added
fashion goods.

and worker health and safety.”

plays a key role in many emergBangladesh has over 5,600
and is home to almost 160 million people, with apparel now
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are long gone, but women still
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export earnings and over 4 milries, Vietnam with about 2,000,

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provided with imported inputs
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more highly skilled workers to
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upstream textile and garment

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ties along the textile and gar-

nology.
sition to sustainable apparel

supplier and buyer are separate

neighbours Cambodia and Laos
The Role of Sustainability
in Developing Myanmar’s
Apparel Cluster

Original brand name manu-

internationally oriented Asian
sale of their own brand prod-

About the Author
Dr Maximilian Martin is the
Founder and Global Managing
Director of Impact Economy.
He also serves as Founding
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Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Bangkok (BKK)
g s o
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N
Flight No.
PG 706
DD4231
FD2752
8M335
TG304
PG702
Y5-237
TG302
PG703
8M331
FD2754
PG704
TG306
DD4239

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

Days
s
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5

6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6

7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

From
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN

To
BKK
DMK
DMK
BKK
BKK
BKK
BKK
BKK
BKK
BKK
DMK
BKK
BKK
DMK

ETD
7:15
8:00
8:30
8:40
9:50
10:45
18:05
14:45
15:20
16:30
17:50
18:25
19:40
21:00

ETA
9:30
9:45
10:15
10:25
11:45
12:40
19:50
16:40
17:15
18:15
19:35
20:20
21:35
22:45

Flights from Bangkok (BKK) to Yangon (RGN)
g s o
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a

Operated by:
Bangkok Airways
NOK Airlines
Thai AirAsia
MAI
Thai Airways
Bangkok Airways
Thai Airways
Bangkok Airways
MAI
Thai AirAsia
Bangkok Airways
Thai Airways
NOK Airlines

Flight No.
DD4230
8M336
FD2751
TG303
PG701
FD2755
PG707
Y5-238
FD2753
PG703
TG305
DD4238
8M332
PG705

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Chiang Mai (CNX)
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a
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W9-9607

4

7

RGN

CNX

14:50

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1 2 3 4 5
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1
3 4 5
5
1
2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5

6
6
6
6
6
6
6

7
7
7
7
7

6 7

RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN

SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN

10:10
0:25
8:30
10:25
11:30
13:45
15:10
17:10
16:40

14:40
5;00
13:00
14:45
16:05
18:15
19:35
21:35
21:15

Air Bagan

W9-9608

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

VN956

1

RGN
RGN
RGN

KUL
KUL
KUL

8:30
8:55
12:15

SilkAir
MAI
Singapore Airline
Jetstar Asia
MAI
TigerAir
TigerAir
SilkAir

12:50
12:55
16:30

5 6 7

RGN

HAN

19:10

Y5-234
SQ998
8M6231/3K585
8M232
MI518
8M235
TR2826
TR2826
MI520

2

4

7

RGN

SGN

14:25

1
1
1
1
1

2 3 4
2 3 4
3 4
2 3 4
2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6
2
5 6

RGN
RGN

TPE
TPE

10:50
11:35

2 3 4
6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3
6

RGN
RGN
RGN

KMG
KMG
KMG

14:15
14:40
12:20

2 3 4

6 7

RGN

BJS

14:15

Days
s
3

From
RGN

6

To
NNG

ETD
12:20

1 2

4

6

RGN

HKG

1:10

2

4

7

3

6

1

5

RGN
RGN
RGN

CAN
CAN
CAN

8:40
11:20
17:40

VN957

1

17:10

Days
s
1

8M 601
AI234

1
1

NH914

1

From
RGN
RGN

5
5

To
CCU
CCU

ETD
18:45
13:40

VN943

3
2

China Airline
EVA Air

CI7915
BR287

5 6
5

RGN
RGN

GAY
GAY

10:30
13:40

Air China
China Eastern
China Eastern (via NNG)

CA905
MU2031
MU2011

6

RGN

NRT

22:00

21:55

1

3
4

5

7
7

QR619

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

RGN
RGN

ICN
ICN

0:05
0:50

DOH

8:00

ETA
16:25

Operated by:
China Eastern

Days
s
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
6
7

From
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN

To
NYT
NYT
NYT
NYT
NYT

ETD
7:30
11:30
16:30
8:00
15:30

5:35

17:20

17:50

Air Bagan

SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN
SIN

RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN

15:35
7:55
9:10
14:10
14:20
19:15
13:00
15:00
22:10

17:05
9:20
10:40
15:40
15:45
20:45
14:30
16:30
23:35

Singapore Airline
Jetstar Asia
MAI
SilkAir
MAI
TigerAir
TigerAir
SilkAir

KUL
KUL
KUL

RGN
RGN
RGN

6:55
10:05
14:00

8:00
11:15
15:00

AirAsia
Malaysia Airlines
MAI

HAN

RGN

16:35

18:10

Vietnam Airlines

SGN

RGN

11:40

13:25

Vietnam Airlines

TPE
TPE

RGN
RGN

7:15
7:30

10:05
10:35

China Airline
EVA Air

KMG
KMG
KMG

RGN
RGN
RGN

12:40
13:30
8:25

13:15
14:00
11:30

Air China
China Eastern
China Eastern (via NNG)

6 7

BJS

RGN

8:05

13:15

Air China (via KMG)

Days
s
3

From
NNG

6

To
RGN

ETD
10:15

ETA
11:30

Operated by:
China Eastern

KA250

1

3

5

7

HKG

RGN

21:50

23:45

Dragon Air

Flights from Guang Zhou (CAN) to Yangon (RGN)
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MAI
China Southern Airline
China Southern Airline

CZ3055
8M712
CZ3055

3
2

6
4

1

7
5

CAN
CAN
CAN

RGN
RGN
RGN

8:40
14:15
14:45

10:30
15:45
16:35

China Southern Airlines
MAI
China Southern Airlines

Flights from Kolkata (CCU) to Yangon (RGN)
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Operated by:
Air India
Air India (via GAY)

Flight No.
AI227
AI233

MAI
Air India

8M 602
AI233

1

Days
s

ALL NIPPON Airways

NH913

1

1

From
CCU
CCU

5
5

To
RGN
RGN

ETD
10:35
13:30

ETA
13:20
18:00

Operated by:
Air India
Air India (via GAY)

Flights from Gaya (GAY) to Yangon (RGN)
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11:50
15:00

3

5 6
5

GAY
GAY

RGN
RGN

12:50
15:00

16:00
18:00

MAI
Air India

Flights from Tokyo (NRT) to Yangon (RGN)
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6

NRT

RGN

11:10

17:05

ALL NIPPON Airways

Flights from Seoul (ICN) to Yangon (RGN)
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8:00
8:50

Korean Air
Asiana

KE471
OZ4753

Qatar Airways

QR618

1 23

4 5 6 7
3
6

ICN
ICN

RGN
RGN

18:40
19:30

22:55
23:40

Korean Air
Asiana

Flights from Doha (DOH) to Yangon (RGN)
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11:45

Operated by:
FMI Air Charter
FMI Air Charter
FMI Air Charter
FMI Air Charter
FMI Air Charter

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Mandalay (MDY)
i t r
o
n
Y5-234
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RGN
MDY
6:15
7:30
YH 909
2
4
6 7
RGN
MDY
6:30
8:10
YH 917
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RGN
MDY
6:10
8:30
YH 727
1
5
RGN
MDY
11:15
13:25
YH 731
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RGN
MDY
15:00
17:10
W9 501
1 2 3 4
RGN
MDY
6:00
7:25
K7 222
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RGN
MDY
6:30
8:40
YJ 201
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RGN
MDY
11:30
12:55
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Hong Kong (HKG) Flights from Yangon (RGN)
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ETA
19:45
16:55

ETA
8:30
12:30
17:30
9:00
16:30

7

2 3 4

Flight No.
MU2011

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Nay Pyi Taw (NYT)
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Flight No.
FMI-A1
FMI-B1
FMI-C1
FMI-A1
FMI-A1

CNX

Flights from Nanning (NNG) to Yangon (RGN)
g s o
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Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Doha (DOH)
lg s
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4

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6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3
6

CA905

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Seoul (ICN)
g s
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KE472
OZ7463

Operated by:
NOK Airlines
MAI
Thai AirAsia
Thai Airways
Bangkok Airways
Thai AirAsia
Bangkok Airways
Thai AirAsia
Bangkok Airways
Thai Airways
NOK Airlines
MAI
Bangkok Airways

Flights from Beijing (BJS) to Yangon (RGN)
lg s
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Air China (via KMG)

06:40+1

ETA
07:55
7:25
8:00
8:45
9:40
12:20
14:30
21:55
17:20
17:35
18:40
20:15
20:05
21:15

Flights from Kunming(KMG) to Yangon (RGN)
lg s o
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M

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Tokyo (NRT)
g t r
n
G
N
3

5 6 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2
5 6

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Gaya (GAY)
g s
n
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A
3

ETD
06:30
6:40
7:15
8:00
8:50
11:35
13:40
21:10
16:35
16:45
17:55
19:30
19:20
20:00

Flights from Taipei (TPE) to Yangon (RGN)
lg s
E
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16:10
17:20

13:15
15:50
22:15

To
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN
RGN

Flights from Ho Chi Minh (SGN) to Yangon (RGN)
lg s o
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S
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Vietnam Airlines

17:35
17:55
18:10

From
DMK
BKK
DMK
BKK
BKK
DMK
BKK
BKK
DMK
BKK
BKK
BKK
BKK
BKK

Flights from Hanoi (HAN) to Yangon (RGN)
g t r
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N
n
R

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Kolkata (CCU)
h
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o
C
Flight No.
AI228
AI234

7

Vietnam Airlines

21:30

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Guang Zhou (CAN)
lg s o
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u
8M711
CZ3056
CZ3056

7
7
7
7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Hong Kong (HKG)
g s o
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KA251

7
7

AK1426
MH740
8M502

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Nanning (NNG)
g s o
g
N
a
Flight No.
MU2012

6
6
6
6
6
6
6

AirAsia
MAI
Malaysia Airlines

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Beijing (BJS)
lg s
n
G
CA906

5
5
5
5
5
5

2 3 4 5
5

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Kunming(KMG)
lg s o
g
N
CA906
MU2032
MU2012

7

1

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Taipei (TPE)
lg s
n
G
T
CI7916
BR288

7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

Flights from Kuala Lumpur (KUL)to Yangon (RGN)
g t r
o
n

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Ho Chi Minh (SGN)
lg s o
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VN942

6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6

4

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Hanoi (HAN)
g t r
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G
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3

Days
s
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5
4 5

Flights from Singapore (SIN) to Yangon (RGN)
lg s o
a

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
i t r m
n
a
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AK1427
8M501
MH741

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

Flights from Chiang Mai (CNX) to Yangon (RGN)
g s o
g
C

16:20

Flights from Yangon (RGN) to Singapore (SIN)
lg s o
g
N
n
Y5-233
MI509
8M231
SQ997
8M6232/3K586
8M233
TR2827
TR2827
MI517

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

Yangon Airways
Yangon Airways
Yangon Airways
Yangon Airways
Air Bagan
Air KBZ
Asian Wings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DOH

RGN

21:05

06:29+1

Qatar Airways

Flights from Nay Pyi Taw (NYT) to Yangon (RGN)
lg s o
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N
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Flight No.
FMI-A2
FMI-B2
FMI-C2
FMI-A2
FMI-A2

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Hotel and Tourism Sector Bags
$2b Foreign Investment
Tanintharyi region are seeing

However, the number of appliMyanmar Summary

In a bid to boost its tourism
four entry and exit gates on the
-

-

to the ministry.
Taw now has 50 hotels with
-

Sherpa Hossainy

gyi and Inle Lake has 70 hotels
Tourism has granted opera-

A hotel construction site in Yangon.

investors alike.

Htet Aung

2011.
The number of tourist arriv-

in foreign investments in the

$150 million in investments.
interest from international in-

as many foreign visitors are to
AN summits to be hosted by

said.
-

-

growth over the last two years
more than $880 million, more

near future.
allowed more investment in the

ism industry that is grappling
-

Chairmanship in 2014.
over 2 million tourists, of whom
1.14 million entered through
border gates and 885,476
through airports, with Thai and
Chinese tourists leading the
way.
Popular tourist destinations
-

tourist arrivals this year in the

Nay Pyi Taw Hotels “More
Paige Lee Pei Qi

A

Forum (ATF) will
-

Pyi Taw, in 2015 and the
ism thought leaders and
trade players from the region and beyond, said Tin
-

Pyi Taw today and the loso many events within
this short period of time
fully hosted more than
10,000 guests during

rum on East Asia just last
He believes that ATF
-

events

as

having

im-

ism and event “hardware

Federation.
8,000 hotel rooms in Nay

years, Tin Aung Lynn

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panies.
It has also issued 196 tourismTo meet the growing demand
for hotels, the ministry has approved the establishment of 11
Visa-on-arrival

for

visitors

mar has also planned to intro-

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Hong Kong Ranks World’s No.1 for “Most
For the fourth consecutive year, the city is ranked world’s No.1 for unaffordable housing
-

Yvonne Liu
the past few years have

are still out of the budget of orthe world for the fourth straight
said he did not think property
The

survey

reported

that
year.
“The housing demand from
end-users remains strong, while
the interest rates are low. And

million, while the annual me-

Demographia rated housing
Bobby Yip/Reuters

“It is impossible for the salary
the survey.
Demographia said if housing

professor Eddie Hui Chi-man.

A woman walks up the stairs as luxurious high rise residential buildings, built on reclaimed land, are seen at Hong Kong’s
West Kowloon district.

surged sharply while the gov-

Myanmar Summary
issues that needed to be ad-

it was suspended for nine years.
ing.
Hui believes the housing
problem will remain serious
over the next two years as new

times above the gross annual
“Despite

the

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International air links into
Nay Pyi Taw have also im-

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27

IT & TELECOM

mmbiztoday.com


Viom Networks Eyes Myanmar’s Telecom
Infrastructure
looking at Bangladesh,
where Viom is unable

Htet Aung

I

towers nationwide and

pany Viom Networks

tially address tower management opportunities in
the areas of interest. Our
its listed rival in India,

to expand its pan-India
tower network and re-

growth would be largely
standalone towers with a

donesia and Bangladesh,
tions, with an immediate

Potentially, a lot of these

Viom Networks.
be the largest independ-

$5.47 billion.
sharing model or the Inis seeking a valuation of
Myanmar Summary

ny by more than half, with
also diluting a part of its
holding.

WMC

ents in overseas markets,

Viettel Plans Investments
in Myanmar, Tanzania
Aye Myat

V
market in the near future.

Viettel is trying to tap three new markets every year,
said.
Viettel will raise the total number of its foreign markets
to eight, the other seven being Timor Leste, Peru, CamMyanmar Summary

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Smartphones, US Asks Hua-Who?
Paul Carsten

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smartphones, is starting to see

third-biggest smartphone manto a fast-growing Chinese marnetwork equipment spending,
miss its revenue growth target
last year.
Edgar Su/Reuters

help Huawei buy some time
before 4G network upgrades in
China lead to more orders for

Models present the Huawei Ascend P6 Android-based smartphone during their launch at the CommunicAsia communication
and information technology exhibition in Singapore.

sets in emerging markets.
es in internal management and
gain a foothold in the high-end
segment of developed markets

man said.
growth rate “was not as pretty
as the two other groups, but the

Huawei will release audited
ny, where the European Comitive behaviour by Chinese pro-

But analysts say 4G deploy-

said.
smartphone market, where law-

“The handset business is quite
from the network rollout des-

Smartphones
share of the global smartphone
“Huawei in an ideal world

nology analyst with Nomura.
Huawei targeted smartphone
shipments of 60 million units

year.
“For 4G, they have a delay on

be seen as eyeing up the market
“Deployment was slower than
“Huawei had some ambivaNetworking

business than other areas but

and is known for aggressively
gaining sales by edging out ri-

all revenue last year, up from 22
for businesses and institutions,
mens Networks.
billion yuan to 240 billion yuan

Unaudited revenue grew 8

pionage, and has only a smattering of low-key tie-ups with
build fourth-generation mobile
networks.
of reports say Huawei equipment has more vulnerability or

rose to 28.6 billion yuan to 29.4
it is linked to the Chinese government – allegations it denies.

Reuters

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