Myanmar port to be built on US$200m Japan loan

A port construction project in Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will start next year using US$205 million low-interest, long term loan from Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA), according to Myanma Port Authority (MPA). Japan, who has keen interest in the economic and political reforms in Myanmar, has earlier agreed to offer financial assistance for developing infrastructures at Thilawa SEZ in Yangon, the commercial hub of Myanmar. ODA's loan will be used in construction of the port's first phase, which will be located on the land plot 25 and 26 of Thilawa



Myanmar should deploy more troops in volatile state: commission
By Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie
YANGON | Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:24am EDT




(Reuters) - Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday.

Its long-awaited report recommended a mixed bag of humanitarian and security responses to violence last June and October that killed at least 192 people and left 140,000 homeless, mostly stateless Rohingya Muslims in an area dominated by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.

The recommendations follow an April 22 report from Human Rights Watch that accused security forces of complicity in "ethnic cleansing" in Rakhine State last year.

The commission called for meetings between Buddhist and Muslim leaders to foster religious and ethnic tolerance, but also said segregation of the two communities "must be enforced at least until the overt emotions subside".

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