In a rare move, Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office will hold a press conference on the situation—Hong Kong’s worst crisis since 1997.
The money, representatives from both organizations say, will help the internet service provider expand low-cost coverage to poor communities in Yangon and beyond.
Ko Kyaw Kyaw Htike’s Zero Plastic brand offers reusable products made from biodegradable materials to lessen the burden of single-use-plastic waste.
Of 113 projects worth more than $200 million launched in the region in the first nine months of fiscal 2018-19, 65 are from China.
Low pay and long hours are making it hard to meet new factories' growing demand for workers, which had already increased by 7 percent since 2018.
"The entire precipitation pattern has changed due to global warming," said Xiao Chan, head of weather services at Beijing's National Climate Center.
Myanmar opened to private life insurance just six years ago. Aided by joint-ventures with foreign investors just now starting, the market could triple in size in the next decade.
In exchange for one kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of plastic, the cafe will serve a curry with rice, lentils, and papadams, estimating that would take a couple of hours to collect.
State govt has yet to release details of the project, which would be developed jointly by Singapore’s Huacheng and a Chinese firm.
The Communist government has called on domestic tech companies to create alternatives to US tech giants like Facebook and Google.
Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.
© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved