(((nationmultimedia))) New Myanmar-Thai friendship bridge Eleven Media August 29, 2012 A new friendship bridge connecting Myawaddy-Mae Sot and Myawaddy town on the Myanmar-Thai border will soon be constructed, a Construction Ministry official disclosed at a road development workshop. Ministry managing director Kyaw Linn said the construction site has already been identified. The new bridge will be used by large vehicles up to 60 tonnes while the old bridge will be for small and medium vehicles. Deputy Construction Minister Kyaw Lwin told the upper house on August 21: We have a plan to build a new Friendship Bridge No 2 between Myanmar and Thailand. The Thai government will render assistance to construct this new bridge. A new site is chosen among three proposed places north of the existing bridge by representatives of both countries back in June 2010. The chosen site is located only three miles [4.8km] away from Myawaddy town. The cost of the bridge will be arranged by the Thai side and they are making additional survey for detailed calculation. The existing friendship bridge was inaugurated in August 1997. No ID card investigation A majority of lawmakers rejected a proposal to create a special plan to scrutinise illegal national registration cards held by immigrants sneaking in from neighbouring countries. The proposal, submitted by Upper House Representa-tive Myat Nyana Soe, was rejected at a regular parliamentary session. The problems of infiltration of foreigners from neighbouring countries and their holding of national registration cards acquired through dishonest ways are rising in the country, Myat Nyana Soe said. The country is facing infiltration of foreigners in the northern, the northeastern and western parts. There are also citizen laws. Illegal immigrants are not conforming with the immigration laws. Corrupt staff are accepting bribes from the foreigners and issuing them citizenship scrutiny cards. Inaccurate facts in citizenship scrutiny cards have caused unrest in the Rakhine state, Myat Nyana Soe added. In response, Upper House representative Hla Swe said the proposal should be discussed only after lifting the 144 Curfew. If discussions continued about the proposal, there might be unrest. As the number of parliamentary representatives backing the proposal did not reach 40, it was not allowed to be discussed. Japanese aid for power project The Japanese government plans to help upgrade the Beluchaung hydropower project, the Thilawa Special Economic Zone and the Yangon circular railroad to support Myanmars efforts towards democratisation, national reconciliation and economic reforms, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said. Japan will draw up a blueprint for Thilawa Special Economic Zone. It is expected that details on how to implement the whole development project will be announced soon, director Sasayama Takuya of First Southeast Asia Division of Japans Foreign Ministry said.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:30:37 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015