MoI plans to lease its solar & electronic factories to private investors

SOLAR, electrical and electronic equipment and other industrial product manufacturing factories currently owned by No 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise under the Ministry of Industry will be leased to private investors, according to the ministry.

The ministry is planning to invite expressions of interest (EoI) from domestic and foreign private investors for a long-term lease/venture of No 24 Heavy Industry (Dagon) in South Dagon Industrial Zone 1, Yangon Region, which manufactures solar, electrical and electronic equipment and other industrial products. The industry is currently being operated by the ministry’s No 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise.

Domestic and foreign companies that have a desire to invest should apply and receive an expression of interest form from the Administration Department of No 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise by submitting relevant documents, valid company registration, and company credentials at Office No 41 in Nay Pyi Taw starting 11 March and submit them by 3 pm on 8 April. 

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

YPS card, QR services available for 90 YBS bus lines

YPS card and QR services have been extended step by step, and now they can be used for 90 bus lines and will be continued for the rest of the bus lines, according to Yangon Payment Services-YPS.
These services are currently available on the following bus lines: YBS (55), YBS (13), YBS(57), YBS (63), YBS (42), YBS (65), YBS (22), YBS (64), YBS (111), YBS (133), YBS (134), YBS (84), YBS(135), YBS (142), YBS (130), YBS (136), YBS (138), YBS (139), YBS (39), YBS (21), YBS (131), YBS (80), YBS (81), YBS (132), YBS (85), YBS (76), YBS (27), YBS(66), YBS(79), YBS (12), YBS (14), YBS (25), YBS (30), YBS (38), YBS (117), YBS (128), YBS (100) and YBS (103).
Further bus lines — YBS (19), YBS (40), YBS (35), YBS (61), YBS (68), YBS (137), YBS (62), YBS(87), YBS (108), YBS (88),YBS (37), YBS (43), YBS (96), YBS (104), YBS (109), YBS (72), YBS (89), YBS (24), YBS (28), YBS (58), YBS (113), YBS (36), YBS (116), YBS (11), YBS (115), YBS (60), YBS (29), YBS (17), YBS (141), YBS (145), YBS (26), YBS (114), YBS (15), YBS (10), YBS (7), YBS (112), YBS (8), YBS (4), YBS (59), YBS (2), YBS (3), YBS (110), YBS (32), YBS (78), YBS (93), YBS (94), YBS (118), YBS (97), YBS (143),YBS (23), YBS (144) and YBS (66) — have also started providing the services.
YPS cards and YPS QR services are available at YPS counter one at Sule and YPS counter two at Thakin Mya Park. YPS counter three is at Myanmar Plaza, YPS counter four is at Hledan, and YPS counter five is at the 8th mile (in front of Junction 8).
“We have jointly worked with respective bus lines for cases where some YBS bus lines closed card readers. If passengers take a record of the bus number and bus line number, we will carry out inspections and take action promptly,” YPS announced.
For the use of the YPS QR system, the MPyps+ Application (Android version) can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Huawei AppGallery, and it can be used after registration.
“Some bus lines don’t open card reader. A QR code is more convenient, though it is not supported for some phones. We want them to be reformed. Some drivers behave impolitely towards passengers, and we want also it to be repaired,” said Ko Pyae Sone, a company employee who uses YPS service every day. 

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

MAI to expand Chiang Mai, Vientiane, Dhaka flights in April

MAI’S acting chief executive officer and chief commercial officer, Mr Tanes Kumar, said during the MAI Flight Forward ceremony that Myanmar Airways International will expand its flights to Chiang Mai, Vientiane and Dhaka beginning in April. According to the MAI Flight Forward ceremony held at Lotte Hotel on 8 March 2024, a total of 21 international flights will be operated, and new flights will be expanded to Chiang Mai, Vientiane, and Dhaka.

MAI’s new routes to Chiang Mai, Thailand, will operate weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays starting 3 April 2024. MAI will also operate weekly flights to Vientiane, Laos, on Tuesdays and Thursdays commencing 4 May 2024, and Doha, the UAE, on Wednesdays and Sundays, starting 8 May 2024 and Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesdays and Saturdays beginning on 1 June 2024. MAI will also increase the number of flights to Dubai, Guangzhou and Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport in Thailand.

Similarly, MAI cargo-only flights run from Yangon to Kunming daily, Bangkok six times a week, and Phuket every Monday. MAI will resume domestic flights to Lashio and Loikaw, Nay Pyi Taw, and Kalay and Khamti and will also operate new routes to Homalin and Mawlamyine. Thus, it will operate 20 domestic flights.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar