Myanmar signs off on new industrial park Reply

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Ministers witness the signing for the Mandalay-Myotha Industrial Park Project January 9, 2012. (Than Naing Soe/The Myanmar Times)

Reposted from The Myanmar Times

The Mandalay Industry Development Authority, appointed by the Mandalay Regional Government, and the Royal Hi-Tech Group Company signed a contract to build the Mandalay-Myotha Industry Park project on January 9.

“Since Myanmar’s new government, the RHGC has wanted to implement this project. The main purpose of the project is for agriculture export. Following a feasibility study and discussions with the government, we plan to construct a port along with the industrial park. We believe the project will reduce poverty by creating new job opportunities,” said U Ye Myint, Mandalay Region chief minister. More…

Haiti – Economy : The SONAPI proud of its Caracol Industrial Park Reply

Reposted from Haiti Libre

11 months after groundbreaking, the President of the Republic of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly officially launched the Industrial Park of Caracol (PIC) with Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and former President Bill Clinton. Ministers and government officials were present to welcome Haitian and foreign guests. The Secretary of State was accompanied by Mrs Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont). President Martelly and Secretary of State Clinton also had a bilateral meeting. More…

Mission of exploration of investment in the North Reply

Reposted from haitilibre.com

Karl Jean Louis, the Director General of the Investment Facilitation Center (CFI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism and the Commission Hope, last week led a delegation of commercial attaches of embassies of the United States, France, the Brazil, Canada and Panama for a mission of exploration of investment of 48 hours, on the business opportunities in Haiti at industrial park (Caracol) and at Park Codevi (Ouanaminthe). More…

Near billion invested in Haitian industrial park highlight country’s potential and challenges Reply

President Clinton speaking at the inauguration of Caracol’s industrial park in Northern Haiti.

Reposted from The Miami Herald

By Jacqueline Charles

Excerpt – “The industrial park is not a solution that will resolve all of the problems,” he said. “But it is one of the mechanisms that will help us to find a solution to have money circulated in the region, and that will allow for other activities like tourism and agriculture to develop so that we can develop a middle class. A lot of countries have taken this route.’’ More…

Operations at IT park could begin by March end Reply

Thimphu TechPark (TTP)

Thimphu TechPark (TTP)

Reposted from Kuensel Online

No multinational information technology firms have so far committed to renting commercial space at Bhutan’s first IT park, operated by joint venture Thimphu TechPark (TTP). Business processes outsourcing (BPO) company Genpact, which was supposed to have moved in this year, has also recently deferred its entry to 2013. More…