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Myanmar ready to sweeten terms for foreign brewers Reply

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thai07313eReposted from Myanmar Business Network

The Myanmar government is prepared to relax limits on foreign ownership of breweries on a case-by-case basis, as it seeks to improve the appeal of the country to foreign investors, says a senior beer industry executive.

The Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) offered four licences in January for international breweries to operate domestically.

Under the Foreign Investment Law, which the MIC oversees, each foreign brewer must enter a joint venture with a domestic company and can own a 51% majority stake in the Myanmar operation. Two of the four licences have been issued so far. More…

DICA opens one-stop shop Reply

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A man looks at notices pinned to a board outside the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration one-stop investment shop in Yankin township last week.

A man looks at notices pinned to a board outside the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration one-stop investment shop in Yankin township last week.

Reposted from Myanmar Times
By Aye Thidar Kyaw

One-stop service for investors has arrived. Investors who had to grapple with red tape in five or more separate ministries can now get everything done at the new Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA).

DICA opened on April 10 at 1 Thitsar Road, Yankin township, Yangon.

Representatives of the ministries of agriculture and irrigation, environmental conservation and forestry, mines, industry, and fisheries and livestock will be available to discuss their various laws, rules and regulations. More…

One-stop shop for foreign investors to open in Yangon Reply

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flagReposted from Eleven Myanmar

Investors, both foreign and domestic, will be able to use a one-stop service center in Yangon as of Wednesday, according to the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration.

The agency will provide consultation and advice to investors, and help them with company registration and investment proposals, said San New at the directorate’s Yangon office.

The one-stop centre will streamline the investment process and allow potential investors to go through all the required administrative and legal steps at one location, she added. More…

Investors take fresh look at Jamaica after deal Reply

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jamaicaReposted from Reuters
By Paul Kilby

Feb 15 (IFR) – International investors were taking a fresh look at Jamaica on Friday after it agreed a $750m loan programme with the IMF as part of a second domestic debt restructuring in three years.

Even though announcement of the debt exchange this week led to downgrades on Jamaica’s ratings, the country’s external debt – exempt from the swap – was trading up on Friday. More…

Cambodia Real Estate Could Benefit From QE3 Reply

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Foreign direct investment in Cambodia is set to surpass $1 billion this year

Foreign direct investment in Cambodia is set to surpass $1 billion this year

Reposted from The Wall Street Journal
By CHUN HAN WONG

PHNOM PENH—Cambodia’s highly dollarized economy could benefit from a rush of foreign capital into Asia unleashed by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest economic stimulus, unlike some of its Asian neighbors, as it lifts demand for real estate and garment exports in the developing country, a senior official at the country’s central bank said. More…

Laos Comes of Age as Trading Partner Reply

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Laos is emerging as the fastest-growing country in Southeast Asia.

Reposted from The Wall Street Journal
By PATRICK BARTA

A vote on Friday that formally approved Laos’s application to join the World Trade Organization marked a key coming of age for the small, landlocked Communist country, which has quietly posted some of the world’s strongest economic growth over the past several years. It also marked the latest step in a Southeast Asian push to integrate economies in the region of 600 million people as it tries to present itself as a single-market, more-viable investment alternative to China. More…

Burma’s predicted growth rate increased: ADB Reply

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Growth in Southeast Asia is expected 5% in 2012

Growth in Southeast Asia is expected 5% in 2012

Reposted from Mizzima

Burma’s economic growth is expected to increase to 6.3 percent this year and 6.5 per cent in 2013, up from the initial projections of 6 per cent and 6.3 per cent, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday.

“All-in-all, Myanmar’s economic performance is good and appears to be getting better,” Craig Steffensen, ADB country director for Thailand, said. More…

Investors to Pay Land Tax Reply

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Investors to pay a U.S. $5 per hectare tax beginning six years into their leases

Investors to pay a U.S. $5 per hectare tax beginning six years into their leases

Reposted from Radio Free Asia
By Rachel Vandenbrink

Cambodia said Friday it will impose a new tax on investors who receive land from the government for agriculture development as a U.N. expert warned about the lack of transparency in allocation of land concessions that could hinder the country’s growth. More…

Myanmar awaits sanction-lift effect – Sam Holmes and Celine Fernandez Reply

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Washington has lifted nearly all of the economic sanctions imposed against Myanmar

Washington has lifted nearly all of the economic sanctions imposed against Myanmar

Reposted by BurmaNet News
By Sam Holmes & Celine Fernandez

The U.S. decision to lift a ban on exports from Myanmar could give the country its best shot at becoming the world’s next low-cost manufacturing hub as well as firm up the fragile political reforms now taking place. More…

Myanmar foreign investment law delayed for changes Reply

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Thein Sein believes the joint venture ratio ought to be flexible and should depend on the particular sector

Thein Sein believes the joint venture ratio ought to be flexible and should depend on the particular sector

Reposted from CNBC

YANGON, Myanmar – The implementation of a new foreign investment law passed in Myanmar earlier this month has been delayed because the country’s president is sending it back to parliament for fine-tuning, an official said Monday. More…