PRICES of batteries in Myanmar are rising in line with soaring international prices for lead although the full impact is not likely to be felt until the dry summer months because of currently good electricity supplies due to full hydropower lakes, battery traders in Yangon said.

BANGKOK – Thailand’s state-run utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) decided on September 4 to suspend its exploration work for a hydropower dam on the Thanlwin River until safety is ensured, but insisted the postponement would not affect Thailand’s energy situation.

“In many economies, the flow of goods and services remains hindered by complicated customs regulations, insufficient use of modern technology in customs, the lack of handling and transportation infrastructure, or by other shortcomings,”

“We’re getting twice as many sales now as when we started the business because people can get 60-year land grants here for a single-story house with a compound for about K5 million,” said U Thet Moe Khaing, who lives in the township’s 34 Ward.

YADANAR Shwe Htun Construction is planning to start building two new condominium towers in downtown Yangon before the end of the year, the company revealed on September 6.