Myanmar's junta approves US$2.8 billion investment, including gas power plant

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Myanmar's military rulers have approved new investment in projects worth nearly US$2.8 billion, including a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power ...

Myanmar's military rulers have approved new investment in projects worth nearly US$2.8 billion, including a liquefied natural gas power plant that will cost US$2.5 billion, the country's investment body said.

Approvals for 15 projects were given on Friday by the Myanmar Investment Commission, according to a statement on the website of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration.The announcement comes with much of Myanmar's economy paralysed by protests and strikes since the army seized power on Feb 1. International credit rating agency Fitch Solutions has forecast the economy will contract by 20 per cent this year.

In addition to the plant to generate power for local needs, other projects approved included for livestock, manufacturing and services sectors, the statement said.It did not give details of the companies behind the projects or which countries they are from. The biggest investors in Myanmar in recent years have been China, Singapore and Thailand although much of the investment from Singapore has been channelled from elsewhere.

 

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