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"Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Feb — Deputy Ministers of the government explained Pyithu Hluttaw Tuesday about
land management systems under urban development programmes. Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Khin Maung
Nyo of Pauk Township constituency, Magwe region, asked about the plan to relax restrictions and red
tapes on land utilization management.
U Ohn Than, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation, said except changing farm lands into other
projects, Department of Land Records Office in townships are issuing permits within one-month to
valid application for grant lands and mine exploration across the country excluding in the Nay Pyi Taw
council areas and major cities of Yangon and Mandalay.
U Khun Thein Pe, MP of Hopong Township constituency, asked the government? plan to demarcate
road areas across the country, while people are settling and squatting at roadsides along some
highways, even erecting walls illegally for compounds. U Soe Tint, Deputy Minister for Construction,
said clear lines will be drawn for demarcation between road areas and residential places, and legal
actions will be taken against squatting in road areas.
In response to question of U Thein Nyunt, MP of Thingangyun Township constituency, Deputy
Minister U Aung Thein at President Office answered that members of Yangon City Development
Committee, MPs of Yangon Region Hluttaw, representatives of Union of Myanmar Federation of
Chambers and Commerce, senior officials of respective ministries held workshops at Yangon City Hall
in June and December 2013 and March in 2014 to lay down the rules for Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and
Building Coverage Ratio (BCR) under urban development programmes. U Aung Thein said YCDC has instructed reconstruction and rehabilitation of the buildings which do
not meet urbanization standards in Yangon city. U Kim Sein, MP of Thayetchaung Township
constituency, discussed offshore fishing industry is declining, and is likely to collapse in the long term,
with suggestion to Union government to prohibit fishing from June 1 to August 31. Pyithu Hluttaw also
accepted three starred questions, one proposal, two bill and invitation to MPs for their proposals."
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Pyithu Hluttaw via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2015-02-11
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2015-02-14
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