Narinjara News
Business premises built for the workers’ welfare
demolished in Akyab
Akyab, Nov 30: Business premises
that were built for the welfares of the employees of the government are now
being demolished by the local authority who claims that these premises are
violating government policy guidelines. These premises were already
rented out to private businesses at a high price.
“The local authority demolished the shop premises that we
rent from the Electrical Power Corporation paid by 1.2 million kyats as deposit
for a shop. They are not going to refund the money we have already paid. We
lost a lot here,” said a victim who lost her shop in the demolition.
The people lost their deposits as well as large sums they
contributed to building the premises. At the same time, they also lost their
businesses.
The victim continued, “Government policy is always changing,
and it is really hard to know what their policy is. It was the local authority
that made the government employees set up these premises for their
welfares. Now they are the ones who destroy these premises saying that it
is in accord with the policy. At the end of the day, it is the ordinary
people who suffer from this.”
The Arakan State Electrical Power
Corporation built shops in front of their Akyab
office to benefit the employee’s welfares and have been renting the premises
out since 2000. The demolition of the shops comes about after the
abolition of the fund collecting for government employees.
“We don’t know what is going to happen. We paid three
million kyats for a shop each for deposit. Because of the rumours
of demolition all the premises that have been built, those who are concerned
are really anxious now,” said a businessperson who rented a shop at the Police
Headquarters of Akyab.
In Akyab, there are 30 shops for
university staff, 45 shops at the No. 1 Police Station, 7 for Myanmar Air, 4 for Post and Communication, 12 for the
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