Mawlamyine


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Mawlamyine

(mô'ləmīn`) or

Moulmein,

(mo͝olmān`, mōl–), city (1983 pop. 219,991), SE Myanmar, near the mouth of the Thanlwin (Salween) River; the third largest city of Myanmar and the capital of Mon State. A river port and commercial center, it has teak mills and shipyards; rice, tea, teak wood, and rubber are exported. From 1826 to 1852, it was the chief town of British Burma. A pagoda in the city is referred to in Rudyard Kipling's poem "Mandalay."
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The station in Ye will draw power from the main Mawlamyine power station and transmit power to a third station in Dawei, which is the site for the proposed controversial Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Myanmar : MYANMAR plans to connect Dawei to Mawlamyine station
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According to the Mawlamyine priest, at least 20 fishing boats were lost off the coast along the diocesan area.
Amid the mourning, rebuilding begins
Approximately US$50 million is invested by Thai firm Siamgas and Petrochemicals Public Company in a gas-fired power plant in Mawlamyine Township.
Myanmar,Thailand : SIAMGAS and Petrochemicals Public Company invests in Mawlamyine power plant
27 in a statement that it ''utterly deplores'' the Myanmar junta's order for it to close its field offices in Mandalay, Mawlamyine, Hpa-an, Taunggyi and Kyaing Tong.
Suu Kyi's party urges Myanmar junta to reopen Red Cross offices
UNISDR will support the development of action plans for reducing disaster risk in these 20 cities: Kampala (Uganda), Dire-Dawa (Ethiopia), Kisumu (Kenya), Yaounde, Pria, Khartoum (Republic of Sudan), Ismaliya Governorate (Egypt), Nablus (Palestine), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Honiara (Solomon Islands), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Kathmandu City (Nepal), Dhaka North City Cooperation (Bangladesh), Cilacap Regency (Indonesia), Mawlamyine (Myanmar), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Kingston (Jamaica), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Managua (Nicaragua) and San Juan de Lurigancho (Peru).
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The ICRC said Monday in a statement that it ''utterly deplores'' the Myanmar junta's order for it to close its field offices in Mandalay, Mawlamyine, Hpa-an, Taunggyi and Kyaing Tong.
Myanmar denies ordering permanent closure of Red Cross offices
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Japan : SUMITOMO JV to export Myanmar rubber tree's wooden furniture
The bridge, which took nearly four and a half years to complete, is located between Mottama and Mawlamyine, two towns in southern Mon state, about 160 kilometers southeast of the capital Yangon.
LEAD: Myanmar opens strategic river-crossing rail bridge
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Third Greater Mekong Subregion Corridor Towns Development Project
The project locations are Chaungzon Island, Kyaikhto Mawlamyine, and Mudon four townships in Mon state.
Economic Empowerment of the Poor and Women in the East-West Economic Corridor
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Myanmar: Greater Mekong Subregion East West Economic Corridor Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement Project

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