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Myanmar Business Today
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mmbiztoday.com July 24-30, 2014| Vol 2, Issue 29MYANMAR’S FIRST BILINGUAL BUSINESS JOURNAL
Myanmar Summary
Inside MBT
Education Reform: Lessons
for the Future P-21
Miners Face Permit Delays As
Parliament Debates New Bill
Phyo Thu
M
yanmar’s min-
ing enterprises
are facing delays
in receiving permits af-
ter a newly proposed bill
aimed at relaxing the cen-
tral government’s exclusive
control over mining opera-
tions in the country stirred
debate in the parliament.
TheMineralandResource
Committee of the Upper
House recently drafted a
new mining bill and submit-
ted it to the Lower House.
The Bill Committee of the
Lower House said a provi-
sion in the bill that allows
joint mining operations
between the central and
regional governments goes
against the country’s consti-
tution.
“We need to discuss fur-
ther as [the new bill] con-
tradicts the constitution,”
told Dr Soe Moe Aung, a
member of the Bill Com-
mittee.
Dr Soe Moe Aung said
the newly proposed bill
must be closely analysed
to ensure regional gov-
ernment mining doesn’t
undercut the country’s
constitutional framework.
State and regional govern-
ments will discuss the pro-
posal in their respective
parliaments to resolve the
dispute, he said.
A mine operator from
Kayah state told Myan-
mar Business Today that
quests will be delayed by
the government’s revision
process.
“The delay to get min-
the development of special
areas,” he said, referring
to Myanmar’s underdevel-
states such as Kachin and
Kayah, which are rich in
mineral resources.
In June, Myanmar was
accepted as a “candidate
country” to the Extractive
Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI) which
requires the union gov-
ernment to disclose the
agreements between the
state and mining compa-
nies to the public.
Ko Win Aung from the
multi-stake holder group
that is coordinating My-
anmar’s accession into
the EITI, an international
standard that ensures
transparency around
countries’ oil, gas and
mineral resources, said
his group doesn’t accept
constitutional restrictions
preventing regional gov-
ernments from operating
spective states.
“These restrictions
should not exist,” Ko
Win Aung told Myanmar
Business Today.
The EITI requires My-
anmar government to
produce social impact as-
sessment reports and en-
sure that any mining bill
passed takes into account
all industry stakeholders.
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Manufacturing Businesses for
Licences P-6
Labour Requirements Growing
Throughout Myanmar P-7
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division.
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Business News in Brief
MYANMAR’S FIRST BILINGUAL BUSINESS JOURNAL
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Ph - 09 40 157 9090
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Reporters & Contributors
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Aye Myat, Aung Phyo, Zwe Wai, Phyo Thu, David Mayes,
Sherpa Hossainy, Aundrea Montaño,
Tom Stayner, David Ross, Jacob Goldberg
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Myanma Airways signs for six ATR 72s
600s, by placing orders for six of the type and options
on six more at the Farnborough air show last week.
The state-owned carrier, which is to branded Myan-
mar National Airlines soon, will start taking delivery of
the aircraft in 2015. Deliveries will run until 2017. The
airline aims to replace its Fokker F28 regional jet and
Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprop with the ATRs, while it
already operates three ATR72s.
Myanmar pharma sector expected to grow 10-
15pc
Myanmar’s pharmaceutical industry is expected to
grow 10-15 percent a year due to higher government
spending on healthcare, the Myanmar Pharmaceuti-
cal and Medical Equipment Entrepreneurs Association
said at an expo. Myanmar’s pharmaceuticals market is
now estimated to be worth about $100 million to $120
million, but the industry imports more than 90 percent
of the products. Indian suppliers enjoy the largest share
at 35.4 percent, followed by Thailand, China, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, South Korea and Indonesia. About 60 per-
cent of all products are sold in Yangon and Mandalay.
There are only 10 domestic manufacturers.
South Korean owner sued for closing factory
without compensation
South Korean owner of Master Sports Shoe Factory,
in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone outside Yangon, for
closing it without paying compensation to the workers,
local media reported. Over 800 workers staged a pro-
test march in front of the South Korean Embassy last
compensation.
Japan eyes Myanmar for raw rubber
Japan is to provide state of the art technology to process
new supply for its tyre manufacturing industry. According
to an agreement between the Myanmar Rubber Planters
and Producers Association and Japanese manufacturers,
Japan will provide technology to produce high-quality raw
rubber in Yangon, Bago and Mon regions in return for ex-
ports. Japanese tyre production needs between 700,000
and 800,000 tonnes of rubber a year.
Shwedagon Pagoda Visitor Number Goes Up
14pc in Q1
The number of foreign tourists visiting Yangon’s
half of 2014, up 30,000 from the same period last year,
according to the pagoda’s Board of Trustees. During
the six-month period, visitors in January topped with
50,398, followed by February with 60,691 and March
with 49,599. Thai visitors accounted for the most. The
entrance fee for foreign visitors was $8, taking the total
earning from the tourists to $1.96 million during the
period.
MAPCO to sell K5b worth of shares
Myanma Agro-business Public Co (MAPCO) will sell
K5 billion worth of shares over the counter by end-July,
local media reported managing director Ye Min Aung
of MAPCO as saying. Each Myanmar citizen can buy
shares worth up to K1 billion at K10,800 per each, he
said. MAPCO, which is expected to be listed when the
stock market begins operations in Yangon next year,
sold about one billion worth of shares last year.
China remains top FDI contributor
China continues to be the leading foreign investor
in Myanmar with more than $14 billion of cumulative
investment as of the end of June, according to the Di-
rectorate of Investment and Company Administration
(DICA). Foreign companies have so far invested more
than $46.71 billion in 12 sectors, including oil and gas,
manufacturing, mining, hotels and tourism, transport
-
culture, construction and services. Energy sector has
received the most foreign investment, about 41 percent
of the total, DICA data shows. Thailand is the second
largest foreign investor country.
Myanmar Summary
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YCDCtoBanStreetVendorsfromSeptember
Htun Htun Minn
T
he Yangon City De-
velopment Commit-
tee (YCDC) has an-
nounced that beginning in
September street vendors
will be banned in 33 town-
ships that make up YCDC’s
territory.
Currently, street vendors
are allowed to setup stalls
on the pavement between
the hours of 3-9 pm.
YCDC said street vendors
and stalls are causing dis-
ruptions to passing pedes-
trians, contributing to traf-
waste disposals, which in
turn deteriorates hygiene
in the surrounding area
and blocks the sewage sys-
tem.
“We are planning to ar-
range a space for vendors
to sell in the downtown
area. We will clear them
from the streets for the
convenience of pedestri-
from the YCDC markets
division.
Thebanhasbeenplanned
with good intentions; how-
ever, it will hurt their live-
lihoods and income, street
vendors said.
“It is not easy to allocate
selling spaces to all the
street vendors in Yangon.
If selling on the streets is
completely banned, we will
ends meet,” a vendor who
runs a stall on Anawrahta
road, said.
However, downtown res-
idents say there are both
advantages and disadvan-
tages to having vendors on
the street.
“They sell goods and
foods with reasonable pric-
es at convenient places, but
they also disturb the pas-
serby. Sometimes walking
space is so blocked that
only one person can pass
through at a time,” a resi-
dent of downtown Yangon
said.
There has been a plan to
open a night market for
street vendors near Maha-
bandoola Park in the past,
but this has yet to be real-
ised.
Currently, there are over
70,000 street vendors,
with over 300,000 de-
pendent family members,
making a living on the
streets of Yangon, accord-
ing to surveys.
The high number of
street vendors is partially
attributed to the lack of
job opportunities avail-
able, leaving the poor with
few options but to choose
convenient roadside sell-
ing of goods and foods as
employment.
“There are also street
vendors in other countries.
Neighbouring Thailand is
even famous for roadside
and night markets, which
are popular tourist at-
tractions. But the vendors
there are about health and
hygiene and don’t irre-
sponsibly dispose of their
waste.
“Here YCDC workers
face the big task of clearing
heaps of waste left by the
vendors,” said a city pro-
ject planner.
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MinistryUnveilsFinalDraftofAdvertisementPolicies
Aung Phyo
M
yanmar’s Infor-
mation Ministry
has unveiled the
ment policies for socially
responsible media, and is
inviting advice and sug-
gestions from the public,
according to a statement
from the ministry.
The advertisement poli-
cies comprise 14 sectors,
including politics, reli-
gion, culture, education,
tobacco and alcohol, ille-
gal gambling and lottery,
children, private free-
services, advertisement of
products, property rights
and environmental con-
servation.
The policies are aimed
at promoting people’s
trust in socially respon-
sible media, reducing
complaints against ad-
vertisements in socially
responsible media and
disputes and encourag-
ing a market- oriented
economic system, said the
statement.
The statement called for
respect for private free-
dom and current laws.
The rules for advertise-
ment policies will take ef-
fect from April 2015, the
statement added.
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Rice dumplings (zongzi) are seen at a roadside stall in Chinatown of Yangon.
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Air Mandalay to Buy Up to Ten Mitsubishi Regional Jets
May Soe San
Aye Myat
A
ir Mandalay has
signed an aircraft
purchase agree-
ment with Mitsubishi Air-
craft for an order of six
MRJ90s with a purchase
option for an additional
four, the local private car-
rier said.
Deliveries of the Mit-
T
wo private banks in
Myanmar – Kan-
bawza Bank and
Cooperative Bank will
raise their interest rates
posits starting August 1.
The current interest rate
of 8 percent for saving
deposits will increase to
8.25 percent, while that
posit will rise from 8 per-
cent to 9 percent.
posits of three, six and
nine months will also rise
by 0.75 percent, 0.5 per-
cent and 0.25 percent re-
spectively.
However, the interest
months will remain un-
changed at the previous
rate of 10 percent.
It is expected that all
other private banks in the
country will follow suit
soon, state-run media an-
nounced.
subishi Regional Jet
(MRJ), Japan’s next-gen-
eration regional aircraft,
are scheduled to start in
2018.
In the meantime, the
airline will be expanding
Regional Jets (ERJ) from
Brazil, it said in an an-
nouncement at the start of
the annual Farnborough
International Air Show in
Hampshire, England.
Yangon-based Air Man-
dalay, currently operates
turboprop aircraft and is
“seeking to expand and
bility through the intro-
duction of regional jets,”
it said.
“We are dedicated to fa-
cilitating transportation
in Myanmar and enhanc-
ing the travel experience
of our loyal customers,”
said Air Mandalay CEO
Gary J Villiard.
“Our plan is to expand
our route structure in
order to service our ex-
panding customer base
as the country’s air travel
requirements continue to
show record growth.”
This agreement comes
as local carriers try to
serve both the local popu-
lation of – and visitors to
– Myanmar, as the coun-
try transitions to an in-
ternational standard air
transport structure.
The addition of the MRJ
drive the airline’s expect-
ed growth in the region,
Air Mandalay said.
Villiard said the com-
pany chose the MRJ for
its advanced design char-
acteristics, its promised
customer support backed
by the Mitsubishi parent
company and the reliabil-
ity and economy of the
Pratt & Whitney Geared
Turbofan Engine (GTF).
By 2032, Mitsubishi Air-
craft anticipates demand
of about 1,000 airplanes
in the expanding Asian
regional jet market. The
agreement is expected to
enable Mitsubishi Air-
craft to accelerate sales
Thus far, 325 MRJ are
on order but Air Manda-
line outside of Japan to
select the aircraft.
Founded in 1994, the
airline currently serves 15
domestic destinations.
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Myanmar Summary
Government Inspects Manufacturing
Businesses for Licences
May Soe San
A
uthorities are in-
specting manufac-
turing businesses
to uncover unregistered
companies as a spread of
unregistered small and
medium businesses (SME)
throughout Myanmar are
thought to be undercutting
local industrial production.
The Ministry of Indus-
try’s Industrial Supervi-
sion unit’s director general
U Thein Swe said private
industrial businesses are
wrong to think registering
companies is a time con-
suming process without
“There are advantages
to being registered such
as being eligible for loans
and able to employ for-
eigners. We also share
technologies with regis-
tered businesses,” he said.
SMEs are currently
regulated by Myanmar’s
1990 private industrial
law, while an SME Bill
is being discussed at the
parliament.
U Thein Swe said the
-
nesses found to be oper-
ating without a licence
under these regulations.
About 50 to 60 unregis-
tered companies are now
getting registered every
month, he added.
“The law invites busi-
nesses to register. If they
don’t register we cannot
accurately calculate the
GDP of the country,” he
said. GDP (Gross Domes-
tic Product) is the mar-
and services produced in
a country. The statistic
plays a key role the gov-
ernment’s monitoring of
economic progress and
the implementation of de-
velopment reforms.
But the government’s
call for businesses to reg-
ister isn’t solely based on
their own administrative
interests.
U Thein Swe said un-
registered SMEs face
increased land owner-
ship and fraud disputes,
which disadvantage local
commercial production
throughout the domestic
sector.
“Registering businesses
allows safeguard meas-
ures to be put in place,
protecting trade and
manufacturing licences,
and protects weaker in-
dustrial sectors from ex-
cess foreign investment
entering the market,” said
a director of Shwe Thun-
dayi cosmetic company.
By making businesses
register, the government is
attempting to unify indus-
national productivity. The
Ministry of Industry was
restructured in December
2011 by integrating Minis-
try of Industry no.1 and 2.
The ministry is also en-
gaging in founding new
factories and training
facilities to improve or
enable the production of
transport vehicles, con-
struction and agricultural
machineries, and rubber-
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Myanmar Summary
Myanmar Summary
LOCAL BIZ
MyanmaRailwaystoInvite
TendertoBuildDryPorts
May Soe San
S
tate-run Myanma
Railways will invite
local and interna-
tional businesses in Au-
gust for an open tender to
construct dry ports for the
development of the local
logistics sector.
The project is expected
-
which will ensure access
to dry ports and contain-
erisation for rail trans-
port, boosting connectiv-
ity for industries engaged
in import-export.
“We plan to invite ten-
ders from local and in-
ternational business in
August with construction
set to start in September,”
told U Aung Myo Myint,
deputy general manager
of cargo for Myanma Rail-
ways.
Construction for dry
ports are expected to be
completed by May 2015,
which will be followed by
a planned upgrade to the
railroad infrastructure
in June of next year that
will help accommodate
container trains that run
from inland depots to sea-
ports, as well as other in-
dustrial zones.
The short-term schemes
aim to develop dry ports
in Yangon and Mandalay,
Myanmar’s major com-
mercial cities.
The project is drafted to
include six sites that in-
clude Kwae Ma, Ywarth-
argyi, Tanyingone, Myo-
haung, Myitnge, Palate
stations. The potential
project sites will be as-
sessed before implemen-
tation with only two sites
Ywarthargyi in Yangon
and Myitnge in Mandalay.
LabourRequirementsGrowingThroughoutMyanmar
Phyo Thu
E
xperts have re-
leased a report
-
mar is facing a shortage
of trained and capable
labour in a range of in-
dustrial sectors that could
threaten the nation’s de-
velopment prospects.
The country’s demand
for skilled workers is ex-
pected to reach a level
equal to almost half the
population by 2015.
Myanmar Arts and Sci-
ence Academics Asso-
ciation Vice President Dr
Thet Lwin and Yangon
University of Economics
Vice Rector Dr Tun Aung
prepared the report fore-
casting Myanmar’s future
employment needs.
The document estimat-
ed Myanmar will need 32
million more workers in
job areas including agri-
culture, forestry, energy,
mining, industry, electri-
cal, construction, social,
management and trading
by next year.
Yangon University of
Economics Rector Dr Tin
Win said the report used
mathematical calcula-
tions to determine where
the skilled worker short-
ages were most prominent
throughout Myanmar.
If Myanmar is unable
to increase education and
training to help citizens
improve their employ-
ability then the country’s
labour needs could reach
over 34.6 million by 2020,
while demand for skilled
workers stood at 29.7 mil-
lion people in 2010, ac-
cording to the report.
The report said the
country’s agriculture sec-
tor will have the highest
labour requirement while
the industrial and trad-
ing sectors will also have
employment demands of
over 3 million labourers.
Dr Thet Lwin and Dr
Tun Aung, the report’s
authors, said the agricul-
ture, industrial engineer-
ing and information and
media industries should
be prioritised for local
employment expansion.
Last month the IMF
forecast it expects Myan-
mar’s economic growth to
rise to a rate of 8.5 per-
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cent by March 2015. The
report suggests increased
shortages in skilled la-
bour could stall the coun-
try’s economic progress.
Myanmar is facing skills
shortages in many sectors
central to the country’s
infrastructure develop-
ment. The civil adminis-
tration and service sectors
are expected to require
2 million further skilled
workers by next year.
Estimates also forecast
employment demands for
the tourism industry to
reach 930,000 workers in
2015. Myanmar’s tourism
industry is expected to
contribute over $1 billion
in 2014, increased from
$926 million in 2013 and
$534 million in 2012.
However, a lack of
trained and capable la-
bour could undercut fur-
ther revenue increases in
the tourism industry.
The experts said skill
shortages in Myanmar’s
foreign language and
medical and healthcare
services were also likely
to become prominent.
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Myanmar Summary
Banking Conference Focuses on
Local Banks’ HR, Capacity Dearth
Aundrea Montaño
T
he 2nd
annual My-
anmar Banking and
Business Develop-
ment Conference, hosted
by Sphere Conferences
and Republic of the Union
of Myanmar Federation of
Chambers of Commerce
and Industry, was held on
July 15 – 17 in Yangon at
the Sule Shangri-La Ho-
tel.
Day one of the confer-
ence focused on the stra-
tegic aspects and the fu-
ture of the banking and
-
mar as it moves towards
increased global integra-
tion, while day two em-
phasised the use of tech-
nology.
Dr Aung Thura, CEO of
Thura Swiss, moderated a
panel discussing the im-
pact of impending foreign
bank licences. During the
panel discussion, Dr Sein
Maung, chairman of First
Private Bank, shared his
surprise that the govern-
ment was so quickly will-
ing to allow foreign banks
to operate in Myanmar
saying that while the gov-
ernment has good inten-
tions, the decision is a bit
“premature.”
“Why rush? The legal
base is not ready yet. Ad-
ditionally, there is a big
gap between capitalisa-
tion, skills and technol-
ogy.
“We are in the process
of building a house, in the
process of building insti-
tutions. We should not
rush this process.
“My advice to move
step-by-step in a prag-
matic fashion,” ” Dr Sein
Maung told the panel.
Kittiya Todhanakasem,
a senior executive vice
president and managing
director at Krung Thai
Bank, acknowledged Dr
Sein Maung’s concerns
and added that in an over-
seas market the market
leader must be domestic.
She further emphasised
that Thai banks will focus
-
ing trade of Thai corpo-
rations, which is a likely
scenario for any foreign
bank granted one of the
coveted foreign banking
licences.
Kim Chawsu Gyi, depu-
ty managing director and
head of transformation
at KBZ Bank, added that
foreign banks are vital to
-
ture projects, which local
banks cannot currently
accommodate with their
limited capitalisation.
Also discussed at the
conference is the reality
of the immense challeng-
system faces in terms of
the lack of skilled work-
ers and technological im-
provements.
Kim Chawsu Gyi, who
is responsible for the de-
velopment of human re-
source capacity for Myan-
mar’s largest bank KBZ,
said, “We must recruit
individuals with the right
skills and talent, but it
is equally important for
these individuals to learn
soft skills such as team-
work, how to provide ex-
cellent customer service,
and how to work in a pro-
-
ment.”
Dr Sein Maung acknowl-
edged the critical need to
upgrade the technology of
Myanmar’s banks. How-
ever, upgrading technol-
ogy is not as easy of a task
as many might think.
“Upgrading technol-
ogy is very expensive. On
top of that, lots of ven-
dors come to sell software
without the proper sales
support and local support
said.
for intensive and quick
action in addressing hu-
-
cies, suggesting advance-
ments in basic education,
courses should be empha-
sised.
U Set Aung, deputy gov-
ernor of the Central Bank,
spoke about the country’s
commercial and business
climate and touted Myan-
mar’s potential for busi-
ness development and
trade saying, “The Minis-
try of Commerce has fo-
cused on four main areas
that include trade promo-
tion, facilitation, liberali-
sation, and education.
“As a result, Myanmar’s
increased during the last
three years.”
According to data pre-
sented at the conference,
Myanmar’s trade volume
has increased from $15.27
-
cal year, to an expected
$24.87 million in the
U Set Aung said Myan-
mar’s current prospects
for growth lie in the coun-
try’s many “untapped
natural and human re-
sources, its strategic loca-
tion and ability to become
a major regional trad-
ing hub, and increasing
south-south and global
trading opportunities.”
Attendees at a session of the Myanmar Bankign and Business Develelopment Conference.
Microeconomic Objectives Surpass Target;
May Soe San
M
yanmar re-
corded a trade
trillion ($2.08 billion) in
the second half of 2013-
Thein, deputy minister
for national planning and
economic development,
told a recent parliament
session.
Exports earned K5.93
trillion ($5.93 billion) and
import volume reached
K8.01 trillion ($8.01 bil-
lion) during this period,
she said while presenting
a report on National Eco-
nomic Plan, released by
the Ministry of National
Planning and Economic
Development.
The report outlined the
government’s progress
in the second half of the
2013-14FY.
-
economic objectives sur-
passed the target and
reached 125 percent of
the planned goals, an
improvement in perfor-
mance of 7.5 percent com-
pared to the same period
last year, the report said.
According to the report,
agriculture accounted for
31.9 percent of the total
economy, compared with
the previous estimation
of 29.9 percent. The in-
dustrial sector accounted
for 32.7 percent, which
is lower than the sector’s
estimation of 33.8 per-
cent. The service sector
accounted for 35.4 per-
cent which was also lower
that its estimated 36.3
percent.
The period coincided
with the harvest season,
which produced over
K9.17 trillion ($9.17 bil-
lion) in the agriculture
sector.
A total of 35 local enter-
prises were approved un-
der the Myanmar Nation-
al Investment Law, which
amounted to an invest-
ment volume of almost K1
trillion ($1 billion), while
68 foreign companies
were approved under the
2012 Foreign Investment
Law accounting for K2.37
trillion ($2.37 billion) in
investment, according to
the report.
sector during the second
year saw the expanding
of bank branches, which
increased by 210 to 695,
while 470 private money
exchange counters have
been approved during the
period.
The report said 82.5 per-
cent of the planned objec-
tives have been complet-
ed in the energy sector,
while 99.5 percent were
completed in the mining
and mineral sector and 95
percent in electric sector
during the period.
The government has
increased electricity sup-
ply in many states and
regions thus reducing the
private usage of diesel to
run generators for house-
hold or commercial pur-
poses.
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Myanmar Summary
Scotch Whisky Gets Special Legal
Protection in Myanmar
Phyo Thu
S
cotch Whisky has
been granted better
protection by My-
anmar authorities as a
collective trademark in a
move that is expected to
help protect Scotland’s
national drink against
fakes in the growing
Southeast Asian market.
Scotch Whisky exports
to Myanmar jumped 65
percent to £2 million last
year from £888,734 in
2012, according to the
Scotch Whisky Associa-
tion.
The move will provide
added protection to both
consumers and the indus-
try, the association said.
Alan Park, Scotch Whis-
ky Association legal ad-
viser, said: “This will al-
low us to protect Scotch
Whisky against products
illegally being sold or
“Products suspected
of misleading consum-
ers and damaging the le-
gitimate trade are already
under investigation and
may become the subject
of legal action using the
protection now given to
Scotch Whisky in Burma.”
The changes mirror
those introduced in Aus-
tralia earlier this year, a
country which was said to
have a “serious problem”
with fakes.
The trademark gives
similar protection to
Scotch in Burma already
enjoyed by products such
as Parma ham and Cham-
pagne which are subject to
a geographic indicator (GI)
a range of geographically
unique products.
British Ambassador to
Myanmar Andrew Pat-
rick said: “Scotch Whisky
is recognised worldwide
as a distinctive and high
quality British product
and I am delighted that
the Burmese authorities
have taken steps to recog-
nise and protect this.
“A robust legal frame-
work is of great impor-
tance to foreign investors
in any market and the
British Embassy is sup-
portive of the Burmese
develop this.”
In 2012, Chelsea FC
agreed a two-year spon-
sorship deal with local
whisky Grand Royal –
Myanmar’s best-selling
brand – which boasts an
unnamed Scottish master
blender on its label, but,
in accordance with Scotch
whisky rules, does not
claim to be Scotch.
Earlier this month, a
German scientist living
in Scotland announced a
new technique to tackle
counterfeit Scotch whisky
by determining whether
the water used to make it
comes from Scotland.
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cation Scheme, launched
earlier this year, ensures
that every part of the
Scotch whisky supply
chain is mapped by the
industry, registered with
the UK government and
inspected to ensure it
complies fully with all the
rules on the production of
Scotch.
DavidGray/Reuters
the production of Scotch
whisky must register with
Her Majesty’s Revenue &
Customs by listing their
sites within and out-
side Scotland, including
distilleries, maturation
facilities, blending and
bottling plants. Foreign
bottlers will also be sub-
ject to controls.
In addition, the spirit is
already protected through
the European Union GI
scheme, meaning it can
only be produced in Scot-
land according to UK
rules.
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Myanmar Summary
Myanmar Summary
Myanmar’s Legal Framework and Immigration
Stefanie Siegfried
I
n this week’s case
study, our client,
XYZ B.V., asked us if
it is possible to send an
executive employee to
Yangon to conduct mar-
ket research before their
new company has been
approved and registered
for operation. In our case
study last week, we al-
ready advised them to
set up a MIC company.
MIC approval will take
approximately 3 months;
however, the company
wants to start research ac-
tivities right away. In this
particular case we do not
or an executive research-
er to Yangon on a tourist
visit visa.
A tourist visa is only val-
id for a single entry, which
is granted for a period of
28 days, and does not al-
low the holder to engage
in any sort of commer-
cial activities in Myan-
mar. Because leasing an
apartment is prohibited
to individuals holding a
XYZ B.V. is only allowed
to stay at a hotel that has
been pre-approved by
the Ministry of Tourism.
conduct market research
should enter Myanmar
with a valid business visa,
issued upon arrival at ei-
ther Yangon or Mandalay
International Airports or
by a Myanmar consulate
Strohal Legal Group presents a weekly case study aiming to provide an overview and
updates on the legal framework in Myanmar
abroad. To obtain a busi-
-
ber needs an invitation
letter from a Myanmar
company as well as a copy
But, is it possible to ob-
-
ments? Yes.
XYZ B.V. wants to
-
search especially given
their competitors are also
attempting to enter the
market. Therefore, it is
vital to send an executive
employee immediately
to Myanmar with a valid
business visa. In this case,
one of our clients, a 100
percent Myanmar com-
pany, is ready to assist
by issuing the required
documents for a small fee.
However, it is important
for the business activ-
ground. Our Myanmar
client company is also
XYZ B.V.’s market re-
salaries after reimburse-
ment. Personnel leasing
and recruitment services
are legal in Myanmar and
also provide full payroll
services and employ-
ment-related tax advice.
Given this situation, we
advised XYZ B.V. to send
to the local company so
documents that enable its
employees to obtain their
business visa, make ar-
rangements for employ-
ment, payment of salaries
and other legal require-
ments. During this pro-
remain under the control
and supervision of XYZ
B.V.
Later, after MIC has
granted XYZ B.V. its com-
pany registration, it can
apply for a work permit at
the Directorate of Labour
under the Ministry of La-
bour, and a stay permit
and visa to the Immigra-
tion and National Regis-
tration Department from
the Ministry of Immi-
gration and Population.
Once these permits are
approved, XYZ B.V. can
issue invitation letters
and other required docu-
ments needed for their
visa.
In the next case study
we will advise the XYZ
B.V. about renting real
estate.
Strohal Legal Group
(SLG), founded by Dr
Theodor Strohal in 1979,
highly personalized ser-
vices specializing in in-
ternational and cross
border business. SLG
enjoys a well-established
reputation across Eu-
rope, Southeast Asia
and the Middle East. In
Myanmar, SLG provides
services under the name
U Min Sein & Strohal As-
sociates Law Firm.
The views and opinions
expressed here are the
author’s own and don’t
-
anmar Business Today’s
editorial opinion.
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KBZ Bank to Launch Online Banking Services
Aung Phyo
M
yanmar’s larg-
est private bank,
Kanbawza Bank,
will launch online and
mobile banking services
soon, the bank said.
US-based information
security company, RSA,
will provide protection to
its customers from online
fraud and cyber threats, it
said. RSA is the security
division of EMC, which is
an American multination-
al corporation.
The bank started with an
initial capital of K477 mil-
lion ( about $500,000) in
1999 and has expanded
its capital to K113 billion
($117 million) in 2014,
according to the bank’s
Early this year, another
private bank, the Coop-
eratives Bank (CB), has
introduced mobile bank-
ing system services in the
country on a trial basis.
There are more than 20
private banks and three
state-owned banks in My-
anmar.
The Central Bank of
Myanmar recently an-
nounced that it would
grant foreign banks to op-
erate banking business in
the country by September
-
eign banks will be given
permission.
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SherpaHossainy
July 24-30, 2014
Myanmar Business Today
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Rubber Farmers Seek Gov’t
Htun Htun Minn
M
yanmar’s rubber
farmers have re-
quested support
from the government af-
ter compounding falls in
the price of rubber have
seen many struggling to
support themselves.
The sharp drop of rub-
ber prices, a cash crop
grown in almost all of
Myanmar’s regions and
-
cal year, drove almost
a million farmers and
workers at rubber planta-
-
ship, Daw Mi Myint Than,
a member of the parlia-
ment, said.
She said neighbour-
ing countries had often
helped struggling rubber
growers in similar condi-
tions, requesting the gov-
ernment to provide direct
support to farmers and
guarantee a minimum
price for the rubber they
produce.
However, deputy min-
ister for agriculture and
irrigation, U Ohn Than,
said the government was
unable to provide loans
or set minimum prices for
rubber due to scarcity of
funds.
The price of rubber
changes daily, depending
on demand from the glob-
al market and large users
of raw rubber. Thailand’s
rubber exports, however,
receive a larger price per
tonne, $2,000, whereas
Myanmar’s rubber ex-
ports only receive $1,500
per tonne, due to lower
quality.
U Ohn Than said My-
anmar’s rubber exports
should therefore improve
their production quality if
they hope to improve the
price they receive.
Factors including slow-
ing global economic
of Europe’s debt crisis
of global oil prices – often
as a result of internal con-
responsible for drops in
rubber prices.
Declines in vehicle pro-
duction in China, one of
the world’s largest rubber
consuming countries, and
large expansions in their
rubber production and
reserves has seen a fall in
rubber imports.
Myanmar has also seen
a total expansion of 1.5
million acres in rubber
plantations in almost eve-
ry state and region except
Kayah, Chin and Magwe,
with production increas-
ing 177,125 tonnes in
state produced 10,000
tonnes of rubber in 2013-
14FY in 48,000 acres.
Myanmar Summary
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Myanmar Summary
Myanmar Summary
UNtoHelpMyanmarPrepareforAWarmingClimate
AdamDean/Reuters
Megan Rowling
U
N agencies have
signed an agree-
ment with Myan-
mar’s government to help
the Southeast Asian na-
tion prepare for climate
change impacts, including
droughts, cyclones and
The United Nations En-
vironment Programme
(UNEP) and the United
Nations Human Settle-
ments Programme (UN-
Habitat) will support
Myanmar to integrate
climate change considera-
tions into policies, and to
develop a national strate-
gy to prepare for a warm-
ing climate.
“The impacts of climate
change are here and now
in the present, and are
likely to become more se-
vere in the future,” said
Yoshinobu Fukasawa,
UN-Habitat’s regional di-
“These impacts threaten
both the progress towards
the Millennium Develop-
ment Goals Myanmar has
made in the last few years
and also the rapid eco-
nomic growth the country
is currently experienc-
ing.”
In May 2008, for exam-
ple, Cyclone Nargis swept
across Myanmar, trigger-
ing a huge sea surge and
killing nearly 140,000
people. It destroyed vil-
-
million people in Yangon
and the Irrawaddy Delta.
Scientists expect more in-
tense storms like this, as
the planet warms.
The four-year pro-
gramme will be led by the
Ministry of Environmen-
tal Conservation and For-
estry and implemented by
the two UN agencies. The
European Union has pro-
vided €4 million ($5.45
million) in funding as
part of a wider global ini-
tiative.
“The momentum of re-
form and the possibility
for rapid growth means
that there is a unique
opportunity here to en-
courage a low-carbon
development model and
ensure climate change
adaptation is well-main-
streamed,” the delegation
of the European Union to
Myanmar said in a joint
statement on the inking
of the agreement in the
capital Nay Pyi Taw.
“It is crucial that this
growth and development
the country is striving for
is not undermined and
compromised.”
The programme aims to
raise awareness among
government, civil soci-
ety, researchers and the
private sector about the
need to address climate
change, to coordinate
grassroots planning for
climate change, and to
pilot activities that will
build resilience in coastal
and delta regions.
At the signing ceremony,
Win Tun, Myanmar’s min-
ister for environmental
conservation and forestry,
said: “Climate change is
one of the most challeng-
ing issues of our age and
there (is) no time to delay
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Strike Myanmar Telecoms Deal
To invest $2 billion
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DDI and Sumito-
mo Corp will invest
in telecoms infra-
structure and jointly oper-
ate mobile and broadband
services with Myanmar
Posts and Telecommuni-
announced.
No.2 Japanese wire-
less carrier KDDI and
trading house Sumitomo
said last week that they
have reached an agree-
ment with the state-run
MPT to jointly undertake
telecommunications op-
erations in the Southeast
Asian country.
The joint operations
will provide “Japanese-
quality services of the
highest level in the world”
communication services
through upgrading of the
telecommunications in-
said.
The operations will fo-
cus on customer services
in call centres and shops
to improve customer
satisfaction, as well as
contribute to the devel-
opment of Myanmar’s
economy and industry
and the enhancement
of Myanmar’s citizens’
standard of living, KDDI
and Sumitomo said.
“Myanmar is experienc-
ing a rapid move towards
democracy and the market
line communications is
expected to grow dramati-
cally in the future,” said
Takashi Tanaka, president
of KDDI Corp.
“Taking advantage of the
wealth of experience and
knowledge that we have
built up both inside and
outside Japan through our
mobile phone operations
in Mongolia, MVNO busi-
ness in the US and other
operations, KDDI will
provide the same level of
Japanese-quality services
to Myanmar and contrib-
ute to the country’s growth
and development.”
MPT will split earnings
from the Myanmar opera-
tions roughly equally with
a Singapore-based joint
venture of the Japanese
in August, Sumitomo Ex-
ecutive Vice President
Shinichi Sasaki told a
news conference.
-
vest about $2 billion over
the next decade to ex-
pand service in one of the
world’s least-connected
countries.
“We’ll be able to reach
-
riod of time,” KDDI Sen-
ior Vice President Yuzo
Ishikawa said.
Kuniharu Nakamura,
president and CEO of Su-
mitomo, said: “Our busi-
ness record in Myanmar
stretches over 60 years ....
Using the know-how and
experience that we have
thus cultivated, we will
do our part to support
the improvement of living
standards and industrial
development in Myanmar
through this joint opera-
tion.”
MPT is currently My-
anmar’s sole telecoms
operator as well as the
industry regulator. The
government plans to cre-
ate a new regulator by
2015 and divest a minor-
ity share in MPT, which
will remain one of four
licensed operators. State-
backed Yatanarpon, until
now primarily an inter-
net service provider, also
holds a licence. Norway’s
Telenor and Qatar’s Oore-
doo won hotly contested
bidding for two new li-
cences in June 2013 and
are now building their
networks.
Myanmar’s telecoms
industry was tightly con-
trolled under decades
of military dictatorship,
with the government
monopolising the sector
and selling SIM cards for
thousands of dollars when
they were introduced a
decade-and-a-half ago.
As a result, Myanmar
had one of the world’s
lowest mobile penetra-
tion rates. Swedish tel-
ecom giant Ericsson said
in 2012 that fewer than 4
percent of its 60 million
people were connected.
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Samsung Halts Business with Chinese
Supplier Over Child Labour Fears
Se Young Lee
S
amsung Electron-
ics Co Ltd said last
Monday it had sus-
pended business with a
Chinese supplier it sus-
pected of employing child
labour, less than a week
after a U.S. watchdog
report accused the sup-
plier of using under-aged
workers.
The South Korean
smartphone maker said
it found an “illegal hir-
ing process” at Dongguan
Shinyang Electronics Co
Ltd, which supplies mo-
bile phone covers and
parts.
Dongguan Shinyang
Electronics could not im-
mediately be reached for
comment. South Korean
-
ing Co Ltd., which owns
all of Dongguan Shin-
yang, also could not be
immediately reached for
comment.
Samsung added that it
had previously found no
child workers at the Chi-
nese company in three au-
dits since 2013. The latest
audit ended on June 25.
“The Chinese authori-
ties are also looking into
the case,” Samsung said
in a statement on Mon-
day, adding that it would
cut all ties with the sup-
plier if the allegations
were true.
“If the investigations
conclude that the suppli-
er indeed hired children
illegally, Samsung will
permanently halt busi-
ness with the supplier in
accordance with its zero-
tolerance policy on child
labour,” it said.
U.S.-based China La-
bour Watch released a
report on Thursday alleg-
used child labour. The
U.S. watchdog said it had
workers” without con-
tracts at the supplier.
Samsung demands sup-
pliers adopt a hiring pro-
cess that includes face-to-
face interviews and the
use of scanners to detect
fake IDs, to ensure no
child labourers are em-
ployed.
But China Labour
Watch said that Sam-
sung’s monitoring system
The watchdog accused
one of Samsung’s suppli-
ers of using child labour
in 2012. Samsung subse-
quently said it found no
under-aged workers at
the facility. Reuters
A man uses his mobile phone in front of a giant advertisement promoting Samsung Electronics’ new
Galaxy S5 smartphone, at an art hall in central Seoul.
KimHong-Ji/Reuters
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REGIONAL BIZ 14
Myanmar Summary
China Urges Local Governments to Buy
More New-Energy Cars
Samuel Shen and
Norhiko Shirouzu
C
hina has told gov-
use more electric
and plug-in hybrid cars as
part of its drive to cut pol-
lution by putting 5 million
such vehicles on the road
by 2020.
The measure is the lat-
est in a series of steps that
could help Chinese au-
tomakers including BYD
and SAIC Motor Corp, with
President Xi Jinping urg-
ing government agencies
to buy domestic brands.
So-called new-energy
vehicles must account for
at least 30 percent of all
cars or vans purchased an-
nually by central govern-
ment agencies and some
city governments over the
three year through 2016,
with the proportion set
to rise after that, said the
National Government Of-
Government agencies
buy new-energy vehicles,
which the government
-
hicles, plug-in electric hy-
brids and hydrogen elec-
tric fuel-cell cars.
Under the new step,
are also required to build
charging stations and im-
prove other infrastructure
for green vehicles.
The new rules came
days after China scrapped
a purchase tax for new-
energy vehicles, fearing
that it had fallen far be-
hind in meeting a target
of putting 500,000 new-
energy vehicles on the
road by next year.
Earlier this year, major
Chinese cities including
Beijing, Shanghai and
Tianjin opened up their
markets to electric car
makers based in other
cities as China moves to
reduce intra-country pro-
tectionism. Reuters
Modi’s Farm Export Curbs may Ease
Manoj Kumar
I
-
ably eased margin-
ally in June after the
new government curbed
farm exports, but a grow-
ing risk that drought will
shrivel summer crops
could encourage the cen-
tral bank to keep interest
rates on hold.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, elected in
May amid anger over ris-
ing prices, has ordered a
crackdown on hoarding
to hold down food prices
and set limits on the ex-
port of staples, such as
onions and potatoes.
budget on Thursday, Fi-
nance Minister Arun Jait-
-
gross domestic product in
-
cating more funds to ease
“The monsoon this year
appears more unpredict-
able,” he told lawmakers,
adding that the govern-
ment would take all steps
necessary.
-
tion INCPIY=ECI prob-
ably eased to 7.95 percent
last month, down from
8.28 percent in May,
while wholesale price in-
to 5.80 percent, the Reu-
ters poll of economists
found.
The government will re-
lease the data on whole-
sale prices on Monday
around 0230 EST. Con-
sumer price data is due at
0800 EST.
-
lenge as soaring prices for
basic food items, such as
milk and potatoes, lifted
9.4 percent in May, driv-
percent.
The government is
banking on stocks of food
such as rice, wheat and
sugar from recent bumper
harvests, but has few ways
to cap prices of fruits and
vegetables that drive food
“The measures may
prove to be inadequate
in light of the supply-
demand dynamics as-
sociated with perishable
products, absence of ad-
equate cold storages and
-
mestic supply chain,” said
Aditi Nayar, an economist
at ICRA, the Indian arm
of rating agency Moody’s.
eased to about 8 percent,
after staying in near dou-
past two years, the highest
among the BRICS group
of emerging economies -
Brazil, Russia, India, Chi-
na and South Africa.
Economic growth has
been stuck below 5 per-
cent for two years - the
longest slowdown in
more than a quarter of a
century. The economy is
expected to grow slightly
above 5 percent in this
In 2009 benchmark
New York futures swept
to a 30-year high after the
worst drought in nearly
four decades forced India,
the world’s top sugar con-
sumer, to buy large quan-
tities of the sweetener
from top producer Brazil.
The farm sector ac-
counts for around 14
percent of India’s nearly
$2 trillion economy, and
two-thirds of its popula-
tion of 1.2 billion live in
rural areas.
Weak investments and
industrial performance
have hurt economic
Friday showing that in-
dustrial output grew 4.7
percent in May on the
year bettered expecta-
tions for a rise of 3.8 per-
cent.
Output gained just 0.1
that ended in March.
Reuters
Myanmar Summary
Workers sit and lie on stacked bags of sortex rice during their lunch break at a warehouse in a wholesale
market in Mumbai.
DhirajSingh/Bloomberg
A model poses next to the Dongfeng EJ02 during the opening day of the Shanghai Auto Show.
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REGIONAL BIZ 15
Myanmar Summary
Myanmar Summary
Shamim Adam
M
alaysian Airline
System Bhd.
(MAS) shares
tumbled the most in nine
weeksafteroneofitsplanes
was shot down in Ukraine,
four months after the dis-
appearance of Flight 370
contributed to the carrier’s
biggest loss since 2011.
The stock lost 13 per-
cent to 19.5 sen as of
9:59 a.m. on July 18 in
Kuala Lumpur, extend-
ing this year’s drop to 37
percent, while Malaysia
Airports Holdings Bhd.
(MAHB) fell 4.2 percent.
The FTSE Bursa Malay-
siaKLCI Index retreated
0.4 percent and Malay-
sia’s ringgit weakened 0.4
percent versus the dollar.
The Bloomberg World
Airlines Index slipped
0.2 percent, following a
2 percent tumble on July
17 amid speculation the
Malaysian Air’s Flight
17, carrying 298 passen-
gers and crew, was shot
down last Thursday over
eastern Ukraine in an at-
tack that the government
in Kiev blamed on pro-
Russian rebels. The carrier,
which has lost 4.57 billion
ringgit ($1.4 billion) since
the start of 2011, had been
speeding up an overhaul of
its business after the dis-
appearance of Flight 370
spurred the longest search
for a missing plane in mod-
ern aviation history.
“This is shocking,”
for strategic investments
at Fortress Capital Asset
Management Sdn., which
oversees about 1 billion
ringgit, said in Kuala
Lumpur. “Investors will
more information later.
This will raise concerns
about the safety culture of
airlines in general.”
Ukraine Battle-
ground
Ltd. (293), the biggest
international carrier
in Asia, dropped 1.4 per-
cent in Hong Kong trad-
ing while Air China Ltd.
declined 1.3 percent. Del-
ta Air Lines Inc., Ameri-
can Airlines Group Inc.
(AAL) and United Con-
tinental Holdings all re-
treated more than 3.4
percent in U.S. trading
last Thursday.
Ukraine’s state security
service said it intercept-
ed phone conversations
among militants discuss-
ing the missile strike,
which knocked Flight 17
from the sky about 30 kil-
ometers (18 miles) from
the Russian border. The
separatists denied the ac-
cusation.
weapon probably was a
Russian-made model used
widely in Eastern Europe.
The Boeing Co. (BA) 777
crashed en route to Kuala
Lumpur from Amsterdam
in the main battleground
of Ukraine’s civil war.
The jet didn’t make a
distress call, Malaysian
Prime Minister Najib
Razak told reporters at
the Kuala Lumpur Inter-
national Airport today.
was declared safe by the
International Civil Avia-
tion Organisation, and
the International Air
Transportation Associa-
tion has said the airspace
the plane was in was not
subject to restrictions,
Najib said.
Turnaround Struggle
The escalation of
Ukraine’s crisis, com-
bined with Israel’s move-
ment of ground forces
into the Gaza Strip,
equities yesterday. The
MSCI All-Country World
Index dropped 0.9 per-
cent, and lost another 0.1
percent today.
Malaysian Air’s ma-
jor shareholder and sov-
ereign wealth fund, Khaz-
anah Nasional Bhd., said
last month it had time to
come up with a restructur-
ing plan as the carrier has
funds to last about a year.
Asuki Abas, a spokes-
man for Khazanah, said
the fund will “focus its
energy on supporting Ma-
laysian Air in emergency
comment further.
The Subang Jaya, Ma-
laysia-based carrier last
in 2010. Malaysian Air
missed its target to be
-
ing prices for fuel, main-
wiped out revenue gains.
Analysts project losses
through 2016 for the air-
line, according to data
compiled by Bloomberg.
Tough Road
“Malaysian Air will have
a tough road ahead to re-
build its image,” Hong
Leong Investment Bank
Bhd. analysts wrote in a
report last Friday. “Con-
sumer sentiment on its
safety record will be deep-
-
ther hampered its hope to
turnaround by 2015.”
The vanishing of MH370,
which carried mostly Chi-
nese passengers, put the
carrier under global scru-
tiny, jeopardizing its repu-
tation and prompting boy-
cotts in China. It has also
hurt the country as a travel
destination, with Chinese
tourists canceling their vis-
its to the Southeast Asian
nation, according to Ma-
laysia’s tourism promotion
agency.
“This is beyond unlucky,”
Mohshin Aziz, an analyst
at Malayan Banking Bhd.
in Kuala Lumpur, said in a
note to clients. “It will take
a very long time to over-
turn this.” Bloomberg
Low Prices Reduce Production
Phobe Sedgman
T
he sugar market
-
cit as sustained low
prices curb supply for a
second year, according to
Rabobank International,
which joined Czarnikow
Group Ltd. and Kingsman
SA in forecasting an end
to surpluses.
Global output of raw
sugar will fall short of de-
mand by about 900,000
metric tons in the 12
months from October,
Rabobank said. That
compares with glut of
1.4 million tons in 2013-
2014, the bank said in an
e-mailed quarterly report.
Raw-sugar prices
dropped more than 50
percent from a 30-year
high in 2011 as world
supplies consistently sur-
passed demand. Global
output will lag behind
consumption by 500,000
tons in 2014-2015 as
production stabilizes,
London-based Czarnikow
forecast last week. The
degree of supply tight-
ening depends on how a
forecast El Nino develops,
Rabobank said.
“It is a little early to be
certain that the market
point,” the bank said. “If
the question is whether
we are cycling towards
higher prices, our cur-
rent belief is that we are
indeed heading in that di-
rection, slowly, with may-
be a bump or two on the
road still to come.”
An El Nino, which can
bring drought to the
heavier-than-usual rains
to South America, is likely
to develop by Australia’s
spring, which starts in
September, the country’s
Bureau of Meteorology
said on July 1. There’s at
least a 70 percent chance
of the event developing
this year, it said.
Raw sugar for October
delivery closed at 17.07
cents a pound on ICE Fu-
tures U.S. in New York on
July 11, 4 percent higher
this year. The commodity
lost 16 percent in 2013,
retreating for a third year
in the longest run of an-
nual declines since 1992.
Global sugar demand
will exceed production
by 239,000 tons in the
crop year from October
2014 to September 2015,
Lausanne, Switzerland
Kingsman SA estimated
in May. Bloomberg
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Myanmar Summary
Myanmar Summary
Deal in Brazil Summit
Raymond Colitt
Tthe world’s largest
emerging markets
will showcase a new cur-
rency reserve fund and
development bank. Crit-
ics say neither is enough
to revive the group’s wan-
ing clout.
Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa,
known as the BRICS, will
approve the creation for
the $100 billion reserve
fund and $50 billion bank
at a July 15-16 summit
in Brazil’s coastal city of
Fortaleza and the capital
Brasilia.
The initiatives are born
out of frustration with a
lack of participation in
global governance, partic-
ularly in the World Bank
and International Mon-
etary Fund, said Arvind
Subramanian, senior fel-
low at the Peterson In-
stitute for International
Economics. The measures
aren’t big enough to boost
growth or cohesion in
the group as foreign in-
vestor sentiment sours
and member states focus
on issues close to home,
such as Brazil’s elections,
and new economic policy
plans in India.
“It’s hard to see a lot of
impetus at this stage for
the BRICS in general and
for these initiatives in
particular,” Subramanian
said by telephone from
Washington. “There’s go-
ing to be a lot of attention
on domestic issues.”
Economic growth in the
to average 5.37 percent
this year, half the pace
seen seven years ago, ac-
cording to the median
estimate of economists
surveyed by Bloomberg.
Brazil and Russia will
grow 1.3 percent and 0.5
percent, respectively.
Common Policy
Yuri Ushakov, Russian
presidential aide on for-
eign policy, said in an in-
terview that the group’s
growth rate is still above
that of the global average
and that its economic and
political weight is increas-
ing.
The BRICS have evolved
from the original term
coined in 2001 by then-
Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. economist Jim
O’Neill to describe the
growing weight of the
largest emerging markets
in the global economy. In
2011, South Africa joined
to give the BRICS a broad-
er geographic representa-
tion. The group’s track
record in pursuing a com-
mon agenda on the world
stage has been mixed.
“It’s easier to say what
the BRICS aren’t than
what they are,” said Jose
Alfredo Graca Lima, un-
der-secretary for politi-
Foreign Ministry.
to agree on a candidate to
head the World Bank in
2012 and the Internation-
al Monetary Fund in 2011,
two posts at the heart of
their demands for more
say in global economic
matters.
Trade Policy
The summit is unlikely
to provide a common
front to push ahead global
trade talks either, even
though the World Trade
Organization is headed
by Brazilian Roberto
Azevedo. Brazil itself has
increased protectionist
measures under Presi-
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there will be a common
outcome in that sense,
but certainly there will be
discussion on WTO mat-
ters,” said Sujata Mehta,
secretary for economic
relations at the Indian
Foreign Ministry.
India and South Africa
have signaled they may
backtrack on a trade fa-
cilitation agreement
reached at the WTO talks
in Bali in December 2013,
wrote Carlos Braga and
Jean-Pierre Lehmann,
professors at Lausanne,
Switzerland-based IMD
business school.
Still, Indian Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi is
unlikely to rock the boat
at the Brazil summit,
said N.R. Bhanumurthy,
an economist at the Na-
tional Institute of Public
Finance and Policy, a gov-
ernment-backed research
institute in New Delhi.
“Domestic issues are
dominating his agenda,
especially growth and in-
said. Bloomberg
Tim Hepher and
Victoria Bryan
Athe Farnborough
Airshow with up to
100 commitments for its
revamped A330neo wide-
body jet, industry sources
said, deepening a con-
test with Boeing for up to
$250 billion of orders at
the core of the long-haul
jet market.
After months of specula-
tion, the European plane
maker will unveil an up-
grade of its popular but
ageing A330, powered by
Rolls-Royce engines and
savings. Airbus Group de-
clined to comment.
The upgraded A330 is
Airbus’s attempt to pro-
-
able twin-aisle jet, as the
European company tries
to preserve market share
against Boeing’s much
newer 787 Dreamliner.
The A330 has enjoyed
a resurgence of sales be-
cause of delays in deliv-
eries of Boeing’s tech-
nically ambitious but
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bre jet, but it is in need of
a refresh to keep selling.
Analysts say it also plugs
apotentialfuturegapinthe
Airbus wide-body jet port-
folio after poor sales of its
A350-800 - the minnow of
the next-generation A350
family whose development
looks set to be halted or
suspended as a result.
The commercial de-
but of two models called
A330-800neo and A330-
by Reuters, heads a busy
schedule of announce-
ments on day one of the
show, at which Boeing
could hit back promptly
with new sales of its 787
Dreamliner.
Analysts have until now
generally predicted a
low-key show, because of
steadily growing fears of
airline overcapacity.
But industry sources
gathering for the July 14-
20 event said evidence
pointed to well over 500
orders or commitments
ranging from a 100-plane
lessor deal to a single
plane for Fiji. It may not
be immediately apparent,
however, how many or-
ders are new.
Malaysia’s AirAsiaX
has campaigned for an
A330neo to save on fuel
bills but is seen likely to
exchange any new order
against at least part of its
38 outstanding current-
generation A330s.
Boeing begins the week
with a clear advantage
after gaining 703 gross
orders up to July 8, or
649 after cancellations,
against Airbus’s end-June
total of 515 gross orders
and 290 net. Reuters
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Dilma Rousseff, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Xi Jinping and Ecuador's Presi-
dent Rafael Correa talk at a group photo session during the 6th BRICS summit and the Union of South
American Nations (UNASUR) in Brasilia.
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INTERNATIONAL BIZ 17
Myanmar Summary
Mal Langsdon
I
nsurers are eagerly
eyeing exponential
growth in the tiny cy-
ber coverage market but
their lack of experience
and skills handling hack-
ers and data breaches
may keep their ambitions
in check.
hackers seizing sensitive
customer data from com-
panies, such as U.S. retail-
er Target Corp or e-com-
merce company eBay Inc,
have executives checking
their insurance policies.
Increasingly, corporate
risk managers are seeing
insurance against cyber
crime as necessary budget
spending rather than just
nice to have.
The insurance broking
arm of Marsh & McLen-
nan Companies estimates
the U.S cyber insurance
market was worth $1 bil-
lion last year in gross
written premiums and
could reach as much as
$2 billion this year. The
European market is cur-
rently a fraction of that, at
around $150 million, but
is growing by 50 to 100
percent annually, accord-
ing to Marsh.
Those numbers repre-
sent a sliver of the overall
insurance market, which
is growing at a far more
sluggish rate. Premiums
are set to grow only 2.8
-
tion-adjusted terms, ac-
cording to Munich Re, the
world’s biggest reinsurer.
Insurers Struggle to Get Grip on Burgeoning
Cyber Risk Market
The European cyber
coverage market could
get a big boost from draft
EU data protection rules
in the works that would
force companies to dis-
close breaches of custom-
er data to them.
“Companies have be-
come aware that the risk
of being hacked is una-
voidable,” said Andreas
Schlayer, responsible for
cyber risk insurance at
Munich Re. “People are
now more aware that
hackers can attack and do
great damage to central
infrastructure, for exam-
ple in the energy sector.”
Insurers, which have
more experience handling
risks like hurricanes and
gain expertise in cyber
technology.
price by traditional insur-
ance methods as there
currently is not statisti-
data available,” said Rob-
ert Parisi, head of cyber
products at insurance
brokers Marsh.
Andrew Braunber-
gon, research director at
U.S. cybersecurity advi-
sory company NSS Labs,
said that some energy
companies have trouble
persuading insurers to
provide them with cyber
coverage as the industry
is vulnerable to hacking
attacks that could trigger
disasters like an explosion
in a worst-case scenario.
Pricing on policies for
retailers has climbed in
the wake of recent high-
Neiman Marcus, and oth-
er merchants, he added.
A Necessary Cost
Though still very much
in its infancy, the mar-
ket’s potential is vast
with cyber crime cost-
ing the global economy
about $445 billion every
year, according to an es-
timate last month from
the Washington-based
Center for Strategic and
International Studies.
While many companies
have in the past counted
on their general com-
mercial liability policies
for coverage, they are
increasingly taking out
standalone contracts.
One reason for the
change in attitude is a
New York state court rul-
ing in February against
Sony Corp. The company,
which has appealed the
decision, had sought to
force providers of its gen-
eral commercial liability
insurance to foot the bill
for class action lawsuits
following a major 2011 cy-
ber attack on Sony Play-
Station Network.
“This issue with Sony is
that it did not have a stan-
dalone cyber product,”
said Peter Beshar, general
counsel at the Marsh &
McLennan Companies.
Target was better pro-
tected when some 40 mil-
lion payment card num-
bers were stolen last year.
It had $100 million in cy-
ber insurance, according
to the trade publication
Business Insurance.
With low interest rates
limiting revenues from
insurers’ vast bond port-
folios, the extra under-
writing income from the
fast growing new market
is all the more welcome.
The cost of cyber insur-
ance varies depending,
but on average $1 mil-
lion in protection ranges
from about $20,000 to
$25,000, according to
Beshar.
German insurance giant
Allianz says its premiums
for 10-50 million euros
in protection run about
50,000-90,000 euros in
annual premiums. For
protection of over 50 mil-
lion euros, companies can
get coverage up to 300
million euros through co-
insurance policies involv-
ing multiple underwrit-
ers.
Whether insurers are
-
es commensurate with
the risks is anyone’s guess
as long as underwriters
have scant experience
with hackers.
Growing Pains
AXA, Europe’s second
biggest insurer, is making
a big push into the cyber
insurance market, but has
so far not paid out a single
business claim.
“I would like to see a
successful claim, because
that would be an expe-
rience,” said Philippe
Derieux, deputy CEO of
AXA’s global property
and causality business.
AXA is hiring computer
experts and engineers
to build up a centralized
cyber team, but Derieux
said there is a shortage of
“It is hard for insur-
people able to handle the
product,” Munich Re’s
Schlayer said. Reuters
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INVESTMENT & FINANCE 18
Myanmar Summary
Vietnam’s Biggest Pharmaceutical
Aye Myat
D
HG Pharmaceuti-
cal JSC, Vietnam’s
largest drugmaker
by market value, said it
is negotiating with a My-
anmar company to start
a joint venture in the
Southeast Asian country.
much as 91 billion dong
($4.3 million) to make
pharmaceutical products
similar to those it sells in
Vietnam, Chief Executive
said in an interview with
Bloomberg.
Construction of a fac-
tory in Myanmar may
begin next year if agree-
ments are reached and
approved, Nga said.
According to Vietnam-
ese media reports, she
investment but noted that
the company was still in
the survey period.
“We have just conduct-
ed a survey to understand
market demand and es-
pecially the law in Myan-
mar,” she was quoted as
saying in the VietNamNet
news website.
The move comes as Vi-
etnamese authorities are
tightening their grips on
the sale of prescription
drugs sold over the coun-
ter.
“We are preparing for
the reduction of antibiotic
sales due to tighter con-
trol,” Nga told Bloomb-
erg. In Vietnam, 78 per-
cent of antibiotics are sold
through drugstores with-
out prescriptions from
doctors, according to a re-
port by FPT Securities Co.
Last year, 41 percent of
DHG revenue came from
antibiotics. The company
also sells analgesics, nu-
tritional food, respiratory,
cardiovascular and diges-
tive medicine and skin-
care products.
“Myanmar is similar
to Vietnam 10-15 years
ago, but they can grow
faster. Myanmar does not
have many pharmaceuti-
cal companies. Therefore,
they have given some spe-
cial incentives for phar-
maceutical companies. We
will gain an advantage if we
cooperate with a local com-
pany,” Nga was quoted as
saying in Bloomberg.
Several Vietnamese en-
terprises such as Hoang
Anh Gia Lai Group, FPT
and the Bank for Invest-
ment & Development of
Vietnam (BIDV) have al-
ready invested in Myan-
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he Licensing Com-
mittee for the
award of banking
licence has shortlisted
to advance to the next
round in the bidding pro-
cess to grab a licence to
operate in Myanmar.
As part of the second
stage of the award of
banking licences in My-
anmar 25 proposals have
been received out of the
-
cants, according to a re-
lease from the Central
Bank of Myanmar (CBM).
UK-based banking gi-
ant Standard Chartered
pulled out from the race.
“The Licensing Commit-
tee will now evaluate each
RFP response following
detailed quantitative
and qualitative assess-
ment criteria,” the CBM
release said.
The Licensing Com-
mittee will announce the
preliminary License ap-
proval by the end of third
quarter 2014, the Central
Bank added.
The preliminary ap-
proval will be followed by
an intervening period in
which operations have to
be set up.
Within the intervening
period, the licence re-
commitments made in
the proposal as well as to
take all necessary meas-
ures to ensure functional
banking operation from
day one of business,” the
Central Bank said.
“The Committee looks
forward to analysing their
plans for the development
of the banking sector” in
Myanmar and “to select-
ing and announcing the
Successful Applicants,” it
said.
The banks are: ANZ
Bank from Australia, In-
dustrial and Commercial
Bank of China (ICBC);
BRED of France; State
Bank of India; Japan’s
Mizuho Bank, Bank of
Tokyo, Mitsubishi UFJ,
Sumitomo Mitsu Banking
Corp; Malaysia Maybank,
OCBC, RHB Bank and
CIMB; State Bank of Mau-
ritius, Singapore’s OCBC,
DBS and United Over-
seas Bank; South Korea’s
Kookmin Bank, Shinhan
Bank and Industrial Bank
of Korea; Taiwan’s Ca-
thay United Bank, E SUN
Contd. P 20...
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  • 1. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com mmbiztoday.com July 24-30, 2014| Vol 2, Issue 29MYANMAR’S FIRST BILINGUAL BUSINESS JOURNAL Myanmar Summary Inside MBT Education Reform: Lessons for the Future P-21 Miners Face Permit Delays As Parliament Debates New Bill Phyo Thu M yanmar’s min- ing enterprises are facing delays in receiving permits af- ter a newly proposed bill aimed at relaxing the cen- tral government’s exclusive control over mining opera- tions in the country stirred debate in the parliament. TheMineralandResource Committee of the Upper House recently drafted a new mining bill and submit- ted it to the Lower House. The Bill Committee of the Lower House said a provi- sion in the bill that allows joint mining operations between the central and regional governments goes against the country’s consti- tution. “We need to discuss fur- ther as [the new bill] con- tradicts the constitution,” told Dr Soe Moe Aung, a member of the Bill Com- mittee. Dr Soe Moe Aung said the newly proposed bill must be closely analysed to ensure regional gov- ernment mining doesn’t undercut the country’s constitutional framework. State and regional govern- ments will discuss the pro- posal in their respective parliaments to resolve the dispute, he said. A mine operator from Kayah state told Myan- mar Business Today that quests will be delayed by the government’s revision process. “The delay to get min- the development of special areas,” he said, referring to Myanmar’s underdevel- states such as Kachin and Kayah, which are rich in mineral resources. In June, Myanmar was accepted as a “candidate country” to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) which requires the union gov- ernment to disclose the agreements between the state and mining compa- nies to the public. Ko Win Aung from the multi-stake holder group that is coordinating My- anmar’s accession into the EITI, an international standard that ensures transparency around countries’ oil, gas and mineral resources, said his group doesn’t accept constitutional restrictions preventing regional gov- ernments from operating spective states. “These restrictions should not exist,” Ko Win Aung told Myanmar Business Today. The EITI requires My- anmar government to produce social impact as- sessment reports and en- sure that any mining bill passed takes into account all industry stakeholders. ,cifowåKwGif;Oya'udk acwf ESifhtnDjyifqifcsdefwGif owåKwGif; vkyfvkyfief;vkyfudkifcGifhtwGuf tcsdef MuefYMumrIrsm;jzpfay:aeNyD; tcuftcJjzpfay:vsuf&dSaMumif; owåKwl;azmfa&;vkyfief; rsm;rSod& onf/ vuf&SdwGif owåKwGif;Oya'udk jyifqifrIrSmoufqdkif&mvTwfawmf rsm;twGif; aqG;aEG;rIrsm; jyKvkyf &OD;rnfjzpfNyD; wdkif;a'oBuD;ESifh jynfe,ftpdk;&tzGJUrsm;u vkyf udkifcGifhay;Edkifa&;rSmvnf; tajccH Oya'ESifhnDñGwfrIr&SdaMumif; yg&Sd ojzifhaqG;aEG;rnfhtqifhwGifom &Sdaeao;aMumif; jynfolUvTwf awmfOya'Murf;aumfrwDrS od& onf/ jrefrmhowåKwGif;Oya'udkt rsKd;om;vTwfawmfowåKESihf o,H ZmwaumfrwDua&;qGJwifoGif; cJhumjynfolUvTwfawmfOya' Murf;aumfrwDutajccHOya' ESifhrnDaomoufqdkif&mjynf e,fESifhwdkif;a'oBuD;rS tpdk;& tzGJUESifhoufqdkif&m0efBuD;XmerS ñTefrSL;ygonfhtzGJUrSwl;azmfcGifh ay;&efqdkonfhtcsufudkaxmuf jycJhjcif;jzpfonf/ jrefrmEdkifiHowåKwGif;vkyfief; rsm;twGif; tm;enf;csuftjzpf &Sdaeaom ETA/ SIA xkwfjyef rIrsm;udk EITI EdkifiHtjzpf&Sdvm csdefwGif oufqdkif&mtpD&ifcHpm rsm;jyKpkumaqmif&GufoGm;&rnf jzpfum jrefrmhowåKOya'jyifqif onfh owåKOya'Murf;xGufay: a&;twGufvnf; vTwfawmfrsm; twGif;xyfrHaqG;aEG;&OD;rnf jzpfonf/ Government Inspects Manufacturing Businesses for Licences P-6 Labour Requirements Growing Throughout Myanmar P-7 A woman digs for sulphur sand near a Chinese copper mining dump in Sarlingyi township at Sagaing division. SoeZeyaTun/Reuters
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July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com 2LOCAL BIZ Business News in Brief MYANMAR’S FIRST BILINGUAL BUSINESS JOURNAL Board of Editors Editor-in-Chief - Sherpa Hossainy Email - sherpa.hossainy@gmail.com Deputy Editor - Aundrea Montaño Email - aundrea.montano@gmail.com Editor-in-Charge - Wai Linn Kyaw Email - linnkhant18@gmail.com Ph - 09 40 157 9090 Regional Editor - Tom Stayner International Editor - David Ross Reporters & Contributors Htun Htun Minn, May Soe San, Kyaw Min, Wai Linn Kyaw, Aye Myat, Aung Phyo, Zwe Wai, Phyo Thu, David Mayes, Sherpa Hossainy, Aundrea Montaño, Tom Stayner, David Ross, Jacob Goldberg Art & Design Zarni Min Naing (Circle) Email - zarni.circle@gmail.com Ko Naing Email - nzlinn.13@gmail.com DTP May Su Hlaing Translators Aye Chan Wynn, Wai Linn Kyaw, Phyu Maung Advertising Seint Seint Aye, Moe Hsann Pann, Htet Wai Yan, Zin Wai Oo, Nay Lin Htike Advertising Hotline - 09 420 237 625, 09 4211 567 05, 09 31 450 345, 09 250 411 911, 09 2500 18646 Email - sales.mbtweekly@gmail.com Managing Director Prasert Lekavanichkajorn pkajorn@hotmail.com 09421149720 Publisher U Myo Oo (04622) No. 1A-3, Myintha 11th Street, South Okkalapa Township, Yangon. Tel: 951-85000 86, 8500 763 Fax: 951-8603288 ext: 007 Shwe Naing Ngan Printing (04193) Printing Subscription & Circulation Aung Khin Sint - aksint2008@gmail.com 09 20 435 59 Nilar Myint - manilarmyint76@gmail.com 09 4210 855 11 Khaing Zaw Hnin - snowkz34@gmail.com 09 4211 30133 Myanma Airways signs for six ATR 72s 600s, by placing orders for six of the type and options on six more at the Farnborough air show last week. The state-owned carrier, which is to branded Myan- mar National Airlines soon, will start taking delivery of the aircraft in 2015. Deliveries will run until 2017. The airline aims to replace its Fokker F28 regional jet and Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprop with the ATRs, while it already operates three ATR72s. Myanmar pharma sector expected to grow 10- 15pc Myanmar’s pharmaceutical industry is expected to grow 10-15 percent a year due to higher government spending on healthcare, the Myanmar Pharmaceuti- cal and Medical Equipment Entrepreneurs Association said at an expo. Myanmar’s pharmaceuticals market is now estimated to be worth about $100 million to $120 million, but the industry imports more than 90 percent of the products. Indian suppliers enjoy the largest share at 35.4 percent, followed by Thailand, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Korea and Indonesia. About 60 per- cent of all products are sold in Yangon and Mandalay. There are only 10 domestic manufacturers. South Korean owner sued for closing factory without compensation South Korean owner of Master Sports Shoe Factory, in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone outside Yangon, for closing it without paying compensation to the workers, local media reported. Over 800 workers staged a pro- test march in front of the South Korean Embassy last compensation. Japan eyes Myanmar for raw rubber Japan is to provide state of the art technology to process new supply for its tyre manufacturing industry. According to an agreement between the Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association and Japanese manufacturers, Japan will provide technology to produce high-quality raw rubber in Yangon, Bago and Mon regions in return for ex- ports. Japanese tyre production needs between 700,000 and 800,000 tonnes of rubber a year. Shwedagon Pagoda Visitor Number Goes Up 14pc in Q1 The number of foreign tourists visiting Yangon’s half of 2014, up 30,000 from the same period last year, according to the pagoda’s Board of Trustees. During the six-month period, visitors in January topped with 50,398, followed by February with 60,691 and March with 49,599. Thai visitors accounted for the most. The entrance fee for foreign visitors was $8, taking the total earning from the tourists to $1.96 million during the period. MAPCO to sell K5b worth of shares Myanma Agro-business Public Co (MAPCO) will sell K5 billion worth of shares over the counter by end-July, local media reported managing director Ye Min Aung of MAPCO as saying. Each Myanmar citizen can buy shares worth up to K1 billion at K10,800 per each, he said. MAPCO, which is expected to be listed when the stock market begins operations in Yangon next year, sold about one billion worth of shares last year. China remains top FDI contributor China continues to be the leading foreign investor in Myanmar with more than $14 billion of cumulative investment as of the end of June, according to the Di- rectorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA). Foreign companies have so far invested more than $46.71 billion in 12 sectors, including oil and gas, manufacturing, mining, hotels and tourism, transport - culture, construction and services. Energy sector has received the most foreign investment, about 41 percent of the total, DICA data shows. Thailand is the second largest foreign investor country. 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  • 4. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 4 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary YCDCtoBanStreetVendorsfromSeptember Htun Htun Minn T he Yangon City De- velopment Commit- tee (YCDC) has an- nounced that beginning in September street vendors will be banned in 33 town- ships that make up YCDC’s territory. Currently, street vendors are allowed to setup stalls on the pavement between the hours of 3-9 pm. YCDC said street vendors and stalls are causing dis- ruptions to passing pedes- trians, contributing to traf- waste disposals, which in turn deteriorates hygiene in the surrounding area and blocks the sewage sys- tem. “We are planning to ar- range a space for vendors to sell in the downtown area. We will clear them from the streets for the convenience of pedestri- from the YCDC markets division. Thebanhasbeenplanned with good intentions; how- ever, it will hurt their live- lihoods and income, street vendors said. “It is not easy to allocate selling spaces to all the street vendors in Yangon. If selling on the streets is completely banned, we will ends meet,” a vendor who runs a stall on Anawrahta road, said. However, downtown res- idents say there are both advantages and disadvan- tages to having vendors on the street. “They sell goods and foods with reasonable pric- es at convenient places, but they also disturb the pas- serby. Sometimes walking space is so blocked that only one person can pass through at a time,” a resi- dent of downtown Yangon said. There has been a plan to open a night market for street vendors near Maha- bandoola Park in the past, but this has yet to be real- ised. Currently, there are over 70,000 street vendors, with over 300,000 de- pendent family members, making a living on the streets of Yangon, accord- ing to surveys. The high number of street vendors is partially attributed to the lack of job opportunities avail- able, leaving the poor with few options but to choose convenient roadside sell- ing of goods and foods as employment. “There are also street vendors in other countries. Neighbouring Thailand is even famous for roadside and night markets, which are popular tourist at- tractions. But the vendors there are about health and hygiene and don’t irre- sponsibly dispose of their waste. “Here YCDC workers face the big task of clearing heaps of waste left by the vendors,” said a city pro- ject planner. 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The advertisement poli- cies comprise 14 sectors, including politics, reli- gion, culture, education, tobacco and alcohol, ille- gal gambling and lottery, children, private free- services, advertisement of products, property rights and environmental con- servation. The policies are aimed at promoting people’s trust in socially respon- sible media, reducing complaints against ad- vertisements in socially responsible media and disputes and encourag- ing a market- oriented economic system, said the statement. The statement called for respect for private free- dom and current laws. The rules for advertise- ment policies will take ef- fect from April 2015, the statement added. jrefrmEdkifiHjyefMum;a&;0efBuD; Xmeonf vlrIa&;t&wm0ef,l aomrD'D,mrsm;jzpfap&efaMumfjim rl0g'rsm;twGuf aemufqHk; rlMurf;udk xkwfjyefvdkufNyD; jynfol rsm;xHrStBuHjyKcsufrsm;zdwfac: xm;aMumif; 0efBuD;Xme xkwf jyefcsuft& od&onf/ aMumfjimrl0g'rsm;wGif u@ 14 ckyg0ifNyD; EdkifiHa&;? bmom a&;? ,Ofaus;rI? ynma&;? t&uf ESifhaq;&GufBuD;?w&m;r0ifavmif; upm;ESifh xD? tusKd;tjrwfr,l aom tzGJUtpnf;rsm;? uav; oli,frsm;? yk*¾vduvGwfvyfcGifh? aq;0g;rsm;? aiGaMu;0efaqmifrI rsm;? ukefypönf;aMumfjimjcif;rsm;? ydkifqdkifrIrlydkifcGifhrsm;ESifhobm0 ywf0ef;usifxdef;odrf;a&;wdkYjzpf onf/ xkwfjyefcsufwGifyk*¾vduvGwf vyfcGifhESifhwnfqJOya'rsm;udk av;pm;vdkufem&efwdkufwGef;xm; onf/aMumfjimrl0g'rsm;qdkif&m pnf;rsOf;rsm;rSm 2015 {NyDvwGif pwiftouf0ifrnfjzpfonf/ Bloomberg Rice dumplings (zongzi) are seen at a roadside stall in Chinatown of Yangon. UAung/Xinhua
  • 5. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 5 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary Air Mandalay to Buy Up to Ten Mitsubishi Regional Jets May Soe San Aye Myat A ir Mandalay has signed an aircraft purchase agree- ment with Mitsubishi Air- craft for an order of six MRJ90s with a purchase option for an additional four, the local private car- rier said. Deliveries of the Mit- T wo private banks in Myanmar – Kan- bawza Bank and Cooperative Bank will raise their interest rates posits starting August 1. The current interest rate of 8 percent for saving deposits will increase to 8.25 percent, while that posit will rise from 8 per- cent to 9 percent. posits of three, six and nine months will also rise by 0.75 percent, 0.5 per- cent and 0.25 percent re- spectively. However, the interest months will remain un- changed at the previous rate of 10 percent. It is expected that all other private banks in the country will follow suit soon, state-run media an- nounced. subishi Regional Jet (MRJ), Japan’s next-gen- eration regional aircraft, are scheduled to start in 2018. In the meantime, the airline will be expanding Regional Jets (ERJ) from Brazil, it said in an an- nouncement at the start of the annual Farnborough International Air Show in Hampshire, England. Yangon-based Air Man- dalay, currently operates turboprop aircraft and is “seeking to expand and bility through the intro- duction of regional jets,” it said. “We are dedicated to fa- cilitating transportation in Myanmar and enhanc- ing the travel experience of our loyal customers,” said Air Mandalay CEO Gary J Villiard. “Our plan is to expand our route structure in order to service our ex- panding customer base as the country’s air travel requirements continue to show record growth.” This agreement comes as local carriers try to serve both the local popu- lation of – and visitors to – Myanmar, as the coun- try transitions to an in- ternational standard air transport structure. The addition of the MRJ drive the airline’s expect- ed growth in the region, Air Mandalay said. Villiard said the com- pany chose the MRJ for its advanced design char- acteristics, its promised customer support backed by the Mitsubishi parent company and the reliabil- ity and economy of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan Engine (GTF). By 2032, Mitsubishi Air- craft anticipates demand of about 1,000 airplanes in the expanding Asian regional jet market. The agreement is expected to enable Mitsubishi Air- craft to accelerate sales Thus far, 325 MRJ are on order but Air Manda- line outside of Japan to select the aircraft. Founded in 1994, the airline currently serves 15 domestic destinations. Air Mandalay taejzifh *syefav,mOfxkwfvkyfonfh ukrÜPDwpfckjzpfonfh rpfqlbD&SD ESifhav,mOf0,f,l&ef oabm wlnDrIwpfckudkjyKvkyfcJhNyD; MRJ90 trsKd;tpm;av,mOfajcmufpif; 0,f,l&ef oabmwlnDcJhNyD; aemufxyfav;pif;udkyg xyfrH 0,f,l&efvnf; tpDtpOf&Sdonf [k od&onf/ rpfqlbD&SDrS ,if; av,mOfrsm;tm; vmrnfh 2018 ckESpfwGif ay;ydkYoGm;rnf[kvnf; od&onf/xdkYjyif Air Mandalay csJUxGif&eftwGuf b&mZD;EdkifiHrS Embraer Regional jet trsKd; tpm;ajcmufpif;jzifhvnf; xyfrH wdk;csJUoGm;&ef&Sdonf[k t*FvefEdkifiH Hampshire NrdKUwGifjyKvkyfcJhaom Farnborough EdkifiHwumav aMumif;jyyGJrS xkwfjyefcsuft& od&onf/ vuf&SdtcsdefwGif Air Mandalay rsm;udk yefumESpfvHk;wyfav,mOf rsm;jzifh vkyfief;aqmif&Gufvsuf *sufav,mOfrsm;jzifh csJUxGifEdkif&ef pDpOfaejcif;jzpfonf/AirMandalay CEO Gary J Villiard u ]]uRefawmfwdkY&JUopöm&Sdazmufonf awGtwGuf c&D;oGm;vma&;ydkrdk tqifajyatmifvdkY &nf&G,fNyD;vkyf cJhwmyg/ avaMumif;vdkif;ESifh c&D; oGm;vmrIuvnf; ydkrdkjrifhrm;vm wmaMumifh 'Dav,mOfopfawG xyfrH0,fzdkY qHk;jzwfcJhwmyg}}[k ajymcJhonf/xdkYjyif rpfqlbD&SDav ,mOfopfrsm;onf AirMandalay avaMumif;vdkif;tusKd;aus;Zl; rsm;axmufyHhay;Ekdifvdrfhrnf[k vnf; Air Mandalay u aMunmcJhonf/ An Air Mandalay aircraft at Thandwe Airport in Rakhine state. SherpaHossainy Private Banks in Myanmar to Raise Interest Rate yk*¾vdubPfESpfckjzpfonfh CB bPfESifh uarÇmZbPfwdkY pkaqmif;onfhpkaqmif;aiGrsm; udk ay;tyfonfh twdk;rsm;rsm; Mo*kwfv 1 &ufaeYrS pwifí wdk;jr§ifhay;oGm;rnf[k od&onf/ vuf&SdbPfESpfckuay;tyfvsuf &Sdaomtwdk;EIef;rSm &Spf&mcdkifEIef; jzpfNyD; ,if;twdk;EIef;tm; 8 'or 25 &mcdkifEIef;odkY wdk;jr§ifhay;oGm; rnfjzpfNyD;pm&if;aotyfaiGwpfv twdk;EIef;[m &Spf&mcdkifEIef;rS udk;&mcdkifEIef;odkY wdk;jr§ifhoGm;rnf jzpfonf/ xdkYjyif pm&if;aotyfaiG oHk;v? ajcmufvESifhudk;vpkaqmif;jcif; rsm;twGuf okn 'or 75 &mcdkifEIef;? okn'or 5 &mcdkif EIef;ESifh okn'or 25 &mcdkifEIef; toD;oD;wdk;jr§ifhay;oGm;rnfjzpf aMumif; od&onf/ odkYaomf wpfESpftwGuf pm&if; aotyfaiGrsm;ay;tyfaom 10&mcdkifEIef;twdk;EIef;udkrlajymif;vJ rnfr[kwfaMumif; od&onf/
  • 6. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 6 Myanmar Summary Government Inspects Manufacturing Businesses for Licences May Soe San A uthorities are in- specting manufac- turing businesses to uncover unregistered companies as a spread of unregistered small and medium businesses (SME) throughout Myanmar are thought to be undercutting local industrial production. The Ministry of Indus- try’s Industrial Supervi- sion unit’s director general U Thein Swe said private industrial businesses are wrong to think registering companies is a time con- suming process without “There are advantages to being registered such as being eligible for loans and able to employ for- eigners. We also share technologies with regis- tered businesses,” he said. SMEs are currently regulated by Myanmar’s 1990 private industrial law, while an SME Bill is being discussed at the parliament. U Thein Swe said the - nesses found to be oper- ating without a licence under these regulations. About 50 to 60 unregis- tered companies are now getting registered every month, he added. “The law invites busi- nesses to register. If they don’t register we cannot accurately calculate the GDP of the country,” he said. GDP (Gross Domes- tic Product) is the mar- and services produced in a country. The statistic plays a key role the gov- ernment’s monitoring of economic progress and the implementation of de- velopment reforms. But the government’s call for businesses to reg- ister isn’t solely based on their own administrative interests. U Thein Swe said un- registered SMEs face increased land owner- ship and fraud disputes, which disadvantage local commercial production throughout the domestic sector. “Registering businesses allows safeguard meas- ures to be put in place, protecting trade and manufacturing licences, and protects weaker in- dustrial sectors from ex- cess foreign investment entering the market,” said a director of Shwe Thun- dayi cosmetic company. By making businesses register, the government is attempting to unify indus- national productivity. The Ministry of Industry was restructured in December 2011 by integrating Minis- try of Industry no.1 and 2. The ministry is also en- gaging in founding new factories and training facilities to improve or enable the production of transport vehicles, con- struction and agricultural machineries, and rubber- based and high tech prod- jrefrmEdkifiHtao;pm;ESifh tvwfpm;yk*¾vdupufrIvkyfief; rsm;taejzifhrSwfyHkwifrjyKvkyfrI rsm; &SdaeqJjzpfaMumif; pufrI 0efBuD;Xmevufatmuf&Sd pufrI BuD;Muyfa&;ESifhppfaq;a&;OD;pD; XmerS od&onf/ ]]yk*¾vdupufrIvkyfief;awGtm; enf;csufu rSwfyHkwif&rSmudk tvkyf½Iyfw,f? tcsdefMuefYMum w,fqdkNyD;awmh tJ'Dvdkvdkifpif rvkyfMubl;/tJ'Dvdkrvkyfwm[m wdkif;jynf&JU GDP udk wGufvdkY r&bl;/todynmtm;enf;wm vnf;ygw,f/ tJ'gaMumifh tck &SmazGNyD;awmhrSwfyHkwifvkyfay;ae wm}}[k pufrI0efBuD;Xme Director of Industrial Supervision and Inspection 'kñTefMum;a&; rSL; OD;odef;aqGu ajymonf/ puf½Hkrsm;rSrSwfyHkwiftm;enf; qdkif&m0efxrf;rsm;rS uGif;qif; ppfaq;rIrsm;aqmif&GufNyD; &efukef wdkif;twGif; vkyfief;topfrSwfyHk wifjcif;udk wpfvvQif puf½Hk 50? 60 cefY rSwfykHwifay;ae& aMumif; od&onf/ ]]tckOya'uzdwfac:xm;w,f/ SME awGaiGacs;vdkY&w,f/EdkifiH jcm;om;cefYxm;vdkY&w,f/enf; ynmvnf;rQa0ay;cGifh&SdwJhtwGuf rSwfyHkwifolawG&Sdvmw,f/rwif &ifawmh 'Pf½dkufwm&Sdw,f/ 1990 Oya'eJY w&m;pGJw,f}}[k 'kñTefMum;a&;rSL; OD;odef;aqGu ajymonf/ tao;pm;ESifhtvwfpm;pufrI Zkefrsm;rSwfyHkrwifjcif;aMumifh ajr,miSm;&rf;rIjyóemrsm;? rdom;pkydkifqdkifrIjyóemrsm;? trnfvdrfvnfrIjyóemrsm;jzpf ay:yguajz&Sif;&eftcuftcJrsm; taejzifh uGif;qif;ppfaq;&mwGif ajr,mtrnfayguf taqmuf ttHkrsm;?pufypönf;rsm;udk t"du xm;ppfaq;aeaMumif; od&onf/ pufrI0efBuD;Xmetaejzifh vlpD; eif;ukefwif,mOfarmfawmf,mOf trsKd;rsKd;?aqmufvkyfa&;vkyfief; oHk;,mOf,EÅ&m;trsKd;rsKd;? 'DZ,f tif*sifrsm;?armfawmf,mOftpdwf tydkif;rsm;? wmbdkifrsm;? vQyfppf "mwfay;pufrsm;? a&wGif;wl;puf rsm;? tqifhjrifhpufud&d,mrsm;? Transformer rsm;? aea&mifjcnf pGrf;tifoHk;vQyfppfypönf;rsm;? v,f,moHk;pufypönf;trsKd;rsKd;? a&mfbmqufpyfypönf; rsm;xkwf vkyfjcif;? acwfrDenf; ynmjrifh rm;aomxkwfukefrsm;xkwfvkyfEdkif &eftwGufpuf½Hktopfrsm; wnfaxmifjcif;? pufrIuRrf;usif vkyfom;rsm;ay:xGufvma&;t wGufavhusifhoifMum;ay;rnfhpuf rIoifwef;ausmif;rsm;wnf axmifjcif;wdkYudk t"du aqmif &Gufvsuf&Sdonf/ 2011 ckESpf 'DZifbm 2 &ufrS pí trSwf 1 ESifh trSwf 2 puf rI0efBuD;XmewdkYudkpufrI0efBuD;Xm etjzpfjyefvnfjyifqifzGJUpnf;cJh NyD;vuf&SdtcsdefwGif1990Edk0if bm26wGifxkwfjyefonfhyk*¾vd upufrIvkyfief;Oya'om&Sdonfh SMEqdkif&mOya'rSmvTwfawmf twGif;aqG;aEG;aeqJjzpfaMumif; od&onf/ A woman works at a manufacturing factory in an industrial zone in Yangon. OliverSlow/MBT
  • 7. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com 7 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary LOCAL BIZ MyanmaRailwaystoInvite TendertoBuildDryPorts May Soe San S tate-run Myanma Railways will invite local and interna- tional businesses in Au- gust for an open tender to construct dry ports for the development of the local logistics sector. The project is expected - which will ensure access to dry ports and contain- erisation for rail trans- port, boosting connectiv- ity for industries engaged in import-export. “We plan to invite ten- ders from local and in- ternational business in August with construction set to start in September,” told U Aung Myo Myint, deputy general manager of cargo for Myanma Rail- ways. Construction for dry ports are expected to be completed by May 2015, which will be followed by a planned upgrade to the railroad infrastructure in June of next year that will help accommodate container trains that run from inland depots to sea- ports, as well as other in- dustrial zones. The short-term schemes aim to develop dry ports in Yangon and Mandalay, Myanmar’s major com- mercial cities. The project is drafted to include six sites that in- clude Kwae Ma, Ywarth- argyi, Tanyingone, Myo- haung, Myitnge, Palate stations. The potential project sites will be as- sessed before implemen- tation with only two sites Ywarthargyi in Yangon and Myitnge in Mandalay. LabourRequirementsGrowingThroughoutMyanmar Phyo Thu E xperts have re- leased a report - mar is facing a shortage of trained and capable labour in a range of in- dustrial sectors that could threaten the nation’s de- velopment prospects. The country’s demand for skilled workers is ex- pected to reach a level equal to almost half the population by 2015. Myanmar Arts and Sci- ence Academics Asso- ciation Vice President Dr Thet Lwin and Yangon University of Economics Vice Rector Dr Tun Aung prepared the report fore- casting Myanmar’s future employment needs. The document estimat- ed Myanmar will need 32 million more workers in job areas including agri- culture, forestry, energy, mining, industry, electri- cal, construction, social, management and trading by next year. Yangon University of Economics Rector Dr Tin Win said the report used mathematical calcula- tions to determine where the skilled worker short- ages were most prominent throughout Myanmar. If Myanmar is unable to increase education and training to help citizens improve their employ- ability then the country’s labour needs could reach over 34.6 million by 2020, while demand for skilled workers stood at 29.7 mil- lion people in 2010, ac- cording to the report. The report said the country’s agriculture sec- tor will have the highest labour requirement while the industrial and trad- ing sectors will also have employment demands of over 3 million labourers. Dr Thet Lwin and Dr Tun Aung, the report’s authors, said the agricul- ture, industrial engineer- ing and information and media industries should be prioritised for local employment expansion. Last month the IMF forecast it expects Myan- mar’s economic growth to rise to a rate of 8.5 per- jrefrmhpD;yGm;a&; vmrnfh 2015 ckESpftwGif; pdkufysKd;a&;? arG;jrLa&;? opfawm? pGrf;tif? owåKwGif;? pufrI? vQyfppfvkyfief;? aqmufvkyfa&;? vlrIa&;? pDrH tkyfcsKyfa&;ESifh ukefoG,frI? tjcm; aomvkyfief;u@rsm;tvdkuf vkyfom;vdktyfcsufrSmEdkifiHhvlOD; a&xuf0ufcefYjzpfonfh vkyf om; 32 'or 06 oef;cefY vdktyfrnfjzpfaMumif; pD;yGm;a&; qdkif&mtqifhjr§ihfynmu@pmwrf; wpfapmifwGif yg&Sdxm;onf/ tqdkygu@tvdkuf vkyfom; vdktyfcsufazmfjyrIwGif pdkufysKd; a&;ydkif;wGif tjrifhqHk;tjzpfvkyf om;vdktyfvmrnfjzpfaMumif;yg &dSNyD; pufrIu@ESifhukefoG,frI u@wdkYwGif vdktyfcsufwwd, tjrifhqHk;tjzpf oHk;oef;ausmf vdktyfrnfjzpfonf/ ,if;oHk;oyfcsufpmwrf;udk jrefrmEdkifiH0dZÆmESifhodyÜHynm&Sif rsm;tzGJU? 'kwd,Ouú| a'gufwm oufvGifESihf &efukefpD;yGm;a&; wuúodkvf 'kwd,ygarmu©csKyf a'gufwmxGef;atmifwdkYucefYrSef; jyKpkxm;Mujcif;jzpfonf/ jynfwGif;ukefpnfydkYaqmifa&; u@zGHUNzdK;wdk;wufa&;twGuf wnfaqmufoGm;rnfh ukef;wGif; qdyfBuD;rsm;udk pwiftaumif txnfazmf&ef Mo*kwfvtwGif; üjynfwGif;?jynfyvkyfief;&Sifrsm;udk wif'gac:,lrnfjzpfaMumif; jrefrmhrD;&xm;rS od&onf/ jrefrmEdkifiHtaejzifh ukefpnf ydkYaqmifa&;u@rSm ukef;wGif; qdyfrsm; ydkrdkzGHUNzdK;wdk;wufvmap &efESifh ukefaowåmrsm; o,f,l &mwGif &xm;jzifh o,f,ljcif; pDrHudef;udk 2014-2015 ckESpf twGif; NyD;pD;atmifaqmif&Guf oGm;rnfjzpfonf/ 2015 arvrSm vkyfief;rsm; tm;vHk;udk NyD;pD;atmifaqmif&Guf oGm;rnfjzpfNyD; ZGefvtwGif;ü ,if;ukef;wGif;qdyfrsm;rSwpfqifh jynfwGif; & xm; vrf; rsm; udkt qifhjr§ifhwifNyD;EdkifiHtwGif;& xm; eJYukefaowåmrsm;udkydkYaqmifo,f ,lay;Ekdif&ef&nf&G,fonf/ cent by March 2015. The report suggests increased shortages in skilled la- bour could stall the coun- try’s economic progress. Myanmar is facing skills shortages in many sectors central to the country’s infrastructure develop- ment. The civil adminis- tration and service sectors are expected to require 2 million further skilled workers by next year. Estimates also forecast employment demands for the tourism industry to reach 930,000 workers in 2015. Myanmar’s tourism industry is expected to contribute over $1 billion in 2014, increased from $926 million in 2013 and $534 million in 2012. However, a lack of trained and capable la- bour could undercut fur- ther revenue increases in the tourism industry. The experts said skill shortages in Myanmar’s foreign language and medical and healthcare services were also likely to become prominent. A worker stands on a bridge in Yangon. UAung/Xinhua
  • 8. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 8 Myanmar Summary Banking Conference Focuses on Local Banks’ HR, Capacity Dearth Aundrea Montaño T he 2nd annual My- anmar Banking and Business Develop- ment Conference, hosted by Sphere Conferences and Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, was held on July 15 – 17 in Yangon at the Sule Shangri-La Ho- tel. Day one of the confer- ence focused on the stra- tegic aspects and the fu- ture of the banking and - mar as it moves towards increased global integra- tion, while day two em- phasised the use of tech- nology. Dr Aung Thura, CEO of Thura Swiss, moderated a panel discussing the im- pact of impending foreign bank licences. During the panel discussion, Dr Sein Maung, chairman of First Private Bank, shared his surprise that the govern- ment was so quickly will- ing to allow foreign banks to operate in Myanmar saying that while the gov- ernment has good inten- tions, the decision is a bit “premature.” “Why rush? The legal base is not ready yet. Ad- ditionally, there is a big gap between capitalisa- tion, skills and technol- ogy. “We are in the process of building a house, in the process of building insti- tutions. We should not rush this process. “My advice to move step-by-step in a prag- matic fashion,” ” Dr Sein Maung told the panel. Kittiya Todhanakasem, a senior executive vice president and managing director at Krung Thai Bank, acknowledged Dr Sein Maung’s concerns and added that in an over- seas market the market leader must be domestic. She further emphasised that Thai banks will focus - ing trade of Thai corpo- rations, which is a likely scenario for any foreign bank granted one of the coveted foreign banking licences. Kim Chawsu Gyi, depu- ty managing director and head of transformation at KBZ Bank, added that foreign banks are vital to - ture projects, which local banks cannot currently accommodate with their limited capitalisation. Also discussed at the conference is the reality of the immense challeng- system faces in terms of the lack of skilled work- ers and technological im- provements. Kim Chawsu Gyi, who is responsible for the de- velopment of human re- source capacity for Myan- mar’s largest bank KBZ, said, “We must recruit individuals with the right skills and talent, but it is equally important for these individuals to learn soft skills such as team- work, how to provide ex- cellent customer service, and how to work in a pro- - ment.” Dr Sein Maung acknowl- edged the critical need to upgrade the technology of Myanmar’s banks. How- ever, upgrading technol- ogy is not as easy of a task as many might think. “Upgrading technol- ogy is very expensive. On top of that, lots of ven- dors come to sell software without the proper sales support and local support said. for intensive and quick action in addressing hu- - cies, suggesting advance- ments in basic education, courses should be empha- sised. U Set Aung, deputy gov- ernor of the Central Bank, spoke about the country’s commercial and business climate and touted Myan- mar’s potential for busi- ness development and trade saying, “The Minis- try of Commerce has fo- cused on four main areas that include trade promo- tion, facilitation, liberali- sation, and education. “As a result, Myanmar’s increased during the last three years.” According to data pre- sented at the conference, Myanmar’s trade volume has increased from $15.27 - cal year, to an expected $24.87 million in the U Set Aung said Myan- mar’s current prospects for growth lie in the coun- try’s many “untapped natural and human re- sources, its strategic loca- tion and ability to become a major regional trad- ing hub, and increasing south-south and global trading opportunities.” Attendees at a session of the Myanmar Bankign and Business Develelopment Conference. Microeconomic Objectives Surpass Target; May Soe San M yanmar re- corded a trade trillion ($2.08 billion) in the second half of 2013- Thein, deputy minister for national planning and economic development, told a recent parliament session. Exports earned K5.93 trillion ($5.93 billion) and import volume reached K8.01 trillion ($8.01 bil- lion) during this period, she said while presenting a report on National Eco- nomic Plan, released by the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development. The report outlined the government’s progress in the second half of the 2013-14FY. - economic objectives sur- passed the target and reached 125 percent of the planned goals, an improvement in perfor- mance of 7.5 percent com- pared to the same period last year, the report said. According to the report, agriculture accounted for 31.9 percent of the total economy, compared with the previous estimation of 29.9 percent. The in- dustrial sector accounted for 32.7 percent, which is lower than the sector’s estimation of 33.8 per- cent. The service sector accounted for 35.4 per- cent which was also lower that its estimated 36.3 percent. The period coincided with the harvest season, which produced over K9.17 trillion ($9.17 bil- lion) in the agriculture sector. A total of 35 local enter- prises were approved un- der the Myanmar Nation- al Investment Law, which amounted to an invest- ment volume of almost K1 trillion ($1 billion), while 68 foreign companies were approved under the 2012 Foreign Investment Law accounting for K2.37 trillion ($2.37 billion) in investment, according to the report. sector during the second year saw the expanding of bank branches, which increased by 210 to 695, while 470 private money exchange counters have been approved during the period. The report said 82.5 per- cent of the planned objec- tives have been complet- ed in the energy sector, while 99.5 percent were completed in the mining and mineral sector and 95 percent in electric sector during the period. The government has increased electricity sup- ply in many states and regions thus reducing the private usage of diesel to run generators for house- hold or commercial pur- poses. 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  • 9. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 9 Myanmar Summary Scotch Whisky Gets Special Legal Protection in Myanmar Phyo Thu S cotch Whisky has been granted better protection by My- anmar authorities as a collective trademark in a move that is expected to help protect Scotland’s national drink against fakes in the growing Southeast Asian market. Scotch Whisky exports to Myanmar jumped 65 percent to £2 million last year from £888,734 in 2012, according to the Scotch Whisky Associa- tion. The move will provide added protection to both consumers and the indus- try, the association said. Alan Park, Scotch Whis- ky Association legal ad- viser, said: “This will al- low us to protect Scotch Whisky against products illegally being sold or “Products suspected of misleading consum- ers and damaging the le- gitimate trade are already under investigation and may become the subject of legal action using the protection now given to Scotch Whisky in Burma.” The changes mirror those introduced in Aus- tralia earlier this year, a country which was said to have a “serious problem” with fakes. The trademark gives similar protection to Scotch in Burma already enjoyed by products such as Parma ham and Cham- pagne which are subject to a geographic indicator (GI) a range of geographically unique products. British Ambassador to Myanmar Andrew Pat- rick said: “Scotch Whisky is recognised worldwide as a distinctive and high quality British product and I am delighted that the Burmese authorities have taken steps to recog- nise and protect this. “A robust legal frame- work is of great impor- tance to foreign investors in any market and the British Embassy is sup- portive of the Burmese develop this.” In 2012, Chelsea FC agreed a two-year spon- sorship deal with local whisky Grand Royal – Myanmar’s best-selling brand – which boasts an unnamed Scottish master blender on its label, but, in accordance with Scotch whisky rules, does not claim to be Scotch. Earlier this month, a German scientist living in Scotland announced a new technique to tackle counterfeit Scotch whisky by determining whether the water used to make it comes from Scotland. - cation Scheme, launched earlier this year, ensures that every part of the Scotch whisky supply chain is mapped by the industry, registered with the UK government and inspected to ensure it complies fully with all the rules on the production of Scotch. DavidGray/Reuters the production of Scotch whisky must register with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs by listing their sites within and out- side Scotland, including distilleries, maturation facilities, blending and bottling plants. Foreign bottlers will also be sub- ject to controls. In addition, the spirit is already protected through the European Union GI scheme, meaning it can only be produced in Scot- land according to UK rules. Scotch Whisky vkyfief;tkyfpk tm; w&m;0ifrlydkiftrSwfwHqyf tjzpf cGifhjyKvkdufjcif;jzifh jrefrm tmPmydkifrsm;u tumtuG,f wdk;jr§ifhay;vdkufNyD;aps;uGuftwGif; twkjyKvkyfcH&rIrS umuG,fay; Edkifrnf[k ,lqxm;Muonf/ Scotch Whisky rS jrefrmEdkifiH odkY wifydkYrIrSm 2012 ckESpfwGif aygif 888ç734 wefzdk;&Sd&mrS NyD;cJh onfhESpfwGif aygifESpfoef;odkY wdk;wufvmcJhonf/ txufyg aqmif&Gufcsufu pm;oHk;olrsm; ESifh vkyfief;u@ESpfrsKd;vHk;tm; tumtuG,fay;rnfjzpfonf/ jrefrmEdkifiHwGif ScotchWhisky twGuf tumtuG,fowfrSwf ay;jcif;aMumifh pm;oHk;olrsm;tm; vdrfvnfonfh odkYr[kwf w&m; 0ifta&mif;t0,ftm; xdcdkuf aponfh ukefypönf;rsm;udk pHkprf; ppfaq;vsuf&SdNyD; w&m;Oya' t&ta&;,loGm;rnfjzpfaMumif; Scotch Whisky tkyfpkOya' tBuHay; Alan Park u qdk onf/ rnfonfhaps;uGufwGifrqdk EdkifiH jcm;&if;ESD;jr§KyfESHolrsm;twGuf awmifhwif;aom Oya'tajccH rlabmif&Sd&efrSmta&;BuD;aMumif; ESifh NAdwdefoH½Hk;u jrefrmtpdk;& aqmif&Gufcsufrsm;udkyHhydk;ay;rnf jzpfaMumif; NAdwdefoHtrwf Andrew Patrick u qdkonf/ ,ckvtapmydkif;wGif paumh wvef&Sd *smrefynm&SifwpfOD;u oHk;pGJxm;onfha&rSmpaumhwvef 0DpuDtwkrsm;udkazmfxkwfEdkifrnfh enf;ynmopfawGU&SdcJhonf/
  • 10. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 10 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary Myanmar’s Legal Framework and Immigration Stefanie Siegfried I n this week’s case study, our client, XYZ B.V., asked us if it is possible to send an executive employee to Yangon to conduct mar- ket research before their new company has been approved and registered for operation. In our case study last week, we al- ready advised them to set up a MIC company. MIC approval will take approximately 3 months; however, the company wants to start research ac- tivities right away. In this particular case we do not or an executive research- er to Yangon on a tourist visit visa. A tourist visa is only val- id for a single entry, which is granted for a period of 28 days, and does not al- low the holder to engage in any sort of commer- cial activities in Myan- mar. Because leasing an apartment is prohibited to individuals holding a XYZ B.V. is only allowed to stay at a hotel that has been pre-approved by the Ministry of Tourism. conduct market research should enter Myanmar with a valid business visa, issued upon arrival at ei- ther Yangon or Mandalay International Airports or by a Myanmar consulate Strohal Legal Group presents a weekly case study aiming to provide an overview and updates on the legal framework in Myanmar abroad. To obtain a busi- - ber needs an invitation letter from a Myanmar company as well as a copy But, is it possible to ob- - ments? Yes. XYZ B.V. wants to - search especially given their competitors are also attempting to enter the market. Therefore, it is vital to send an executive employee immediately to Myanmar with a valid business visa. In this case, one of our clients, a 100 percent Myanmar com- pany, is ready to assist by issuing the required documents for a small fee. However, it is important for the business activ- ground. Our Myanmar client company is also XYZ B.V.’s market re- salaries after reimburse- ment. Personnel leasing and recruitment services are legal in Myanmar and also provide full payroll services and employ- ment-related tax advice. Given this situation, we advised XYZ B.V. to send to the local company so documents that enable its employees to obtain their business visa, make ar- rangements for employ- ment, payment of salaries and other legal require- ments. During this pro- remain under the control and supervision of XYZ B.V. Later, after MIC has granted XYZ B.V. its com- pany registration, it can apply for a work permit at the Directorate of Labour under the Ministry of La- bour, and a stay permit and visa to the Immigra- tion and National Regis- tration Department from the Ministry of Immi- gration and Population. Once these permits are approved, XYZ B.V. can issue invitation letters and other required docu- ments needed for their visa. In the next case study we will advise the XYZ B.V. about renting real estate. Strohal Legal Group (SLG), founded by Dr Theodor Strohal in 1979, highly personalized ser- vices specializing in in- ternational and cross border business. SLG enjoys a well-established reputation across Eu- rope, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. In Myanmar, SLG provides services under the name U Min Sein & Strohal As- sociates Law Firm. The views and opinions expressed here are the author’s own and don’t - anmar Business Today’s editorial opinion. XYZ B.V. ukrÜPDtwGuf cGifhjyKcsufESifh rSwfyHk wifrusao;rD trIaqmift&m&Sd wpfa,muftm; &efukefodkY vTwf í aps;uGufokawoevkyf&ef jzpf Edkifovm;[k uRefrwdkYtm; ar; vmonf/xdkodkYaqmif&GufEdkifaomf vnf; c&D;oGm;{nfhonfADZmjzifh rvm&efuRefrwdkYu tBuHjyKvkduf onf/c&D;oGm;ADZmrSm wpfBudrf om 0ifcGifh&SdNyD; 28 &ufom&um udkifaqmifolrSm jrefrmEdkifiHtwGif; wGif pD;yGm;a&;vIyf&Sm;rIrsm; jyKvkyf ydkifcGifhr&SdaomaMumifhjzpfonf/ xdkYaMumifh aps;uGufokawoe jyKvkyfrnfholtaejzifh pD;yGm;a&; ADZmjzifh0ifvm&rnfjzpfNyD; &efukef avqdyfodkYr[kwfrEÅav;avqdyf odkY a&muf&Sdcsdef odkYr[kwf jynfy&Sd jrefrmaumifppf0ef½Hk;wGif pD;yGm; a&;ADZm&,lEdkifonf/pD;yGm;a&; ADZmtwGuf jrefrmukrÜPDwpfckrS zdwfac:pmESifh xdkukrÜPD w&m; 0ifrSwfyHkwifoufaocHpm&Guf rdwåLvdktyf&m xdkpm&Gufpmwrf; rsm;udk uRefrwdkY jznfhqnf;ay;Edkif ygonf/uRefrwdkYESifhcsdwfqufxm; aom jrefrmukrÜPDwpfcku tc aMu;aiGtenf;i,fjzifh xdkpm&Guf pmwrf;rsm; pDpOfay;EdkifNyD; XYZ B.V. rSaps;uGufokawoe0efxrf; rsm;tm; tvkyfcefYtyfí tpm; jyefay;rnfqdkygu vpmay;&ef vnf; pDpOfay;Edkifygonf/ odkY&m wGif XYZ B.V. 0efxrf;rsm; vIyf&Sm;rIrSm Oya'ESifhtnDjzpf&ef ta&;BuD;ygonf/ þyHkpHtm;jzifh XYZ B.V. xH rS vma&mufrnfh 0efxrf;rsm; tcsuftvufrsm;udk ydkYay;jcif;jzifh pm&Gufpmwrf;rsm;xkwfay;jcif;? tvkyfcefUtyfjcif;ESifh vpmay; jcif;rsm;udkaqmif&GufEdkifrnfjzpf onf/xdkYaemuf XYZ B.V. tae jzifh MIC cGifhjyKcsuf&vQif tvkyf orm;ñTefMum;rIOD;pD;XmewGif vkyfief;ygrpfavQmufxm;ívl0efrI BuD;Muyfa&;ESifhtrsKd;om;rSwfyHkwif OD;pD;XmewGifaexdkifcGifhygrpfavQmuf xm;Edkifrnfjzpfonf/ KBZ Bank to Launch Online Banking Services Aung Phyo M yanmar’s larg- est private bank, Kanbawza Bank, will launch online and mobile banking services soon, the bank said. US-based information security company, RSA, will provide protection to its customers from online fraud and cyber threats, it said. RSA is the security division of EMC, which is an American multination- al corporation. The bank started with an initial capital of K477 mil- lion ( about $500,000) in 1999 and has expanded its capital to K113 billion ($117 million) in 2014, according to the bank’s Early this year, another private bank, the Coop- eratives Bank (CB), has introduced mobile bank- ing system services in the country on a trial basis. There are more than 20 private banks and three state-owned banks in My- anmar. The Central Bank of Myanmar recently an- nounced that it would grant foreign banks to op- erate banking business in the country by September - eign banks will be given permission. jrefrmEdkifiHtBuD;qHk;yk*¾vdu bPfjzpfonfhuarÇmZbPfonf rMumrDtcsdeftwGif; Mobile Banking 0efaqmifrIpepfudk pwiftaumiftxnfazmfaqmif &GufoGm;rnf[k od&onf/ tar&dueftajcpdkufowif; tcsuftvufvHkNcHKa&;ukrÜPD jzpfonfh RSA u Mobile Banking pepftoHk;jyKolrsm; tay:qdkufbmNcdrf;ajcmufrIrsm; jyKvkyfjcif;?tGefvdkif;rSaiGvdrfvnf xkwf,lrIrsm;udk wm0ef,l&ef twGuf ulnDaxmufyHhay;oGm; rnf[k od&onf/ uarÇmZbPfonf 1999 ckESpf wGif jrefrmusyfaiG 477 oef; (tar&duefa':vm 5 odef;) jzifh bPfvkyfief;rsm; pwifcJhNyD; ,ckvuf&SdtcsdefwGif usyfaiG 133 bDvD,H (tar&duefa':vm 117 oef;) jzifh vkyfief;rsm; vnf ywfvsuf&SdaMumif; bPfvkyfief; qdkif&m aMunmcsufrsm;t& od& onf/ ,ckESpftapmydkif;wGif yk*¾vdubPfwpfckjzpfonfh CB Bank Mobile Banking pepfudk pwif taumiftxnfazmfcJhaMumif; od&onf/ A KBZ Bank branch in Yangon. SherpaHossainy
  • 11. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 11 Rubber Farmers Seek Gov’t Htun Htun Minn M yanmar’s rubber farmers have re- quested support from the government af- ter compounding falls in the price of rubber have seen many struggling to support themselves. The sharp drop of rub- ber prices, a cash crop grown in almost all of Myanmar’s regions and - cal year, drove almost a million farmers and workers at rubber planta- - ship, Daw Mi Myint Than, a member of the parlia- ment, said. She said neighbour- ing countries had often helped struggling rubber growers in similar condi- tions, requesting the gov- ernment to provide direct support to farmers and guarantee a minimum price for the rubber they produce. However, deputy min- ister for agriculture and irrigation, U Ohn Than, said the government was unable to provide loans or set minimum prices for rubber due to scarcity of funds. The price of rubber changes daily, depending on demand from the glob- al market and large users of raw rubber. Thailand’s rubber exports, however, receive a larger price per tonne, $2,000, whereas Myanmar’s rubber ex- ports only receive $1,500 per tonne, due to lower quality. U Ohn Than said My- anmar’s rubber exports should therefore improve their production quality if they hope to improve the price they receive. Factors including slow- ing global economic of Europe’s debt crisis of global oil prices – often as a result of internal con- responsible for drops in rubber prices. Declines in vehicle pro- duction in China, one of the world’s largest rubber consuming countries, and large expansions in their rubber production and reserves has seen a fall in rubber imports. Myanmar has also seen a total expansion of 1.5 million acres in rubber plantations in almost eve- ry state and region except Kayah, Chin and Magwe, with production increas- ing 177,125 tonnes in state produced 10,000 tonnes of rubber in 2013- 14FY in 48,000 acres. Myanmar Summary a&mfbmaps;usqif;rIaMumifh jrefrmEdkifiH&Sd &mbmNcHvkyfief; rsm;wGifvkyfudkifaeol wpfoef; cefYonf tcuftcJBuHKawGUae& jcif;aMumifh tpdk;&rS tultnD ay;&ef,ckusif;yaeaomatmuf vTwfawmf (jynfolUvTwfawmf) tpnf;ta0;wGif awmif;qdkcJh onf/ jrefrmEdkifiHwGifa&mfbmpdkufysKd; jcif;udk rGefjynfe,f? u&ifjynf e,f? &Srf;jynfe,f? csif;jynfe,f? ucsifjynfe,f? yJcl;wdkif;a'oBuD;? {&m0wDwdkif;a'oBuD;? &efukef wdkif;a'oBuD;? weoFm&Dwdkif; a'oBuD;ESifh tjcm;a'orsm;wGif vnf;rsm;pGmaqmif&Gufaeonf/ ,if;a&mfbmvkyfief;rsm;wGif vkyfudkifaeol wpfoef;cefYrSm 2013-14 wGif a&mfbmaps;EIef; rsm; tqrwefusqif;rIaMumifh tcuftcJrsm;&ifqdkifae&onf/ ulnDajz&Sif;ay;&ef vTwfawmfrS wpfqifhawmif;qdkcJhjcif;jzpfonf/ tdrf;eD;csif;EdkifiHrsm;wGif ,if; udpöudk tpdk;&rS wm0ef,lajz&Sif; onfudk awGU&Sd&ojzifh xdkodkY aw mif;qdk&jcif;jzpfaMumif;a&mfbm vkyf om;rsm;udk,fpm;awmif;qdkcJhol vT wf awmf udk , f p m ; v S , f a':rdjrifhoef;u ajymonf/ awmif;qdk&mwGif a&mfbmpdkufysKd; olrsm;udk EdkifiHawmfrS taxmuf tyHhrsm;ay;&efESifh a&mfbmaps; EIef;wnfNidrfatmif tpdk;&rStedrfh qHk;aps;owfrSwfay;&efjzpfonf/ a&mfbmaygufaps;EIef;onf a&mfbmukefMurf;t"duoHk;pGJ aomEdkifiHrsm; 0,fvdktm;ESifh urÇma&mfbmaps;uGuftay: rlwnfaMumifh aeYpOfajymif;vJ Edkifonf/ a&mfbmudk u,m;jynfe,f? csif;jynfe,fESifhrauG;wdkif;a'o BuD;wdkYrSty usefwdkif;a'oBuD; ESifh jynfe,frsm;wGif 2013-14 ckESpfwGifa&mfbmpdkuf{u 1 'or 5 oef;cefYwdk;wufpdkufysKd;cJhonf/ Bloomberg
  • 12. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com LOCAL BIZ 12 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary UNtoHelpMyanmarPrepareforAWarmingClimate AdamDean/Reuters Megan Rowling U N agencies have signed an agree- ment with Myan- mar’s government to help the Southeast Asian na- tion prepare for climate change impacts, including droughts, cyclones and The United Nations En- vironment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settle- ments Programme (UN- Habitat) will support Myanmar to integrate climate change considera- tions into policies, and to develop a national strate- gy to prepare for a warm- ing climate. “The impacts of climate change are here and now in the present, and are likely to become more se- vere in the future,” said Yoshinobu Fukasawa, UN-Habitat’s regional di- “These impacts threaten both the progress towards the Millennium Develop- ment Goals Myanmar has made in the last few years and also the rapid eco- nomic growth the country is currently experienc- ing.” In May 2008, for exam- ple, Cyclone Nargis swept across Myanmar, trigger- ing a huge sea surge and killing nearly 140,000 people. It destroyed vil- - million people in Yangon and the Irrawaddy Delta. Scientists expect more in- tense storms like this, as the planet warms. The four-year pro- gramme will be led by the Ministry of Environmen- tal Conservation and For- estry and implemented by the two UN agencies. The European Union has pro- vided €4 million ($5.45 million) in funding as part of a wider global ini- tiative. “The momentum of re- form and the possibility for rapid growth means that there is a unique opportunity here to en- courage a low-carbon development model and ensure climate change adaptation is well-main- streamed,” the delegation of the European Union to Myanmar said in a joint statement on the inking of the agreement in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. “It is crucial that this growth and development the country is striving for is not undermined and compromised.” The programme aims to raise awareness among government, civil soci- ety, researchers and the private sector about the need to address climate change, to coordinate grassroots planning for climate change, and to pilot activities that will build resilience in coastal and delta regions. At the signing ceremony, Win Tun, Myanmar’s min- ister for environmental conservation and forestry, said: “Climate change is one of the most challeng- ing issues of our age and there (is) no time to delay Thomson Reuters Foun- dation ukvor*¾at*sifpDrsm;onf jrefrmEdkifiHESifhta&SUawmiftm&S EdkifiHrsm;&moDOwkajymif;vJrI qdkif&mtusKd;oufa&mufrIrsm; jzpfonfh rdk;acgifa&&Sm;jzpf&yf rsm;? qdkifuvkef;rkefwdkif;ESifh ½kwf w&ufa&BuD;onfhudpö&yfrsm; twGuf BudKwifjyifqifrIrsm; jyKvkyfEdkif&ef oabmwlnDcsuf vufrSwfa&;xdk;cJhaMumif; od& onf/ ukvor*¾at*sifpDESpfckjzpf onfh UNEP ESifh UN-Habitat wdkYonf jrefrmEdkifiH&moDOwk ajymif;vJrIaMumifhjzpfay:vm aomtusKd;oufa&mufrIrsm; twGuf tultnDay;oGm;rnf jzpfaMumif; od&onf/]]&moDOwk ajymif;vJrI&JUtusKd;oufa&muf rIawG[m tckvuf&SdumvrSm trsm;qHk;cHpm;ae&ygw,f/ 'ghtjyif vmrnfhtem*wfumv rSmvnf; 'Dxufydkrdkjyif;xefwm awGjzpfvmOD;rSmyg}}[kUN-Habitat tm&Sypdzdwfa'oqdkif&mñTef Mum; a&; rSL; Y o s h i n o b u Fukasawa u ajymcJhonf/ 2008 ckESpf arvu qdkifuvkef; em*pfrkefwdkif;aMumifh vlOD;a& 1 odef; 4 aomif;eD;yg;aoqHk;cJh& um tqdkygrkefwdkif;aMumifh &efukef ESifh{&m0wDwdkif;a'oBuD;twGif;&Sd aus;&Gmrsm;? pyg;pdkufcif;rsm;ESifh vlOD;a& 2 'or 4 oef;tay: oufa&mufrIrsm;&SdcJhNyd; urÇmBuD; ylaEG;vmrIaMumifh tqdkygrkefwdkif; uJhodkYrkefwdkif;rsm; xyfrHjzpfyGm; vmzG,f&Sdonf[k odyÜHynm&Sifrsm; u cefYrSef;Muonf/ tqdkygukv or*¾at*sifpDESpfck tultnD jzifh obm0ywf0ef;usifxdef;odrf; a&;ESifhopfawma&;&m0efBuD;Xme onfav;ESpfoufwrf;&SdtpDtpOf wpfckudk taumiftxnfazmf aqmif&GufrnfjzpfNyD; ,if;tpD tpOftwGuf Oa&myor*¾rS ,l½dkav;oef; (tar&duefa':vm 5 'or 45 oef;) udk ulnDyHhydk; ay;oGm;rnf[k od&onf/ tqdkygtpDtpOfonf tpdk;& vlrItzGJUtpnf;rsm;? okawoe ynm&Sifrsm;ESifh yk*¾vdutcef; u@rsm;tMum;wGif &moDOwk ajymif;vJa&;ESifhywfoufí em;vnfoabmaygufrI jrifhrm; vmap&ef &nf&G,fjcif;jzpfonf/ xdkYjyif obm0ywf0ef;usifxdef; odrf;a&;ESifhopfawma&;&m0efBuD; OD;0if;xGef;uvnf; &moDOwk ajymif;vJrIonf ,aeYacwfwGif pdefac:rItjyif;xefqHk;udpöwpfck jzpfaeNyD; ,if;udpöudk qefYusif wdkufcdkuf&eftcsdefrqGJoifhaMumif; ajymMum;cJhonf/ Japan’s KDDI, Sumitomo Corp Strike Myanmar Telecoms Deal To invest $2 billion Wai Linn Kyaw K DDI and Sumito- mo Corp will invest in telecoms infra- structure and jointly oper- ate mobile and broadband services with Myanmar Posts and Telecommuni- announced. No.2 Japanese wire- less carrier KDDI and trading house Sumitomo said last week that they have reached an agree- ment with the state-run MPT to jointly undertake telecommunications op- erations in the Southeast Asian country. The joint operations will provide “Japanese- quality services of the highest level in the world” communication services through upgrading of the telecommunications in- said. The operations will fo- cus on customer services in call centres and shops to improve customer satisfaction, as well as contribute to the devel- opment of Myanmar’s economy and industry and the enhancement of Myanmar’s citizens’ standard of living, KDDI and Sumitomo said. “Myanmar is experienc- ing a rapid move towards democracy and the market line communications is expected to grow dramati- cally in the future,” said Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp. “Taking advantage of the wealth of experience and knowledge that we have built up both inside and outside Japan through our mobile phone operations in Mongolia, MVNO busi- ness in the US and other operations, KDDI will provide the same level of Japanese-quality services to Myanmar and contrib- ute to the country’s growth and development.” MPT will split earnings from the Myanmar opera- tions roughly equally with a Singapore-based joint venture of the Japanese in August, Sumitomo Ex- ecutive Vice President Shinichi Sasaki told a news conference. - vest about $2 billion over the next decade to ex- pand service in one of the world’s least-connected countries. “We’ll be able to reach - riod of time,” KDDI Sen- ior Vice President Yuzo Ishikawa said. Kuniharu Nakamura, president and CEO of Su- mitomo, said: “Our busi- ness record in Myanmar stretches over 60 years .... Using the know-how and experience that we have thus cultivated, we will do our part to support the improvement of living standards and industrial development in Myanmar through this joint opera- tion.” MPT is currently My- anmar’s sole telecoms operator as well as the industry regulator. The government plans to cre- ate a new regulator by 2015 and divest a minor- ity share in MPT, which will remain one of four licensed operators. State- backed Yatanarpon, until now primarily an inter- net service provider, also holds a licence. Norway’s Telenor and Qatar’s Oore- doo won hotly contested bidding for two new li- cences in June 2013 and are now building their networks. Myanmar’s telecoms industry was tightly con- trolled under decades of military dictatorship, with the government monopolising the sector and selling SIM cards for thousands of dollars when they were introduced a decade-and-a-half ago. As a result, Myanmar had one of the world’s lowest mobile penetra- tion rates. 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  • 13. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com REGIONAL BIZ 13 Myanmar Summary Samsung Halts Business with Chinese Supplier Over Child Labour Fears Se Young Lee S amsung Electron- ics Co Ltd said last Monday it had sus- pended business with a Chinese supplier it sus- pected of employing child labour, less than a week after a U.S. watchdog report accused the sup- plier of using under-aged workers. The South Korean smartphone maker said it found an “illegal hir- ing process” at Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co Ltd, which supplies mo- bile phone covers and parts. Dongguan Shinyang Electronics could not im- mediately be reached for comment. South Korean - ing Co Ltd., which owns all of Dongguan Shin- yang, also could not be immediately reached for comment. Samsung added that it had previously found no child workers at the Chi- nese company in three au- dits since 2013. The latest audit ended on June 25. “The Chinese authori- ties are also looking into the case,” Samsung said in a statement on Mon- day, adding that it would cut all ties with the sup- plier if the allegations were true. “If the investigations conclude that the suppli- er indeed hired children illegally, Samsung will permanently halt busi- ness with the supplier in accordance with its zero- tolerance policy on child labour,” it said. U.S.-based China La- bour Watch released a report on Thursday alleg- used child labour. The U.S. watchdog said it had workers” without con- tracts at the supplier. Samsung demands sup- pliers adopt a hiring pro- cess that includes face-to- face interviews and the use of scanners to detect fake IDs, to ensure no child labourers are em- ployed. But China Labour Watch said that Sam- sung’s monitoring system The watchdog accused one of Samsung’s suppli- ers of using child labour in 2012. Samsung subse- quently said it found no under-aged workers at the facility. Reuters A man uses his mobile phone in front of a giant advertisement promoting Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S5 smartphone, at an art hall in central Seoul. KimHong-Ji/Reuters qrfaqmif;ukrÜPDtm; ukef Murf;jznfhqnf;ay;aeaom w½kwfukrÜPDrsm;wGif touf rjynfhao;aom uav;tvkyf orm;rsm;tm; cdkif;apaeonf[k tar&duefapmifhMunfha&;tzGJU tpnf;u xkwfjyefcJhNyD; oDwif; wpfywftwGif;wGif qrfaqmif; u ,if;odkYoHo,&Sdaom w½kwf ukrÜPDrsm;ESifh vkyfief;&yfqdkif; xm;aMumif;xkwfjyefvdkufonf/ rdkbdkif;zkef;tcGHrsm;ESifh tpdwf tydkif;rsm; xkwfvkyfaom 'Gef*Grf &Sif;&ef;vQyfppfypönf;ukrÜPDwGif ]]w&m;r0ifvkyfom;iSm;&rf;jcif;}} rsm;&SdaMumif; qrfaqmif;u qdk onf/ 'Gef*Grftm; qufoG,far;jref; ydkifqdkifaom awmifukd&D;,m; vkyfief; &Sif;&ef;tif*sifeD,m ukrÜPDxHodkYvnf; qufoG,fEdkif cJhjcif;r&Sday/ 2013ckESpfrSpíxdkukrÜPDtm; oHk;Budrfpm&if;ppfcJh&mwGifuav; vkyfom; ,cifu awGU&SdcJhjcif; r&SdaMumif;ESifhaemufqHk;pm&if;ppf cJhcsdefrSm ZGef 25 wGifjzpfaMumif; qrfaqmif;u qdkonf/ w½kwftmPmydkifrsm;uvnf; pHkprf;ppfaq;rIjyKvkyfaeNyD; pGyfpGJ csufrsm; rSefuefaMumif;awGU&Sd ygu ,if;ukefMurf;jznfhqnf; onfhukrÜPDESifh tquftoG,f rsm;tm;vHk; jzwfawmufrnfjzpf aMumif; qrfaqmif;u qdkonf/
  • 14. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com REGIONAL BIZ 14 Myanmar Summary China Urges Local Governments to Buy More New-Energy Cars Samuel Shen and Norhiko Shirouzu C hina has told gov- use more electric and plug-in hybrid cars as part of its drive to cut pol- lution by putting 5 million such vehicles on the road by 2020. The measure is the lat- est in a series of steps that could help Chinese au- tomakers including BYD and SAIC Motor Corp, with President Xi Jinping urg- ing government agencies to buy domestic brands. So-called new-energy vehicles must account for at least 30 percent of all cars or vans purchased an- nually by central govern- ment agencies and some city governments over the three year through 2016, with the proportion set to rise after that, said the National Government Of- Government agencies buy new-energy vehicles, which the government - hicles, plug-in electric hy- brids and hydrogen elec- tric fuel-cell cars. Under the new step, are also required to build charging stations and im- prove other infrastructure for green vehicles. The new rules came days after China scrapped a purchase tax for new- energy vehicles, fearing that it had fallen far be- hind in meeting a target of putting 500,000 new- energy vehicles on the road by next year. Earlier this year, major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin opened up their markets to electric car makers based in other cities as China moves to reduce intra-country pro- tectionism. Reuters Modi’s Farm Export Curbs may Ease Manoj Kumar I - ably eased margin- ally in June after the new government curbed farm exports, but a grow- ing risk that drought will shrivel summer crops could encourage the cen- tral bank to keep interest rates on hold. Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi, elected in May amid anger over ris- ing prices, has ordered a crackdown on hoarding to hold down food prices and set limits on the ex- port of staples, such as onions and potatoes. budget on Thursday, Fi- nance Minister Arun Jait- - gross domestic product in - cating more funds to ease “The monsoon this year appears more unpredict- able,” he told lawmakers, adding that the govern- ment would take all steps necessary. - tion INCPIY=ECI prob- ably eased to 7.95 percent last month, down from 8.28 percent in May, while wholesale price in- to 5.80 percent, the Reu- ters poll of economists found. The government will re- lease the data on whole- sale prices on Monday around 0230 EST. Con- sumer price data is due at 0800 EST. - lenge as soaring prices for basic food items, such as milk and potatoes, lifted 9.4 percent in May, driv- percent. The government is banking on stocks of food such as rice, wheat and sugar from recent bumper harvests, but has few ways to cap prices of fruits and vegetables that drive food “The measures may prove to be inadequate in light of the supply- demand dynamics as- sociated with perishable products, absence of ad- equate cold storages and - mestic supply chain,” said Aditi Nayar, an economist at ICRA, the Indian arm of rating agency Moody’s. eased to about 8 percent, after staying in near dou- past two years, the highest among the BRICS group of emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, Chi- na and South Africa. Economic growth has been stuck below 5 per- cent for two years - the longest slowdown in more than a quarter of a century. The economy is expected to grow slightly above 5 percent in this In 2009 benchmark New York futures swept to a 30-year high after the worst drought in nearly four decades forced India, the world’s top sugar con- sumer, to buy large quan- tities of the sweetener from top producer Brazil. The farm sector ac- counts for around 14 percent of India’s nearly $2 trillion economy, and two-thirds of its popula- tion of 1.2 billion live in rural areas. Weak investments and industrial performance have hurt economic Friday showing that in- dustrial output grew 4.7 percent in May on the year bettered expecta- tions for a rise of 3.8 per- cent. Output gained just 0.1 that ended in March. Reuters Myanmar Summary Workers sit and lie on stacked bags of sortex rice during their lunch break at a warehouse in a wholesale market in Mumbai. DhirajSingh/Bloomberg A model poses next to the Dongfeng EJ02 during the opening day of the Shanghai Auto Show. 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  • 15. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com REGIONAL BIZ 15 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary Shamim Adam M alaysian Airline System Bhd. (MAS) shares tumbled the most in nine weeksafteroneofitsplanes was shot down in Ukraine, four months after the dis- appearance of Flight 370 contributed to the carrier’s biggest loss since 2011. The stock lost 13 per- cent to 19.5 sen as of 9:59 a.m. on July 18 in Kuala Lumpur, extend- ing this year’s drop to 37 percent, while Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. (MAHB) fell 4.2 percent. The FTSE Bursa Malay- siaKLCI Index retreated 0.4 percent and Malay- sia’s ringgit weakened 0.4 percent versus the dollar. The Bloomberg World Airlines Index slipped 0.2 percent, following a 2 percent tumble on July 17 amid speculation the Malaysian Air’s Flight 17, carrying 298 passen- gers and crew, was shot down last Thursday over eastern Ukraine in an at- tack that the government in Kiev blamed on pro- Russian rebels. The carrier, which has lost 4.57 billion ringgit ($1.4 billion) since the start of 2011, had been speeding up an overhaul of its business after the dis- appearance of Flight 370 spurred the longest search for a missing plane in mod- ern aviation history. “This is shocking,” for strategic investments at Fortress Capital Asset Management Sdn., which oversees about 1 billion ringgit, said in Kuala Lumpur. “Investors will more information later. This will raise concerns about the safety culture of airlines in general.” Ukraine Battle- ground Ltd. (293), the biggest international carrier in Asia, dropped 1.4 per- cent in Hong Kong trad- ing while Air China Ltd. declined 1.3 percent. Del- ta Air Lines Inc., Ameri- can Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) and United Con- tinental Holdings all re- treated more than 3.4 percent in U.S. trading last Thursday. Ukraine’s state security service said it intercept- ed phone conversations among militants discuss- ing the missile strike, which knocked Flight 17 from the sky about 30 kil- ometers (18 miles) from the Russian border. The separatists denied the ac- cusation. weapon probably was a Russian-made model used widely in Eastern Europe. The Boeing Co. (BA) 777 crashed en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam in the main battleground of Ukraine’s civil war. The jet didn’t make a distress call, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Inter- national Airport today. was declared safe by the International Civil Avia- tion Organisation, and the International Air Transportation Associa- tion has said the airspace the plane was in was not subject to restrictions, Najib said. Turnaround Struggle The escalation of Ukraine’s crisis, com- bined with Israel’s move- ment of ground forces into the Gaza Strip, equities yesterday. The MSCI All-Country World Index dropped 0.9 per- cent, and lost another 0.1 percent today. Malaysian Air’s ma- jor shareholder and sov- ereign wealth fund, Khaz- anah Nasional Bhd., said last month it had time to come up with a restructur- ing plan as the carrier has funds to last about a year. Asuki Abas, a spokes- man for Khazanah, said the fund will “focus its energy on supporting Ma- laysian Air in emergency comment further. The Subang Jaya, Ma- laysia-based carrier last in 2010. Malaysian Air missed its target to be - ing prices for fuel, main- wiped out revenue gains. Analysts project losses through 2016 for the air- line, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Tough Road “Malaysian Air will have a tough road ahead to re- build its image,” Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd. analysts wrote in a report last Friday. “Con- sumer sentiment on its safety record will be deep- - ther hampered its hope to turnaround by 2015.” The vanishing of MH370, which carried mostly Chi- nese passengers, put the carrier under global scru- tiny, jeopardizing its repu- tation and prompting boy- cotts in China. It has also hurt the country as a travel destination, with Chinese tourists canceling their vis- its to the Southeast Asian nation, according to Ma- laysia’s tourism promotion agency. “This is beyond unlucky,” Mohshin Aziz, an analyst at Malayan Banking Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur, said in a note to clients. “It will take a very long time to over- turn this.” Bloomberg Low Prices Reduce Production Phobe Sedgman T he sugar market - cit as sustained low prices curb supply for a second year, according to Rabobank International, which joined Czarnikow Group Ltd. and Kingsman SA in forecasting an end to surpluses. Global output of raw sugar will fall short of de- mand by about 900,000 metric tons in the 12 months from October, Rabobank said. That compares with glut of 1.4 million tons in 2013- 2014, the bank said in an e-mailed quarterly report. Raw-sugar prices dropped more than 50 percent from a 30-year high in 2011 as world supplies consistently sur- passed demand. Global output will lag behind consumption by 500,000 tons in 2014-2015 as production stabilizes, London-based Czarnikow forecast last week. The degree of supply tight- ening depends on how a forecast El Nino develops, Rabobank said. “It is a little early to be certain that the market point,” the bank said. “If the question is whether we are cycling towards higher prices, our cur- rent belief is that we are indeed heading in that di- rection, slowly, with may- be a bump or two on the road still to come.” An El Nino, which can bring drought to the heavier-than-usual rains to South America, is likely to develop by Australia’s spring, which starts in September, the country’s Bureau of Meteorology said on July 1. There’s at least a 70 percent chance of the event developing this year, it said. Raw sugar for October delivery closed at 17.07 cents a pound on ICE Fu- tures U.S. in New York on July 11, 4 percent higher this year. The commodity lost 16 percent in 2013, retreating for a third year in the longest run of an- nual declines since 1992. Global sugar demand will exceed production by 239,000 tons in the crop year from October 2014 to September 2015, Lausanne, Switzerland Kingsman SA estimated in May. 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  • 16. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com INTERNATIONAL BIZ 16 Myanmar Summary Myanmar Summary Deal in Brazil Summit Raymond Colitt Tthe world’s largest emerging markets will showcase a new cur- rency reserve fund and development bank. Crit- ics say neither is enough to revive the group’s wan- ing clout. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, known as the BRICS, will approve the creation for the $100 billion reserve fund and $50 billion bank at a July 15-16 summit in Brazil’s coastal city of Fortaleza and the capital Brasilia. The initiatives are born out of frustration with a lack of participation in global governance, partic- ularly in the World Bank and International Mon- etary Fund, said Arvind Subramanian, senior fel- low at the Peterson In- stitute for International Economics. The measures aren’t big enough to boost growth or cohesion in the group as foreign in- vestor sentiment sours and member states focus on issues close to home, such as Brazil’s elections, and new economic policy plans in India. “It’s hard to see a lot of impetus at this stage for the BRICS in general and for these initiatives in particular,” Subramanian said by telephone from Washington. “There’s go- ing to be a lot of attention on domestic issues.” Economic growth in the to average 5.37 percent this year, half the pace seen seven years ago, ac- cording to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Brazil and Russia will grow 1.3 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively. Common Policy Yuri Ushakov, Russian presidential aide on for- eign policy, said in an in- terview that the group’s growth rate is still above that of the global average and that its economic and political weight is increas- ing. The BRICS have evolved from the original term coined in 2001 by then- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economist Jim O’Neill to describe the growing weight of the largest emerging markets in the global economy. In 2011, South Africa joined to give the BRICS a broad- er geographic representa- tion. The group’s track record in pursuing a com- mon agenda on the world stage has been mixed. “It’s easier to say what the BRICS aren’t than what they are,” said Jose Alfredo Graca Lima, un- der-secretary for politi- Foreign Ministry. to agree on a candidate to head the World Bank in 2012 and the Internation- al Monetary Fund in 2011, two posts at the heart of their demands for more say in global economic matters. Trade Policy The summit is unlikely to provide a common front to push ahead global trade talks either, even though the World Trade Organization is headed by Brazilian Roberto Azevedo. Brazil itself has increased protectionist measures under Presi- AirbusJetRelaunchHeraldsBusyAerospaceShow “I wouldn’t say that there will be a common outcome in that sense, but certainly there will be discussion on WTO mat- ters,” said Sujata Mehta, secretary for economic relations at the Indian Foreign Ministry. India and South Africa have signaled they may backtrack on a trade fa- cilitation agreement reached at the WTO talks in Bali in December 2013, wrote Carlos Braga and Jean-Pierre Lehmann, professors at Lausanne, Switzerland-based IMD business school. Still, Indian Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi is unlikely to rock the boat at the Brazil summit, said N.R. Bhanumurthy, an economist at the Na- tional Institute of Public Finance and Policy, a gov- ernment-backed research institute in New Delhi. “Domestic issues are dominating his agenda, especially growth and in- said. Bloomberg Tim Hepher and Victoria Bryan Athe Farnborough Airshow with up to 100 commitments for its revamped A330neo wide- body jet, industry sources said, deepening a con- test with Boeing for up to $250 billion of orders at the core of the long-haul jet market. After months of specula- tion, the European plane maker will unveil an up- grade of its popular but ageing A330, powered by Rolls-Royce engines and savings. Airbus Group de- clined to comment. The upgraded A330 is Airbus’s attempt to pro- - able twin-aisle jet, as the European company tries to preserve market share against Boeing’s much newer 787 Dreamliner. The A330 has enjoyed a resurgence of sales be- cause of delays in deliv- eries of Boeing’s tech- nically ambitious but - bre jet, but it is in need of a refresh to keep selling. Analysts say it also plugs apotentialfuturegapinthe Airbus wide-body jet port- folio after poor sales of its A350-800 - the minnow of the next-generation A350 family whose development looks set to be halted or suspended as a result. The commercial de- but of two models called A330-800neo and A330- by Reuters, heads a busy schedule of announce- ments on day one of the show, at which Boeing could hit back promptly with new sales of its 787 Dreamliner. Analysts have until now generally predicted a low-key show, because of steadily growing fears of airline overcapacity. But industry sources gathering for the July 14- 20 event said evidence pointed to well over 500 orders or commitments ranging from a 100-plane lessor deal to a single plane for Fiji. It may not be immediately apparent, however, how many or- ders are new. Malaysia’s AirAsiaX has campaigned for an A330neo to save on fuel bills but is seen likely to exchange any new order against at least part of its 38 outstanding current- generation A330s. Boeing begins the week with a clear advantage after gaining 703 gross orders up to July 8, or 649 after cancellations, against Airbus’s end-June total of 515 gross orders and 290 net. Reuters India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L-R), Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Xi Jinping and Ecuador's Presi- dent Rafael Correa talk at a group photo session during the 6th BRICS summit and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in Brasilia. 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  • 17. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com INTERNATIONAL BIZ 17 Myanmar Summary Mal Langsdon I nsurers are eagerly eyeing exponential growth in the tiny cy- ber coverage market but their lack of experience and skills handling hack- ers and data breaches may keep their ambitions in check. hackers seizing sensitive customer data from com- panies, such as U.S. retail- er Target Corp or e-com- merce company eBay Inc, have executives checking their insurance policies. Increasingly, corporate risk managers are seeing insurance against cyber crime as necessary budget spending rather than just nice to have. The insurance broking arm of Marsh & McLen- nan Companies estimates the U.S cyber insurance market was worth $1 bil- lion last year in gross written premiums and could reach as much as $2 billion this year. The European market is cur- rently a fraction of that, at around $150 million, but is growing by 50 to 100 percent annually, accord- ing to Marsh. Those numbers repre- sent a sliver of the overall insurance market, which is growing at a far more sluggish rate. Premiums are set to grow only 2.8 - tion-adjusted terms, ac- cording to Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer. Insurers Struggle to Get Grip on Burgeoning Cyber Risk Market The European cyber coverage market could get a big boost from draft EU data protection rules in the works that would force companies to dis- close breaches of custom- er data to them. “Companies have be- come aware that the risk of being hacked is una- voidable,” said Andreas Schlayer, responsible for cyber risk insurance at Munich Re. “People are now more aware that hackers can attack and do great damage to central infrastructure, for exam- ple in the energy sector.” Insurers, which have more experience handling risks like hurricanes and gain expertise in cyber technology. price by traditional insur- ance methods as there currently is not statisti- data available,” said Rob- ert Parisi, head of cyber products at insurance brokers Marsh. Andrew Braunber- gon, research director at U.S. cybersecurity advi- sory company NSS Labs, said that some energy companies have trouble persuading insurers to provide them with cyber coverage as the industry is vulnerable to hacking attacks that could trigger disasters like an explosion in a worst-case scenario. Pricing on policies for retailers has climbed in the wake of recent high- Neiman Marcus, and oth- er merchants, he added. A Necessary Cost Though still very much in its infancy, the mar- ket’s potential is vast with cyber crime cost- ing the global economy about $445 billion every year, according to an es- timate last month from the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. While many companies have in the past counted on their general com- mercial liability policies for coverage, they are increasingly taking out standalone contracts. One reason for the change in attitude is a New York state court rul- ing in February against Sony Corp. The company, which has appealed the decision, had sought to force providers of its gen- eral commercial liability insurance to foot the bill for class action lawsuits following a major 2011 cy- ber attack on Sony Play- Station Network. “This issue with Sony is that it did not have a stan- dalone cyber product,” said Peter Beshar, general counsel at the Marsh & McLennan Companies. Target was better pro- tected when some 40 mil- lion payment card num- bers were stolen last year. It had $100 million in cy- ber insurance, according to the trade publication Business Insurance. With low interest rates limiting revenues from insurers’ vast bond port- folios, the extra under- writing income from the fast growing new market is all the more welcome. The cost of cyber insur- ance varies depending, but on average $1 mil- lion in protection ranges from about $20,000 to $25,000, according to Beshar. German insurance giant Allianz says its premiums for 10-50 million euros in protection run about 50,000-90,000 euros in annual premiums. For protection of over 50 mil- lion euros, companies can get coverage up to 300 million euros through co- insurance policies involv- ing multiple underwrit- ers. Whether insurers are - es commensurate with the risks is anyone’s guess as long as underwriters have scant experience with hackers. Growing Pains AXA, Europe’s second biggest insurer, is making a big push into the cyber insurance market, but has so far not paid out a single business claim. “I would like to see a successful claim, because that would be an expe- rience,” said Philippe Derieux, deputy CEO of AXA’s global property and causality business. AXA is hiring computer experts and engineers to build up a centralized cyber team, but Derieux said there is a shortage of “It is hard for insur- people able to handle the product,” Munich Re’s Schlayer said. 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  • 18. July 24-30, 2014 Myanmar Business Today mmbiztoday.com INVESTMENT & FINANCE 18 Myanmar Summary Vietnam’s Biggest Pharmaceutical Aye Myat D HG Pharmaceuti- cal JSC, Vietnam’s largest drugmaker by market value, said it is negotiating with a My- anmar company to start a joint venture in the Southeast Asian country. much as 91 billion dong ($4.3 million) to make pharmaceutical products similar to those it sells in Vietnam, Chief Executive said in an interview with Bloomberg. Construction of a fac- tory in Myanmar may begin next year if agree- ments are reached and approved, Nga said. According to Vietnam- ese media reports, she investment but noted that the company was still in the survey period. “We have just conduct- ed a survey to understand market demand and es- pecially the law in Myan- mar,” she was quoted as saying in the VietNamNet news website. The move comes as Vi- etnamese authorities are tightening their grips on the sale of prescription drugs sold over the coun- ter. “We are preparing for the reduction of antibiotic sales due to tighter con- trol,” Nga told Bloomb- erg. In Vietnam, 78 per- cent of antibiotics are sold through drugstores with- out prescriptions from doctors, according to a re- port by FPT Securities Co. Last year, 41 percent of DHG revenue came from antibiotics. The company also sells analgesics, nu- tritional food, respiratory, cardiovascular and diges- tive medicine and skin- care products. “Myanmar is similar to Vietnam 10-15 years ago, but they can grow faster. Myanmar does not have many pharmaceuti- cal companies. Therefore, they have given some spe- cial incentives for phar- maceutical companies. We will gain an advantage if we cooperate with a local com- pany,” Nga was quoted as saying in Bloomberg. Several Vietnamese en- terprises such as Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group, FPT and the Bank for Invest- ment & Development of Vietnam (BIDV) have al- ready invested in Myan- mar. AD,uferfEdkifiH tBuD;qHk; aq;0g;xkwfvkyfonfhukrÜPDwpfck jzpfNyD; EdkifiHtwGif; aps;uGufa0pk trsm;qHk;&&Sdxm;onfh DHG aq;0g;xkwfvkyfa&;ukrÜPDonf wdkYaps;uGufudk yxrqHk;csJUxGif onfhtaejzifh jrefrmukrÜPD wpfckESifhtusKd;wlyl;aygif;vkyf udkif&efpDpOfvsuf&SdaMumif; od& onf/ tqdkygaq;0g;ukrÜPDonfjrefrm EdkifiHwGif AD,uferfa'gif aiG 91 bDvD,H (tar&duef a':vm 4 'or3)oef;udkaq;0g;xkwfvkyf a&;vkyfief;rsm;ü &if;ESD;jr§KyfESHoGm; rnf[k tqdkygaq;0g;ukrÜPD CEO Phan Thi Viet Nga u bvGef;bwfESifhjyKvkyfcJhaom tifwmAsL;tpDtpOfwpfckwGif ajymMum;cJhonf/oabmwlnD csufrsm; twnfjyKNyD;ygu DHG onf jrefrmEdkifiHwGif aq;0g; xkwfvkyfrnhfpuf½Hkwpfckudk vm rnfhESpftwGif; pwifwnfaqmuf oGm;rnf[k od&onf/ vGefcJhonfh ESpfu DHG 0ifaiG&&SdrI 41 &mcdkifEIef;onf y#dZD0aq;rsm;a&mif;csjcif;rS&&Sd cJhjcif;jzpfNyD;,if;ukrÜPDonft udkuftcJaysmufaq;rsm;? tm [m&jznfhpGuftpm;tpmrsm;? t ouf½SLvrf;aMumif;a&m*gESifh qdkifonfhaq;rsm;? ESvHk;aq;rsm; tjyiftom;ta&xdef;odrf;rI qdkif&mypönf;rsm;udkxkwfvkyf a&mif;csvsuf&Sdonf/ DavidPaulMorris/Bloomberg Banking Licence Race Zwe Wai T he Licensing Com- mittee for the award of banking licence has shortlisted to advance to the next round in the bidding pro- cess to grab a licence to operate in Myanmar. As part of the second stage of the award of banking licences in My- anmar 25 proposals have been received out of the - cants, according to a re- lease from the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM). UK-based banking gi- ant Standard Chartered pulled out from the race. “The Licensing Commit- tee will now evaluate each RFP response following detailed quantitative and qualitative assess- ment criteria,” the CBM release said. The Licensing Com- mittee will announce the preliminary License ap- proval by the end of third quarter 2014, the Central Bank added. The preliminary ap- proval will be followed by an intervening period in which operations have to be set up. Within the intervening period, the licence re- commitments made in the proposal as well as to take all necessary meas- ures to ensure functional banking operation from day one of business,” the Central Bank said. “The Committee looks forward to analysing their plans for the development of the banking sector” in Myanmar and “to select- ing and announcing the Successful Applicants,” it said. The banks are: ANZ Bank from Australia, In- dustrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC); BRED of France; State Bank of India; Japan’s Mizuho Bank, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsu Banking Corp; Malaysia Maybank, OCBC, RHB Bank and CIMB; State Bank of Mau- ritius, Singapore’s OCBC, DBS and United Over- seas Bank; South Korea’s Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea; Taiwan’s Ca- thay United Bank, E SUN Contd. P 20...