Contractors association bands together with YCDC grievances
Over 500 of Yangon’s licensed building contractors met last week to debate forming an industry association, which will have a long list of policy complaints to take to Yangon City Development Committee. The city’s contractors are banding together partly in anticipation of new YCDC regulations, and believe an industry association will make it easier for them to liaise with the government. YCDC finished amending building-permit regulations last month, and the association can “stand up for contractors” if there are problems as a result of these new rules being enforced, said U Lar Sal, spokesperson for the association. But at a meeting of over 500 potential association members on August 31 it became clear that contractors already have a number of concerns with existing YCDC policies.
