Pyidaungsu Hluttaw told 44 state projects should be suspended

As Myanmar moves to slash government spending, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was told that 44 of 52 projects by state-owned enterprises should be suspended. This was following a study by the assembly’s joint committees into the budgets for state-owned projects for the coming fiscal year. After talks with the Public Accounts joint committee, the assembly was told to suspend the 44 projects, joint bill committee secretary Dr Myat Nyana Soe said. “Both committees had reanalysed the budgets for these projects. “We assessed them to determine whether they would be good for the development of the country and the people’s socio-economy, and profitable.

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