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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been handed a detailed summary of Myanmar's cancellation of contracts with the Italian-Thai Development Company and partners to develop the first phase of the country’s Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) and deep-sea port.

Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said he had discussed with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that Thailand should push forward the development of Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) and deep sea port.

Thailand is keen to push forward development of Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) and deep sea port, said deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow on Thursday.

The arrest of Premchai Karnasuta, president of Thailand-based Italian-Thai Development company (ITD) on poaching charges, has caused alarm in Myanmar’s Dawei communities, where the company is developing the of Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the Myanmar Times online has reported.

IMPLEMENTATION of the Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) has been suspended for years, but Myanmar and Thailand are still eager to revive the mega project, according to an official in Myanmar.

THE Myanmar-Thailand Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) for development of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) has agreed to work on ways to speed up construction of the initial phase of the project.

THE INITIAL Bt37-billion phase of the Dawei Special Economic Zone will by ready to kick off before the end of this year after Myanmar’s government signs a procurement contract this month with Italian-Thai Development (ITD), said company president Premchai Karnasuta.

THAI PBS’s policy committee has issued a second statement to clarify accusations concerning the Department of Special Investigation’s probe into procurements in regard to three media academic research projects for the TV station.

SAW KEB DOH of the ethnic-Karen Kalonehtar village in Myanmar’s Dawei district murmured constantly about fears that have been gripping the villagers’ hearts.

PEOPLE in Heinda district in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region have been deprived of clean water, amid claims that a tin mine operated by a Thai firm has contaminated the river and water sources with heavy metals.

COMMUNITY groups in Thailand and Myanmar have urged protection of human rights and prevention of environmental impacts – after Thai entrepreneurs were reported to have carried out abusive and environmentally damaging acts in neighbouring countries.

BENEFITING from the country’s newly elected government and open-market policy, which will attract more foreign investment, the Dawei business community in Myanmar is expecting rapid development that will lure many Dawei workers in Thailand back home.