11.02.2007
Spying on Burma
_ by Sasu Yin
Eastern Yangon Being Rebuilt for the Military's Purposes
Over 9 square kilometres of eastern Yangon is being rebuilt for military's purposes. The new bridge that will be crossing the east branch of the river leads directly to a mass of newly built housing. Dozens of buildings, each about 30 metres long. Would they claim that these are for the people and the poor?
How can these be built when the country is already struggling to pay for Nay Pyi Daw's billion dollar costs?
Power Shortages in Yangon or Power Control?
Yangon locals are complaining that there is '3 hours of power for 3 days'. Most business that are open are struggling to keep the business running on their backup generators. But people speculate: is this a true lack of resources? Is it all being rerouted to Nay Pyi Daw? Or is it a new way to control internet and information access in the country?
The truth is in the pudding as it is said in England around the Christmas holiday.
Massive Lumber Sales Yard by Yangon
In the photos below, at what appears to be a large scale construction project is actually a piles of cut trees. The sizes are much to large to be piping. As noted by an unnamed expert. The neighbouring houses are so much smaller.
Teak and other woods of this quantity would raise millions of dollars for the militarily controlled country.
Who gets the profits and proceeds? And was the wood, under normal laws acquired legally?
Massive Airport Expansion at Tavoy
The original airport was narrow and only 1,500 metres long and 10 metres wide. The new runway is another 1,000 metres longer and 100 metres wide when it will be finished.
New Military Airport at Magwe
More money spent in the national defence? Some of the online maps such as Google Maps have white-washed this airport runway. This means there is something they do not want the world to see.
The runway is about 3km long. This is for large and heavy planes or very fast jets to use the airport.
10,000 Metre Extension Added to Yangon Airport
More extravagance by impoverished Burma? 10,000 metres of concrete that should have been used for roadways has been laid to support the landing of larger and heavier aircraft. This extends the runway length to about 35,000 metres, about 6.2 miles.
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