Malaysia's SEGi University extending into Myanmar

Since the end of 2012, international universities have begun entering Myanmar to explore their new markets, while helping promote education there.

“SEGi University has been organising seminars and workshops in Yangon for a long time. The university is well recognised by its government and has won several awards,” the manager of Jenko Centre said.

The joint venture training programmes between Jenko and SEGi College Subang Jaya are aimed at improving the teaching skills of Myanmar teachers, including those at state schools, universities and private schools.

“Lecturers in the programmes will be those Master degree holders from SEGi. We will charge US$745 per candidate for the 12 day programme of 96 hours,” Jenko’s manager said.

The programmes, planned to start during this month, cover topics as Plan, Organise and Deliver Group-Based Learning, Plan Assessment Activities and Processes, Use of Technology in Education, Managing and Leading Educational Settings, Educational Psychology and Classroom Behavior.

 

Country to host trade conference with the US

The Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry will organize a “US-Myanmar Trade and Investment Relations: The Path Forward” conference on February 25.

The event will be attended by the members of Washington, DC- based US Chambers of Commerce (USCC), and representatives from well-known companies such as Asia Global Xpress, Cargill, Chevron, eBay, EMC, Conocophilips, Gibson Dunn & Crutcherlip and Honeywell.

These companies are involved in oil and natural gas, information technology, energy, agriculture and livestock, servicing and online shopping.

The conference will include discussions and paper reading sessions about bilateral trade and investment, development programmes, the country’s energy sector, motivation on information and technology for economic development, the prospective financial sector, cooperation in the Asean Community, and the country’s social development.

Officials from the World Bank will also explain their development programmes for Myanmar.

Some MoUs will be signed between the Myanmar Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the USCC.

 

Ministries to review  investment bylaws 

Parliament has asked ministries to review draft bylaws for the Foreign Investment Act before passing legislation on it, the Myanmar Investment Commission said this week.

The draft was sent for review to the 22 ministries including the Attorney General’s Office and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry on January 2.

The deadline for their comments was yesterday.

The draft bylaws contain 22 sections, including joint ventures and restricted or banned businesses.

Myanmar passed the Act in November last year.

 

Air Bagan black box heading for Australia 

The commission probing the Air Bagan crash will send the black box from the aircraft to Australia for examination. 

Win Swe Tun, the chairman of the Investigation Commission, on Sunday said the decision was reached after Singapore refused to accept the black box or the flight data recorder. 

"Singapore rejected it because it was damaged too much. It’s in a condition that the country could not handle. We will send it to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Australia's national transport safety investigator in the third week of this month for examination,"  he said. 

Commission members will take the black box to Australia and observe the examination. 

The Air Bagan flight crash-landed near Heho Airport in Shan State on December 25, killing two people and leaving 11 injured. There were 65 passengers on the 22-year-old Fokker F-100 when it attempted an emergency landing. 

Air Bagan said it would take full responsibility for the funerals of those who died.