China, Myanmar sign hydropower deal (r)

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Question : Do hydropower projects bring down much more forced labour than pipelines project ?

Answer : Yes.

Question : Have we pieces of information concerning concentrations of forced delocated people in hydropower
projects areas ?

Answer : Yes.

Question : Is there a possibility of connection between some wellknown forced delocations and hydroelectric power
project in Burma ?

Answer : We can think so.

Question : Concerning chinese authorities who give money and technology for hydropower projects, do they know the
ILO report concerning forced labour in Burma ?

Answer : Nobody can ignore this report today.

Question : Can we imagine an international campaign to denounce chinese authorities ?

byva@xxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit:

> China, Myanmar sign hydropower deal
>
> Tue 06 Oct 98 - 12:26 GMT
>
> BEIJING, Oct 6 (AFP) - China has signed a 160 million dollar contract to build
> a hydroelectric power project at Pyinmana in Myanmar's central Mandalay
> district, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
>
> The Yunnan Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporationwon the
> contract to design and build the 280 megawatt Paunglaung project, the news
> agency said.
>
> The Chinese government will provide an export credit for the deal, which comes
> with a 2.75 percent rate of annual interest, payable over 10 years.
>
> Since 1989, the YMEIEC has built 17 small and medium sized hydroelectric power
> stations in Myanmar, accounting for 94.4 percent of the country's
> hydroelectric power projects.
>
> The final capacity of the Paunglaung project will acount for 28 percent of
> Myanmar's existing installed capacity.
>
> ©AFP 1998
>
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