File pic of Mahabandoola Road in Yangon. A major high-rise project has been shut down by the military after contract breaches and public concern about the impact of buildings on a nearby reservoir. Photo: Ben Pipe/ Robert Harding via AFP
Mahabandoola Road in Yangon. Regional officials have signed a contract for a new city across the river from Yangon. Photo: Ben Pipe/ Robert Harding / AFP

A Chinese company that has signed an agreement with the Yangon regional government to build a new city across the river from the old one has been embroiled in many controversies, the Myanmar website Irrawaddy reported on Monday.

The 8,000-hectare New Yangon City will be twice the size of Singapore and is one of several projects in Myanmar that are part of China’s ambitious, trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.

The investment for the first phase of the scheme, mostly infrastructure projects, is US$1.5 billion, The Irrawaddy reported.

The Myanmar website went on to allege that the Hong Kong-listed, China-owned company which has been awarded the contract, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), has been accused of irregularities in at least 10 countries, among them the Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Kenya and Tanzania.

CCCC was sanctioned by the World Bank from January 2009 until January 2017 because of “fraudulent bidding practices,” The Irrawaddy reported.

However, Yangon Region Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein has said that the Yangon New City project will create a large number of jobs and deepen the friendship between Myanmar and China.

The framework agreement between the government of the Yangon Region and CCCC was signed in April last year. The ceremony was attended by Phyo Min Thein, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Hong Liang, CCCC president Chen Fenjian, and the president of CCCC subsidiary China Harbor Engineering Company, Tang Qiaoliang.

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