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The city hall occupies the former site of the Ripon Hall. [2] The city hall has been the focal point of several major political demonstrations, including a 1964 People's Peace Committee rally supported by Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, which attracted 200,000 people and was subsequently clamped down by Ne Win's military junta.
In October 2019, YCDC courted controversy from the Yangon Region Hluttaw over the purchase of 80 vehicles at a cost of US$1.37 million for city officials. [19] YCDC sits on the board of directors of the New Yangon City Development Company, which is the developer of a controversial development project, the Yangon New City Project. [20]
The Yangon City Heritage List is a list of man-made landmarks in Yangon, Myanmar, so designated by the city government, Yangon City Development Committee. [1] The list consists of 188 structures (as of 2001), and is largely made up of mostly religious structures and British colonial-era buildings.
The project has been criticised lack of transparency. In August 2014, Yangon Chief Minister Myint Swe (general), launched a project to develop a US$8 billion, 30,000-acre new city west of Yangon. [8] The project was controversially awarded to an unknown firm, Myanmar Saytanar Myothit Public Company, without a public tender. [9]
La Gi: Town Phan Thiết: City Phú Quý ... Kỳ Anh: Town Kỳ Anh: Kỳ Anh: District Lộc Hà ... Sơn La: City Sông Mã ...
English: Yangon City Hall. The seat of the city's government, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). A fine example of syncretic Burmese architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs. Yangon, Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma.
The city does not have a skyscraper—i.e. one at least 150 metres (492 ft) tall as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and Emporis— [1] and will not have one as long as the current zoning regulations, which cap the maximum height at 127 metres (417 ft) above sea level, [2] [3] (75% of the Shwedagon Pagoda's sea level ...
The YPBC operates a fleet of 65 buses serving in the Downtown Yangon (Myanmar) Area: [1] 15 King Long XM6119G; 15 Higer city-buses; 15 Daewoo city-buses; 15 Hyundai city-buses; 5 Scania Marcopolo; As with any other buses serving in the city, the company name and logo is at the top of the front-end of the bus. The route number is indicated below ...