Each weekend in Singapore, the Burmese diaspora congregates at Peninsula Plaza for news and a taste of home.
Customers stream into a pop-up food stall graced by a life-sized image of Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, where volunteers sell home-made delicacies such as tea leaf salad and mohinga, a rice noodle and fish soup.
The stall’s owner, May Kyaw Soe Nyunt, said she takes in about S$5,000 (US$3,694) in per weekend, with all the funds sent to her homeland to help those having to endure life under Myanmar’s military regime.
“I want the world to know people in
Each weekend in Singapore, the Burmese diaspora congregates at Peninsula Plaza for news and a taste of home.
Customers stream into a pop-up food stall graced by a life-sized image of Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, where volunteers sell home-made delicacies such as tea leaf salad and mohinga, a rice noodle and fish soup.
The stall’s owner, May Kyaw Soe Nyunt, said she takes in about S$5,000 (US$3,694) in per weekend, with all the funds sent to her homeland to help those having to endure life under Myanmar’s military regime.
“I want the world to know people in
Myanmar’s military government plans to establish a digital currency to support domestic payments and boost the economy within the year and is assessing how to move forward, a Burmese State Administration Council spokesman said.
“We are undecided whether we should do it as a joint venture with local companies or by the government alone,” said Major General Zaw Min Tun, who is deputy information minister in the junta that toppled the civilian government a year ago. “A digital currency will help improve financial activities in Myanmar.”
The World Bank estimates that Myanmar’s economy shrank 18 percent in the fiscal year ended in