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Water infrastructure reveals 2 sides of Myanmar's economic boom

Bottled water set to take off; most still use unsafe supplies

Published Wed, Jun 17, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Yangon

EVERY morning on his way to work in Yangon, builder Zaw Min Tun takes a swig of water at a Buddhist temple, a vital place to quench a thirst for the many ordinary citizens left behind by Myanmar's economic boom.

Bottled water is among the plethora of consumer industries set to take off as the country emerges from decades of isolated junta rule, putting…

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