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Successful Specialised Mission to Myanmar

17
Feb 2017
MREPC successfully organised a specialised mission on engineering rubber products to Yangon, Myanmar from 10 - 11 February 2017. The mission was led by Ms Low Yoke Kiew, CEO of MREPC. The mission comprised a seminar on The Use of Base Isolation to Protect Structures Against Earthquake Damage business-matching sessions with potential buyers; as well as a site inspection and meetings with officers from the Ministry of Construction, Myanmar for the coordination of the donation of rubber bearings. The one-day seminar was attended by a total of 82 participants while 11 business-matching sessions were arranged by MREPC. The site inspection was to the Bayintnaung Bridge in Yangon which has been identified to be retrofitted with High-Damping Natural Rubber Bearings donated by MREPC and Doshin. The installation of the rubber bearings is expected to be completed by the second half of 2017.

Participants at the seminar on rubber bearings to protect structures during earthquakes