Talk:Asia World/Archives/2014

Controversies section

The Controversies section is currently at the top of the article. Usual protocol is either not to have an explicit Controversies section but to weave the content into the rest of the article, or to have such a section at the bottom of the article. Vivj2012 (talk) 12:02, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Additional content: Infrastructure and Energy development

Hi. Here is some proposed additional content that could be added to these two sections, covering the activities of Asia World Port as well the partnership with CNPC in the pipeline project linking Kyaukpyu and Kunming, as well as Asia World's recent contract to distribute electricity in the Eastern Bago region.

In the interests of transparency, please note that I work for Bell Pottinger and that Asia World is my client. I hope to work with the community to ensure this article is up-to-date and factually correct. Please see my user page for more information and feel free to get in touch via my talk page. I have registered my COI here on COIN.

Infrastructure

(Propose including a new section on infrastructure between Construction and Energy development, taking in and expanding on information on Yangon International Airport and Nay Pyi Taw Airport):

In 1998, Asia World paved and widened the Burma Road that links Myanmar to China, allowing larger trucks to travel and cutting journey times by several days. The works also resolved a number of accident-prone stretches of the road, where vehicles had previously fallen from cliffs.

In 2010, Asia World was granted the rights to manage and operate a number of roads, included the Yangon-Pathein Road, through the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) system.

Asia World is one of a few private companies in Myanmar that are involved in port management. According to the Myanmar Port Authority (MPA), Asia World's subsidiary Asia World Port had the largest share of country’s freight market in the fiscal year 2012–13, handling 45 per cent of all goods that passed through Yangon. In addition to freight handling, Asia World Port is Myanmar's leading handler of general goods. The Asia World-built New Strand Road provides easy access to the port for containers and heavy trucks, and is operated as a toll road.

Between 2007 and 2008 Asia World was responsible for a major expansion project at Yangon International Airport, which including the construction of a new international terminal (opened May 2007) and the extension of existing runways (completed July 2008). The runway was extended from 8,100 to 11,200 feet, and the airport apron was widened and lengthened by 600 feet in either direction. In 2013 Asia World was among a consortium awarded a contract to expand the airport further as the tourism to Myanmar is expected to grow from 2 million to 7 million annual visitors by 2020.

The company, with the technical assistance of Singaporean firm CPG Consultants, was also responsible for developing and constructing Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, which opened on 19 December 2011. The airport has a 3.6 kilometre runway and can handle up to 65,000 flights per year – around five million passengers.

Energy development

(Propose adding to the end of the section):

In August 2013, Asia World was granted permission by Myanmar’s government to distribute electricity to 37 towns in the Eastern Bago region of the country.

Many thanks. Vivj2012 (talk) 12:49, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Unreferenced content

Hi, I have gone through and removed content that was lacking references, all of which were dead links. Please get in contact on my talk page if you want to discuss these edits further. I aim to work with other editors to ensure this article is factually correct. Vivj2012 (talk) 10:31, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

• Portfolio: Reference 11 is a dead link - removed the sentence. Have also removed list of enterprises and business - these also have no references
• Construction: Removed final sentence referring to the cost of the project - link is dead
• Construction: Removed sentence on deep sea port on Maday Island in Kyaukphyu - dead link
• Other industries: Removed sentence on Thilawa Special Economic Zone - dead link

Cecilia Ng

Ten more companies in the group are owned in Singapore, under the name of Cecilia Ng (Ng Sor Hong), Steven Law's wife, who operates an underground banking system...

My client strongly refutes the claim that Cecilia Ng has or has had any involvement in the company. Can anyone find the original documents from which Asia Times wrote this article? If not, the next best step will be to contact Asia Times directly and if necessary to follow the legal route. Thanks. Vivj2012 (talk) 11:59, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I would like to check the sources if I can find them. Please feel free to remind me of this if I don't do it right away. CorporateM (Talk) 18:53, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

General notes

A few notes after taking a look at the article:

• Right now the article is unduly focused on the most promotional aspects of an acceptable article, such as Services and Notable works, rather than corporate history.
• The controversies are cited appropriately (or at least they are now), however I do notice the sources are regarding the people and if the sources do not mention Asia World in the article, the relevance to the company is original research. However, doing a few very quick Google searches, it looked like similar appropriate sources could be found to talk about the company itself rather than its founders.
• The prior notable works content was excessive and used a lot of low-quality blog sources, etc. I cleaned it up quite a bit.
• "Controversies" sections are generally discouraged

CorporateM (Talk) 21:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC)