But the opportunity to right the wrong is here and the reformation needs to be irreversible
A CENTURY ago, Rangoon (now Yangon) was one of Asia's great trading centres and home to a diverse ethnic mix. Its 19th century population of 100,000 has since swelled to about 6 million in greater Yangon, which now suffers from cracking infrastructure, electricity brown-outs, traffic congestion and growing pollution.
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