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Myanmar taxi drivers get car discount

Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce plans to assist taxi drivers in buying their own cars at discounted prices.

A battered old Toyota Corolla taxi plys the streets of Yangon in this file photo from July 2011. (Photo by Adam Renton)

The ministry has announced that it will sell vehicles to taxi drivers at less than the market price through a hire-purchase scheme.

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