Plans are heard to be afoot for a second special economic zone (SEZ) in Yangon Region. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein was cited as informing Members of Parliament of the intention to build a new special economic zone in southern Yangon Region at a special meeting in early December. According to those MPs, the new SEZ will be implemented across three southern townships, namely – Dala, Kawhmu and Kungyangon. They are reported to have added that the Union Government had given support for the idea and that work would begin in 2018. Yangon Mayor is also reported to have confirmed the news. The new zone will have an international airport and a deep-sea port nearby, according to the Dala and Kungyango MPS. The Chief Minister was cited as saying that the Hanthawaddy International Airport is too far away from the city of Yangon and also that there is no more space to extend the Yangon International Airport.