HONG KONG -- Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, operator of the upscale Peninsula hotel chain, has written off nearly $90 million of its $130 million investment in a showcase project in Yangon that it put on hold last year after Myanmar's military toppled the country's democratically elected government.
Myanmar Crisis
Peninsula Hotels takes $87m write-off on halted Yangon project
Hong Kong-based luxury chain to revive development at 'suitable time'
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels has been working to turn the former headquarters of Myanmar Railway into the luxury Peninsula Yangon hotel. (Courtesy Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels)
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