Information Sheet N0. B-1617 (I)
Okkar66126
YANGON
Information Sheet
N0. B-1617 (I) 23rd November, 2000
(1) Ministers Leave for Singapore
Minister at the State Peace and Development Council Chairman's Office Brig-Gen
Abel, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung and party left Yangon for
Singapore on 22 November to attend ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting.
(2) Yangon University and Kyonggi University of ROK Sign MoU
Yangon University and Kyonggi University of Republic of Korea have become
sister universities after an agreement was reached between the two sides. The
contract signing ceremony was held at International Business Centre in Yangon
on 22 November, attended by Minister for Education, Deputy Minister for
Education, Ambassador of ROK, Chancellor Mr. Chong Kuk Son of Kyonggi
University.
(3) Claim & Loss Prevention Seminar Held
Seminar on Marine Cargo Claim & Loss Prevention co-sponsored by Myanma
Insurance of the Ministry of Finance and Revenue and Yasuda Fire & Marine
Insurance Company, Japan was held at Traders Hotel in Yangon on 22 November.
Marine Cargo insurance consists of 35 per cent of the insurance business
written by Myanma Insurance and it also plays a crucial role in the growth of
Myanma Insurance. Yangon Branch Office in-charge of Yasuda Fire & Marine
Insurance Co Mr. Marsashi Sawada made an introductory speech, followed by a
general round of discussions. The first session ended on 22 November afternoon
and the second session continues on 23 November.
(4) National Legal Training Seminar Opens
An opening ceremony of the National Legal Training Seminar co-sponsored by the
Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) and the United National Drug
Control Programme (UNDCP) was held at the Hotel Equatorial in Yangon on 21
November.
Joint Secretary of the CCDAC and Coordinator of UNDCP Mr. Gerassimos Fourlanos
made speeches. Altogether 35 officers of the Ministry of Defence, the Supreme
Court, the Attorney-General's Office, Myanmar Police Force and Customs
Department are attending the three-day seminar.
(5) Minister Meets Vice-President of Australian Interplast
Minister for Health met a delegation led by the Vice-President Mr. David Inglis
of Australian Interplast, on 22 November.
(6) PRC TV Delegation Arrives
An eight-member Chinese delegation led by the Deputy Minister of General Bureau
of Broadcasting, Motion Picture and Television of China Mr. Li Shuwen arrived
Yangon on 22 November. Minister for Information met Chinese delegation on 22
November.
(7) Member of CSSTB Leaves for Thailand
Member of Civil Service Selection and Training Board (CSSTB) and Deputy
Director-General of Civil Service Selection and Training Department left Yangon
for Thailand on 22 November to attend the Informal Meeting and 10th ASEAN
Conference on Civil Service Matters to be held from 23 to 24 November in
Bangkok, Thailand.
Special Feature
A Response letter to the article entitled " Burma and the karens " which
appeared in
THE TIMES Newspaper in London on 16th November
by the Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar, London for your information.
Dear Sir,
In response to letter to the Editor entitled " Burma and the Karens" which
appeared in The Times of 16 November 2000 by Mr. F.B. Shrive, it is time to
point out that there are over ten times more Karens (or Kayins- to those who do
not speak English) living in the Union of Myanmar than the armed separatist
Karen National Union (KNU) and their supporters who on account of their own
actions, have been displaced to the areas bordering on Thailand. Even, the
prominent Karen Officers who served with the Burma Rifles in World War II such
as the late Lt. Gen Smith Dun, Brigadier Saw Kyar Doe (still member of the
election commission) never supported the pro-colonialist KNU and as such the
use of the term " Karen" to represent the KNU is completely unjustified.
Even more, preposterous is the suggestion of any design to racially exterminate
the Karens many of whom are highly accomplished doctors, engineers, musicians
and high government officials within the Union. The head of Kayin State Peace
and Development Council, for example, is himself a Kayin (or Karen) and so also
are many Baptist Church leaders within Myanmar. Moreover in the past two years,
thousands of KNU guerrillas led by Central Executive Committee member Phado
Aung San, U Saw Phe Re Mo, Quarter-Masters General U Saw Wa Heain have returned
to the legal fold in response to the government's offer of the olive branch.
We sincerely feel that this cruel and callous use of ethnic and religious
labels to long standing political conflicts ( in this case, since independence
of then " Burma" in 1948) will only aggravate and prolong the suffering of the
KNU foot soldiers and their families as well as the necessary burden on a
neighbouring country having to harbour the displaced people. The most
compassionate thing for any well-meaning person in Britain to do now is to
persuade the remaining KNU leaders to allow their supporters to emulate the
thousands of returnees who are doing so well in their original homelands.
Yours sincerely.
Dr. Kyaw Win
Ambassador
The Editor
The Times
RealMan
no internet, no real news.
Illegal generals are using the media for their advantages.
how stupid! nothing to do country development. of course, those buffilos are
uneducated. How to do develop Burma.
We don't need news paper or news information in burma even do not have
internet.
No free internet means all news are not real. All are full of lie.
of course, even Kingartan student knows.
No news paper, no TV is better in burma, at this moment.
waste of paper and money.
all news in Burma are gossip sheets ( buffilos gossip, not human ) , every
burmese knows.
always comming up with green buffillos.
have you every seen green uniform guys with news paper in developed
countries?
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