>Subject: Business news from Myanma

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Subject: >Subject: Business news from Myanmar (6 September 1999) 

>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "W. Kesavatana-Dohrs" <dohrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Business news from Myanmar (6 September 1999) 
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>MyaBuzz
>Business news from Myanmar (6 September 1999)
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>C O N T E N T S
>0906-01 Myanmar To Give Technical Assistance To Laotian Agriculture
>0906-02  Made in Myanmar Syringes Soon?
>0906-03 Croatia-Myanmar Establishes Diplomatic Relations
>0906-04 More Tourists From Chinese Border
>0906-05 Fisheries Attracts More Foreign Investors
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>0906-01 Myanmar To Give Technical Assistance To Laotian Agriculture
>**Myanmar and Laotian Agriculture Ministers met on August 30 in Tachileik,
>at the Myanmar side of the two countries' border.
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>Mr. Nyunt Tin, Myanmar Agricultural and Irrigation Minster and his Laotian
>counterpart signed a technical assistance for Laotian agriculture by
>Myanmar.  According to the agreement Myanmar will provide technical
>assistance for the construction of dam at Bokeo province in Laos, bordering
>Myanmar.
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>Officials of both sides had discussion on technical cooperation in
>agriculture, exchange of seeds and sapling, building of model farms and
>reservoir in Bankhoun region with the assistance of the Ministry of
>Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar. Myanmar will also give degree and
>short courses on agriculture for Laotian trainees.
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>On 1st September, Myanmar agricultural delegation led by the Minister went
>to cross the border to Lao's Bankhoun region to coordinate with his Laotian
>counterpart and other officials.
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>0906-02  Made in Myanmar Syringes Soon?
>Arburg Pte Ltd of Singapore recently demonstrated plastic-injection molding
>machines in Yangon.  They did this in collaboration with Proven Technology
>Industry a local company that also manufactures vehicle-use lead acid
>battery.
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>Production of disposable needle and syringe sets in Myanmar might prove to
>be a big help to hospitals and other medical practitioners as it is very
>costly to import these.
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>0906-03 Croatia-Myanmar Establishes Diplomatic Relations
>Myanmar established diplomatic relation with Croatia at Ambassadorial level
>on September 3,1999,a communiqué of Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
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>Establishment of diplomatic ties with a country on mainland Europe will
>greatly help to expand Myanmar trade and investment.
>
>European companies in Myanmar are mostly engaged in oil exploration, mining
>activities,and garment production.
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>0906-04 More Tourists From Chinese Border
>Ministry of Hotel and Tourism is arranging for the systematic welcoming of
>Chinese tourists and other travelers to visit Myanmar via Chinese border
>route.
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>>From China, Myanmar is accessible from Muse and Namtkham and Chinwehaw
>towns in northern Shan state. Shan State is in the northeastern part of
>Myanmar.
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>Plans are underway for opening up of new border route from Bhamo in
>Myanmar, another passage to the vast Chinese province of Yunan.
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>0906-05 Fisheries Attracts More Foreign Investors
>**The President and CEO of Setraco Indochine Co of France met with the
>Minister of Livestock and Fisheries in Yangon on 2nd September.
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>Fishing companies from Australia, USA, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, China
>and Singapore have operations in Myanmar territorial waters.
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>Marine fisheries are still relatively untapped and have vast potential for
>development. Having a coastline of 2,832 km, Myanmar continental shelf
>covers about 228,780sq km and its exclusive economic zone is 486,000 sq. km
>wide. Of the maximum sustainable yield of 10.05 million metric tons per
>year, only 0.6 million metric tons of fishes were caught last year.
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