TWO FACED YANGON (r)

[panyoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I f Thailand  regards itself a developing country with international norms,it
should be able to handle uncivilised,uneducated and brutal military regime of
Myanmar.
Otherwise it has got no hopes ...... but a country surviving on sex tourism
will appear more convincing.

Sincerely


panyoma/syd


Julien Moe wrote:

> Two-faced Yangon
> >From Business Times 14/10/99
>
> THAILAND has been presented with a wonderful opportunity to re-assess its
> ties with the schizophrenic Myanmar military dictatorship -- which thanks
> Bangkok on the one hand for the handling of the embassy drama but shuts its
> borders and halts fishing cooperation on the other.
>
> The praise and words of appreciation from the Myanmar authorities for the
> way the Thai government handled the Oct 1-2 occupation of the Myanmar
> embassy were in sharp contradiction to the action by Yangon so soon after
> this potentially explosive situation was ended without bloodletting.
>
> The military junta abruptly scrapped the concession rights granted to Thai
> fishing trawlers without any clarification. Hundreds of Thai vessels were
> forced to hurry back home to Ranong from Myanmar waters and, as a result,
> now at least 5,000 Myanmarese who crewed on the trawlers are without work.
>
> The closure of the border at the same time has brought a complete halt to
> trade and travel between the two countries and caused huge damage to many
> businesses.
>
> If actions speak louder than words, then clearly the praise and the thanks
> offered by Myanmar's leadership -- the most recent expression being from
> Nyunt Maung Shien, director-general of the political affairs department, at
> the senior Asean officials meeting in Bangkok -- are meaningless. They are
> intended only to fool the more gullible into believing the Yangon regime is
> made up of civilised men who are as willing as the next fellow to
> congratulate the peaceful end to the embassy siege.
>
> The Bangkok Post, Oct 13