Description:
"Burma?s dare-to-be-different regime has decided to skip the Industrial Age and go straight to the
Nuclear Age in its bid to catch up with the rest of the world.
"The rest of the world is developing faster and faster while everything in Burma is getting slower and
slower," noted a Kachin from the state capital Myitkyina at the beginning of this New Year, laughing.
"Even the trains to Myitkyina become slower and slower every year."
A humorous approach towards the worsening economic situation is probably the healthiest way to face
everyday complications and frustrations deriving from unsatisfactory or missing infrastructure. The latter
can be power-cuts, frequent shortages of train and airplane tickets, or ridiculously slow mail service. Even
making a phone call is a challenge in a country with roughly four telephones per thousand people..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 1
Date of Publication:
2002-01-00
Date of entry:
2003-06-03
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English