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ASIAWEEK ( July 26, 1996 )
Letters to Editor

                                                CLASSROOM  SUCCESS
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Malaysian Education Minister and former Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak i=
ndicates 
why Malaysia is now one of  the most successful economic in Asia [=93In Pu=
rsuit of 
Excellence,=94 THE NATIONS, July 19]. He states, =93We have more than 50,0=
00 
students studying overseas--per capita the largest number of any country i=
n the world=94
and =93Education is a higher profile ministry than defense.=94

Burma and Malaysia, both with large Chinese and Indian minorities, were on=
ce British 
colonies. Burma is now one of the poorest countries in Asia. Without inves=
tment in 
education, no amount of foreign investment will activate sustainable econo=
mic 
development in Burma. Attempts by SLORC to promote economic development wi=
ll 
be no more successful than the Burma Army teaching democracy to the Burmes=
e 
people.

The Burmese Resistance is deeply saddened by the death of James Leander Ni=
chols, 
who served as consul to Burma for Denmark, Norway and Sweden [PASSAGE, Jul=
y 5].
Too many people have died in Burma=92s Military Intelligence prisons. This=
 is why 
political reconciliation is so difficult, and perhaps impossible, in Burma=