NFORMATION SHEET N0.A-0559(I/L)

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                                       INFORMATION SHEET 

                     N0.A-0559(I/L)                            14th August
1998

(1)		Ywama Steel Plant Privatized to Boost Production, benefit Entrepreneur
Nationals, people Energence of Cartels of Heavy Industries, 
Conglomerates Stressed 
		Ywama Steel Plant has been transferred to Myanmar national entrepreneurs,
who are able to undertake production, with the aim of the aim of promoting the
nation?s production sector.  This successful transfer of  the plant, is the
largest industry the Privatization Commission as transferred to local
businessmen, within a short period.  The objective of privatizing the plant is
to ensure production growth and for emergence of enterprises that will benefit
nationality entrepreneurs and the public.  Equipped with advanced machinery,
the plant requires speedy upgrading and renovation to run at full capacity.
The plant will emerge as the initial venture in  Myanmar jointly participated
by successful nationality entrepreneurs.

(2)		Government of Myanmar Provides Assistance to Ms. Su Kyi and 
		Assistants
		
	Ms. Su Kyi, U Hla Pe and their two chauffers continued to rest in a camping
vehicle near Anyarsu village outside Yangon today, while the Government of
Myanmar made every effort to ensure their comfort and safety.
		Ms. Su Kyi left Yangon on Wednesday 12th August on her way to Pathein
(Ayarwaddy Division), but regretfully, recent threats of violence have raised
security concerns, making travel there by prominent persons inadvisable at
this time. Ms. Su Kyi is the daughter of modern Myanmar national hero General
Aung San who was 
assassinated shortly before Myanmar became independent from Britain in 1948.
		As soon as security conditions permit,  Ms. Su Kyi and her companions will
be free to travel to Pathein, and they are of course free to return to their
homes in Yangon at any time. They are also free to remain in Anyarsu village
as long as conditions remain safe. To ensure the health and safety of Ms. Su
Kyi and her companions, the Government has provided an ambulance exclusively
for their use. There are not many ambulances in Yangon, however, and the
Government hopes that Ms. Su Kyi and her companions will return home soon, so
that the ambulance and medical staff may be put back to use helping the truly
needy.
		In order to provide for their comfort and welfare, Government officials have
provided a beach umbrella, some garden chairs and a selection of journals to
help 
Ms. Su Kyi  pass the time.

Special Feature
		 presenting a reproduction of a letter to the editor of  Daily Telegraph
(London) by Mr. Kyaw Kyaw Win  for  your information.

13th August 1998
The Editor
Daily Telegraph
Dear Sir ,
Re:	?Su Kyi, etc.? by Alex Spillius in today?s Daily Telegraph
I fail  to see how the ?United States spokesman in Rangoon? quoted by Alex
Spillius can possibly  justify his statement that ? We regard the passing out
of  leaflets as a normal and natural  activity and freedom of expression in
our country?,  bearing in mind the American activists currently under
detention in Rangoon were working under the auspices of the US-based Free
Burma Coalition whose avowed aim is to overthrow the Government of Burma.
If the roles were reversed, and a number of Burmese citizens were caught
handing out leaflets in Washington in an attempt to destabilize the US
Government - particularly in the light of the recent outrages in East Africa
-far from demanding their release, most observers would be demanding their
long-term incarceration.
All this smacks to me of typical US hypocrisy.

Yours sincerely
(signed) 
by
Kyaw Kyaw Win (Mr)

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