Request to import logs from Burma p

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Subject: Request to import logs from Burma put on hold 

                                                          
                                        October 31, 1998 
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 Request to import
 logs from Burma
 put on hold

 Cheewin Sattha 
 Mae Hong Son

 Concerned agencies have been asked to study details of a request
 from four Thai firms to import logs from Burma and hauling routes to
 prevent Thai trees from being felled and included in the imports.

 Plodprasop Suraswadi, the Forestry Department director-general,
 recently asked provincial-level authorities to examine logs in Burma
 before they are imported and check whether the proposed log hauling
 routes will pass through national forest reserves in Mae Hong Son.

 The department chief's order followed a recent request by four Thai
 firms to import 120,000 cubic metres of logs from Burma.

 The companies - Thai-Korean Veteran Welfare, B&F Goodrich, SA
 Pharmaceutical and Phol Phana - wanted four border passes opened
 to facilitate log imports. However, there are concerns that the
 proposed passes, which will serve as hauling routes, will pass through
 the Salween National Park and other forest areas in the province.

 Amornphan Nimanant, deputy Mae Hong Son governor, said he
 would hold talks with concerned agencies to discuss the hauling routes
 and locations of log yards as suggested by the department.

 However, he disagreed with the forestry chief's idea to delay import of
 the logs, saying it would lead to a protest by timber operators.

 Kaipet Pansomboon, Mae Hong Son forestry chief, said details of the
 firms' request about the amount of logs contradicted those given to
 provincial customs authorities.

                                                       
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