INFORMATION SHEET No. A-0839 (I) (r)

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Subject: Re: INFORMATION SHEET No. A-0839 (I)

Please remove my name from your mailing list. I never requested that I be
on your list and
consider your action to be one more way that the illegal military regime
shows that it does
not respect people. OKKAR propangandists would make Joseph Goebbels proud.
There is absolutely
no way to rationalize the cruelity and the inhumane actions of the illegal
military junta that
you are attempting to prop up. Until you are able to be truthful, I am not
interested in your
mis-information. Free Burma now!

OKKAR66129@xxxxxxx wrote:

> MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
> YANGON
>
> INFORMATION SHEET
>                            No. A-0839 (I)                               18
> March.
>
> (1)             Myanmar Delegation Arrives Back from Thailand
>                 A 30-member Myanmar delegation led by a Regional
Commander, Maj-Gen Thein
> Sein arrived back Yangon by  special Tatmadaw (Defence Services) aircraft on
> 17 March after attending the 17th Meeting of the Myanmar-Thailand Regional
> Border Committee held in Phuket, Thailand. On 16 March, delegation
members of
> the both countries had cordial discussions at the Regional Border Committee
> and on 17 March they signed the agreements of Regional Border Committee and
> met reporters. Bilateral goodwill relations and relations between the two
> Tatmadaws were further strengthened  during the visit.
>
> (2)             Myanmar Embassy Opened in Phnom Penh
>                 Cambodia to Open Embassy in Yangon
>                 The Union of Myanmar maintains friendly relations with
all the countries in
> Southeast Asia and in conformity with this fine tradition, Myanmar has
> established Diplomatic Missions in all ASEAN countries with a view to
> enhancing relations bilaterally and in the ASEAN context. As Cambodia will
> soon become a member of ASEAN and in view of the friendly relations that
> Myanmar traditionally enjoys with Cambodia, the Myanmar Embassy has been
> opened in Phnom Penh with effect from 16 March 1999. The establishment of
the
> Myanmar Embassy will further strengthen the friendly and cooperative
relations
> between the two countries. It has been learnt that Cambodia will also
open its
> Embassy in Yangon in the near future.
>
> (3)             MD of China Construction international Corp Calls on
Deputy Prime
> Minister
>                 Managing Director Mr. Zhang Qihao of China Construction
International
> Corporation of the People's Republic of China and party paid a courtesy call
> on Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of Myanmar Investment Commission Vice-
> Admiral Maung Maung Khin at his office on 17 March. They discussed
investment
> of China Construction International Corporation in Myanmar.
>
> (4)             Executive Vice-President of EIBC Calls on Minister for
Electric Power
>                 A delegation led by Executive Vice-President Mr. Gu
Mingchao of the Export
> Import Bank of China (EIBC) of the People's Republic of China,
accompanied by
> officials of PRC Embassy and YMEC, called on Minister for Electric Power at
> his office on 17 March.

>
> (5)             Myanmar Delegation Leaves for Vietnam
>                 Myanmar delegation led by Minister for Finance and
Revenue left Yangon by
> air on 17 March for Vietnam to attend the Third ASEAN Finance Ministers
> Meeting held in Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 19 to 20 March.
>
> (6)             Myanmar to Host World Bodybuilding Championships in 2001
>                 A Press conference on holding of the World Bodybuilding
Championships to be
> held in Myanmar in 2001 took place at the City Hall on 17 March. Vice-
> President of International Federation of Body-builders and Secretary-General
> of the Asian Bodybuilding Federation Mr. Paul Chua said peace and
tranquillity
> has been restored in Myanmar and it was chosen to host the World
Bodybuilding
> Championships for its better conditions. International Federation of Body-
> builders will invite 176 nations to participate.
> Government of Myanmar Offers Assistance to Aung San Su Kyi
> to Join Dying Husband
>         The Government of Myanmar has learned with great sadness of the
illness of
> Dr. Michael Aris, the husband of Aung San Suu Kyi, Secretary General of the
> National League for Democracy.
>         Dr. Aris has requested a visa to Myanmar to see his wife  which the
> government is currently reviewing.
>         Dr. Aris' medical condition is extremely grave, however, and
Government
> health authorities are surprised that he would request such a difficult trip
> at this time. Dr Aris has been hopitalized with prostate cancer which has
> spread to his spine and lungs, and according to a published report, would be
> unlikely to survive the trip.
>         To undertake a trip to Myanmar under such  conditions, therefore,
would
> appear to be both irresponsible and inhumane, and the Government is
reluctant
> to encourage or endorse such an action.
>         As a more sensible alternative, the Government of Myanmar
suggests that Ms.
> Suu Kyi  who is in perfect health travel to England to respond to her
> husband's dying wish to see her. She has so far refused to go.
>         The Government will provide Ms. Su Kyi with all possible
assistance in
> joining her husband, if she decides to go.
>
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