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Business news from Myannmar (9 Dece



Subject: Business news from Myannmar (9 December 1999)

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Business news from Myannmar (9 December 1999)

C O N T E N T S
1209-01 Deutsche Bank Hold Seminar In Yangon
1209-02 Japan-Myanmar Economic Conference Concludes
1209-03 Bangladesh Chamber Of Commerce Delegation Here
1209-04 ASEAN Gathering In Yangon
1209-05 Myanmar Statisticians To Train In Sri Lanka
1209-06 Ministry News
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1209-01 Deutsche Bank Hold Seminar In Yangon
**A seminar on Bank Management into the New Millennium was held in Yangon
on 7th December.

Germany's Deutsche Bank and Myanmar Central Bank jointly sponsored the
seminar.

Myanmar Finance Minister in his address to the seminar urged for reforming
the state's banking sector in accordance with the changing international
banking system in the new millennium.

1209-02 Japan-Myanmar Economic Conference Concludes
**Second day session of Japan-Myanmar economic conference was held in
Yangon on 7th December.

Officials of Myanmar's Heavy Industries Ministry submitted papers on
Industrialization in Myanmar and on Human Resource Development during the
last day session of the conference.

1209-03 Bangladesh Chamber Of Commerce Delegation Here
**4 businessmen from Bangladesh's Chittagong Chamber of Commerce who are
currently in Yangon met on 7th December with Myanmar's Light Industries
Minister.

Myanmar's Light Industries Ministry and Bangladeshi businessmen have common
interests in the textile sector. Bangladeshi entrepreneurs are operating a
number of medium and small textile mills in Myanmar.

The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce delegation is expected to meet with the
Myanmar Chamber of Commerce officials during their stay in Yangon to
discuss bilateral trade promotion.

1209-04 ASEAN Gathering In Yangon
**Myanmar to host ASEAN's Director General meeting of Immigration
Departments next week.

The 2 days meeting will be held in Yangon on 13 and 14 of this month.

1209-05 Myanmar Statisticians To Train In Sri Lanka
**Two Myanmar statisticians left Yangon on 4th December to Sri Lanka to
attend the training.

Myanmar statisticians will be trained for two weeks under the Inter Country
Training programme on Morbidity Coding programme.

1209-06 Ministry News
**Every Thursday, Myabuzz features Ministry News.  This will tackle issues
in the preceding week (with emphasis on business and investment news) in
the various ministries in the country.

1. Myanmar's Telecommunication Ministry officials met in Yangon last week
for coordinating work review on the Y2K computer problem. Y2K problem may
occur on the first day of the new millenium and probably on 29th February
next year. Myanmar has finished tests for deterring the problem.

2. Machinery bought by Myanmar's Heavy Industries Ministry arrived at
Yangon port. The Ministry bought the machinery worth over US$ 90,000 from
India for its acetylene factory.

3. Myanmar's Hotel and Tourism Ministry and Singapore's Tourism Board
sponsored a 6 days course on supervisory skill in Yangon. 77 trainees from
various hotels in country attended the course.
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