AFP : Myanmar proclaims Y2K bug rea

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Subject: AFP : Myanmar proclaims Y2K bug readiness

ANGON, Dec 27 (AFP) - Myanmar's ruling military said Monday it had
completed preparations to deal with the millennium computer bug and was not
expecting any problems.
   A government spokesman said Myanmar had finalised its millennium, or
Y2K, precautions and testing of its computerised systems with the help of
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
   "With the cooperation of the Japanese experts and the respective
ministries (Myanmar) has solved all the Y2K problems and declared it is
ready for Y2K," the spokesman said in a statement.
   The spokesman did not respond to questions about the readiness of
Myanmar's aviation industry and airports.
   Struggling under Western sanctions and with a shattered economy, Myanmar
has very few computer systems and no advanced computer-based banking and
financial networks.
   The millennium bug refers to the inability of many old computers to
differentiate between 2000 and 1900, as they are programmed to read the
year only by the last two digits. 


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