Since late last year, a wave of privatization news in Burma has hit the headlines of local journals and exiled news Web sites. The latest unofficial word coming out of Naypyidaw is that the junta has ordered most state enterprises to be privatized before the 2009-10 fiscal year ends on March 31... "According to figures released by Burma?s Ministry of Finance and Revenue, 380 small gold mines have been partly or totally privatized in recent years, while more than 500 ruby and jade mines in Shan State, Kachin State, Sagaing Division and Mandalay Division, including the well-known Mogok and Mongshu mines, have come under private ownership. In December 2009 alone, 260 state-owned buildings, factories and land plots were privatized, including 137 properties that were auctioned..."