THE MYANMAR TIMES
& BUSINESS REVIEW
March 13-19,2000                               Myanmar's first international weekly Journal                                            Volume I, No.3

CHAIRMAN of the State Peace and Development Council Sen-Gen Than Shwe has just completed a 500-mile journey to look at development and infrastructure projects currently underway in Myanmar.

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Myanmar is on the move. That’s official, with a four per cent growth in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Speaking to a group of businessmen at the Ministry of Commerce, Secretary-1, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt said the economy was growing and exports were improving, but more was needed to be done to create favourable conditions for private entrepreneurs in order that momentum could continue.