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NEWS - Myanmar to Allow Access to I



Subject: NEWS - Myanmar to Allow Access to Internet

NOTE: Who REALLY gets the access?  It will probally be monitored.  BUT
the access company will be shut-down for violating international
sanctions.


Myanmar to Allow Access to Internet

               Xinhua
               31-MAR-99

               YANGON (April 1) XINHUA - The Myanmar government will
               allow access to the Internet, which will be used more
widely
               in education, health and electronic commerce, said a
               high-ranking communications official. 

               Addressing a seminar here Wednesday on economic benefit
               through electronic commerce technology on the Internet,
               sponsored by a private company, Brigadier-General Win
Tin,
               minister of communications, posts and telegraph, said,
"The
               world becomes a global village due to information
technology
               (IT). We are now in a knowledge era beyond IT era." 

               Myanmar has been trying to formulate a master plan for
the
               development of the country's IT, importing annually tens
of
               thousands of computers with very little tariff and
classifying
               them as education aids and priority items. 

               The access to the Internet for the private sector is also
being
               striven. 

               Meanwhile, Myanmar computer associations are also trying
               to get support from regional and international
counterparts,
               especially those from Singapore and Malaysia, to enhance
               the country's systematic IT development. 

               Myanmar held the first symposium on IT initiative in June
last
               year to promote the development and advancement of
               computer technology in the country. 

               For systematic development of IT, the Myanmar government
               promulgated the Computer Technology Development Law in
               September 1996 and later founded the Computer
               Technology Development Council. 

               In 1998, three associations of Myanmar computer
               technicians, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts were also
               respectively formed.