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NEWS - Myanmar to Allow Access to I
- Subject: NEWS - Myanmar to Allow Access to I
- From: Rangoonp@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 22:28:00
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.