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DAASK speaks out against invstment



Subject: Re: DAASK speaks out against invstment

Dawn Star wrote:
> 
> Daw Aung San Suu Kyi speaks out against foreign corporate investment in
> Burma (Burma Courrier 202: DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI SENDS A MESSAGE TO
> CANADA)
> 
> We do not think that investment in Burma at this time can do our
> country any good.  It is not because the National League for Democracy
> is
> against business as such. It is not because we are against foreign
> investment. It is only because we do not think that the time and
> circumstances are right for investment. Investment made at the right
> time
> and in the right way could be of enormous benefit, not only to the
> people
> of Burma but to those who are investing Burma. But that time has not yet
> come.  It is only when there is a democratic framework that allows the
> operation of a genuine market economy is in place that investment can be
> of
> benefit to both investors and to the people of country that the
> investment
> takes place.