[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index ][Thread Index ]

Asiaweek - Is there any plan at all



Subject: Asiaweek - Is there any plan at all in Myanmar?

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0045_01BF4DAD.8312EDC0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Asiaweek - Dec 23, 1999.
Is there any plan at all in Myanmar?

The generals in Yangon are among the few leaders in the world still =
dealing with Y1K issues like competition and the reality of modern =
communications. The regime had allowed a private Internet service =
provider, Eagle IT, to set up business -- and it was doing just fine. =
Earlier this year, Eagle's executive director John Chen told Asiaweek: =
"We have about 500 clients already and our customer base is growing." =
Perhaps that was simply too much for the telecoms ministry, which was =
Eagle's main competitor. But who knows for sure in secretive Myanmar? =
All that is certain is that Eagle's e-mail service was abruptly shut =
down on Dec.13 and apparently some of its staff were detained. Maybe the =
worldwide web spooks the spooky generals.=20



------=_NextPart_000_0045_01BF4DAD.8312EDC0
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT color=3D#990000 =
size=3D3><B>Asiaweek - Dec 23,=20
1999.</B></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT color=3D#990000 size=3D3><B>Is =
there any plan at=20
all in Myanmar?</B></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The generals in Yangon are among the =
few leaders in=20
the world still dealing with Y1K issues like competition and the reality =
of=20
modern communications. The regime had allowed a private Internet service =

provider, Eagle IT, to set up business -- and it was doing just fine. =
Earlier=20
this year, Eagle's executive director John Chen told Asiaweek: "We have =
about=20
500 clients already and our customer base is growing." Perhaps that was =
simply=20
too much for the telecoms ministry, which was Eagle's main competitor. =
But who=20
knows for sure in secretive Myanmar? All that is certain is that Eagle's =
e-mail=20
service was abruptly shut down on Dec.13 and apparently some of its =
staff were=20
detained. Maybe the worldwide web spooks the spooky generals.=20
<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_0045_01BF4DAD.8312EDC0--