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BURMA: PRIVATE SECTOR VISIT TO HONG KONG
1. THE BURMESE AUTHORITIES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH UNDP, ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN ORGANIZING A SERIES OF VISITS BY STUDY GROUPS, COMPRISING A MIX OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBERS, TO GAIN INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
(1) PRIVATIZATION
(2) FOREIGN INVESTMENT REGULATION BODIES
(3) ONE-STOP FOREIGN INVESTMENT (APPRAISAL,
AUTHORIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE)
(4) EXPORT PROMOTION ORGANIZATIONS
(5) NATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
(6) DEREGULATION OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
(7) PROVISION OF TRADE INFORMATION TO BUSINESS
COMMUNITY
(8) COMMODITY EXCHANGE CENTRES
ALL COSTS ARE BORNE BY UNDP. A GROUP HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM WESTERN EUROPE, INCLUDING A WEEK IN LONDON WHERE A PROGRAMME WAS ARRANGED BY THE COI.
2. UNDP HAVE ASKED IF A FURTHER STUDY GROUP OF 12 PEOPLE COULD VISIT HONG KONG FROM 11-16 NOVEMBER (THIS WOULD BE PRECEDED BY A WEEK IN SOUTH KOREA AND A WEEK IN JAPAN). IS THERE A LOCAL BODY WHICH COULD TAKE THIS ON AND IX UP A
PROGRAMME OF RELEVANT CALLS? WE HAVE A GENERAL INTEREST IN PROMOTING ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION IN BURMA AND SHOULD LIKE TO BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN. WE WOULD SEND DETAILS OF PARTICIPANTS LATER.
3. GRATEFUL EARLY REPLY.
HARTLAND-SWANN
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