Wednesday 3 December 2008

Joke of the year!!!

Myanmar: PM Says Farm Sector Can Absorb Unemployed

2008-12-03 12:11

YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar's prime minister has said that the country's economy can provide jobs for returning migrant workers who lost their jobs due to the global financial crisis.

All three state-run daily newspapers on Tuesday (2 Dec) published the remarks by Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, made at a meeting with ministers, government officials and businessmen in the capital of Naypyitaw. It was the first public comment from the government on how the global crisis might affect the country.

In the remarks, made Monday (1 Dec), Thein Sein said that should workers overseas lose their jobs, Myanmar's agricultural sector by itself could employ millions.

Thein Sein said there are 46,057 Myanmar workers legally working abroad, but statistics from other countries and organizations estimate that more than 2 million are working abroad illegally, the New Light of Myanmar and other newspapers reported.

Thein Sein said millions of workers are needed in palm oil plantations, rubber plantations and teak plantations, and for timber extraction. Fisheries and the salt industry are also ready to hire workers, he said.

The foreign, labor and agriculture ministries all stand ready to help Myanmar workers who lost their overseas jobs, he added.

The prime minister conceded that the global economic crisis could have an indirect impact on Myanmar and destabilize local markets even though the effect on the monetary sector should be minimal because Myanmar's currency is not freely convertible so money transactions are not closely linked to foreign banks.

Thein Sein said Myanmar, which faces U.S. and European economic sanctions by the West because of the ruling junta's poor human rights record and failure to restore democracy, has no relations with Western monetary institutions. He also said Myanmar's foreign loan burden is insignificant compared to other countries, the New Light of Myanmar reported. (AP)

3 comments:

Jeg said...

Thein Sein said that should workers overseas lose their jobs, Myanmar's agricultural sector by itself could employ millions.

Did he say how he plan to pay these millions of workers? Maybe some pineapples, or bananas, or maybe bush frogs?

Forced labour? naaaaaah that wouldn't cross his mind... naaaaaah

KeithWin said...

Thein Sein is a retard just like his masters Than Shwe, Maung Aye, and Shwe Mann

Jeg said...

Rangoon firms into lay-off; job seekers mount
Over the past three months reduction and lay-off of staff members have been on in Rangoon as companies struggle to survive the impact of the global financial meltdown, resulting in..

http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/1404-rangoon-firms-into-lay-off-job-seekers-mount.html

We should send them a dictionary for Christmas... and ask them to find "denial".... and maybe "lies" while they have the book opened... uuuuh