Myanmarese exhibition

JAKARTA (JP): German state-owned trade fair organizer Messe Munchen International will hold an exhibition in the Myanmarese capital of Yangon in cooperation with Myanmar's Industrial Development Committee.

The company's managing director, Reinhold Unterburger, said yesterday that about 100 international exhibitors from Europe and Asia would participate in the exhibition, which will be held in October.

"Companies like Siemens of Germany, Alcatel of France, Daimler-Benz of Germany and PT Astra Graphia of Indonesia will take part," Unterburger said.

"The political and economic situations in Myanmar are not as bad we have seen and read in the media."

He said he expected more companies to participate in the exhibition even though British and U.S. companies have said they would not attend. (10)