Suu Kyi concerned with inflation, education

Suu Kyi concerned with inflation, education

TOKYO (AFP): Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed concern over rising inflation and worsening standard of medical treatment and education in her country, the Mainichi Shimbun said yesterday.

In an interview with the newspaper in Yangon, Aung San Suu Kyi was quoted as saying that inflation was the most pressing issue in her country.

She was quoted as saying that many people in Myanmar were talking about the strain in their daily life.

Hospital and medicines are in short supply, while the standard of education had deteriorated in the country, she was quoted as saying.

The Nobel peace prize winner said she wanted Japan to help to improve Myanmar's education system if it wanted Burma to achieve long-term economic.

Aung San Suu Kyi also said that restoring confidence in politics was the biggest challenge facing her country, where she said many people are disillusioned of the current politics.

People's confidence in politics is necessary for economic development in Myanmar, she said.