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Well, The Crow, Read this..... Bangkok Post, 19 March 2000
Remittance law to be scrapped Outrage may cost minister his job
Ralph Bachoe Burma is to revoke its recent ruling that nationals working overseas must remit home, in foreign currency, 50% of their annual income.
However, they must still register with the Directorate of Labour and pay 200 FEC (Foreign Exchange Certificate) dollars to a non-refundable account of the Overseas Employment Registration Screening Board. This has to be done on their return to the country.
The decision, soon to be officially announced, follows outrage from Burmese expatriate workers, including diplomats and other officials on government assignments whose children hold part-time jobs in countries like Britain and the United States.
Children of these officials, out on work visas, are actually furthering their studies while working part-time in places like McDonald's.
Burma does not issue student visas.
Some officials have threatened to leave their children behind on completion of their assignment overseas.
In the wake of the controversial law, sources in Rangoon said Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, the labour minister instrumental in implementing the unpopular ruling, may be dismissed. It is said that the government was not involved in the salary remittance issue and it was a decision taken independently by the labour minister. However, some are sceptical of this explanation.