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         March 20, 2010
QUOTE  OF  THE  DAY

"Policy is issued in the form of orders and therefore tends not to have the benefit of cross-ministry coordinated consultation to ensure that the law itself is not in conflict with other policy areas"

Rangoon-based diplomat


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