The traditional Burmese units of measurement are still in everyday use
in Burma. In June 2011, the Burmese government's Ministry of Commerce
began discussing proposals to reform the measurement system in Burma
and adopt the metric system used by most of its trading partners. Most
Burmese units are used solely in the nation but Burmese government web
pages in English use imperial and metric units. For instance, the
Ministry of Agriculture uses acres for land areas. The Ministry of
Construction uses miles to describe the length of roads, and square
feet for the size of housing constructed but square kilometres for the
total land area of new town developments in Yangon City. Also, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs uses kilometres (with mile equivalents in
parentheses) to describe the dimensions of the country. See article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_units_of_measurement
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:03:39 -0400
From: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com>
Reply-To: metricmik...@gmail.com
Subject: [USMA:53289] Who said Myanmar was not metric!
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
http://www.ford-myanmar.com/pickups/all-new-ranger/specifications/#!specifications-options
It appears advertisements for Ford in Myanmar are totally metric.
Mike Payne
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