Captain Peter MacDonald, Conservative member for the Isle of Wight asked whether the Government of Burma was giving any assistance to he improvement of the existing road to the Chinese frontier from where it continued to Yunnan and. if not. whether. in view of the development nf this trade route to the Far East. it can bring this thoroughfare up to modern standards, It Col A. J. Muirhead, Under-Secretary of State for India Burma, replied that the Governm: of Burma had already brought the road from Lashio to the Chinese frontier—a distance of about 120 miles—up to an all weather standard and that further work was in progress upon its development.—Reuter
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