Ladies and gentlemen, friends and colleagues…….
I am very
proud to be with you today, and I am highly honored for trusting
me to carry on this prestigious position of the President of BMA-NA.
I will try my best and will not let you down.
I know it
is hard to follow the past presidents before me, since they had
put in all their effort, time, money and most importantly ‘Cetana’,
to build this association up to the present stage. I would like
to thank Professor Stan and Dr. Beatrice Ting for their
contribution and the prestige they brought to this association.
We know
that there are so many Burmese medical associations all over the
country and I hope one day we will be able to unite all Burmese
medical professionals under one Burmese Medical Association
outside our old country. I know it is hard but it is not
impossible in this day and age with the present day modern
technology.
I found
out that the BMA-NA is one of the foremost established
associations outside Burma. But what made me join this
association is that it is not only for social activities among
the medical personnel, but also for the welfare and health of
our Burmese people. This is evidenced recently by the generous
donations given by many members of the BMA-NA for a kidney
transplant patient in Burma. I would like to thank all the
donors for this noble cause. In this connection, I would also
like to thank ‘Cetana Foundation’ for helping Burmese
people in various ways.
We need to
remember that we are fortunate to be born in Burma and get good
education at a relatively little expense. Our Burmese culture
had taught us to be polite, respectful and helpful to others.
We should maintain our precious culture. We will help in any way
to promote the health of our people whether they are inside or
outside our country or in between. There should not be any bias
on political or religious belief. This is nothing new to this
BMA-NA. You can witness all these activities in the previous
BMA-NA bulletins.
Dear
friends: please
do not forget that we are more fortunate to be in this great
country and have the opportunity to study freely the various
aspects of life and be able to work here. Now it is time to pay
back in any form to all our less fortunate people.
Please help us to continue our endeavor!
Thank
you.
Dr. George
Hlaing Mya
August 5, 2006
