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June 1986 Vol. 15 No. 6 OWorld Service All Times GMT Journey through Latin America BRITANNIA OKASAN GLOBAL STRATEGY FUND A NEW combined concept in Global Investment. INVESTMENT ADVISER TO THE FUND The investment objective of the Fund is long-term In 1985, Britannia Arrow capitalgrowthinU.S.dollarterms from an international portfolio of leading companies. Holdings PLC announced the formation of Britannia Okasan BENEFITS - Britannia will provide the specialist International Investment knowledge of international markets and Okasan will Management Limited a joint offer direct and preferential access to investment research in Japanese equities and bonds. venture company with Okasan The traditional secrecy of Japanese institutions which Securities Company Limited of has hampered foreign investors should now be a Tokyo, to manage international problem of the past. investment portfolios. r The parties to the joint venture are Britannia Asset Management Britannia Limited in London and Okasan OKASAN Capital Management Company P.O. Box 271, St Helier, Jersey, C.I. Limited in Tokyo. Please send to me the prospectus and details of the discount offer. NAME GENERAL MANAGER, SECRETARY & TRANSFER AGENT Britannia International Investment Management Limited ADDRESS P.O. Box 271, Queensway House, Queen Street, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Telephone: Jersey (0534) 73114 Telex: 4192092 TEL. NO L LC6 j FEATURES In search of El Dorado Journey through Latin America For 500 years the dream of untold wealth, car- LONDON ried with them by Spanish and Portuguese col- onisers to the western hemisphere, has haunted Latin Americans. Gold, silver, sugar, coffee and, most recently, oil, have all seemed to promise the El Dorado they were seeking. How could people with such zest for life, living London Callingisthe programme amid such natural wealth and beauty, fail to journal of the BBC World Service. make their dream come true? Latin America has To listen to our world-wide transmis- created some of the world's greatest writing and most entrancing music, magnificent painting, sions you will need, in most cases, a brilliant scholars and engineers. Its industry is short-wave radioset,althoughin the most highly developed in the Third World, it some areas we also broadcast on long grows huge food surpluses. Small wonder it has and medium wave and VHF. If you been christened "continent of tomorrow". have a good modern shortwave set Yet today Latin America is encumbered by you will generally find that tuning in debt, its living standards collapsing and its newly and listening is more enjoyable. On reborn democracies undermined by social ten- the frequency pages of this edition sions. The dream of instant, fabulous wealth threatens to turn into a nightmare; John Rettie you will find a guide to the current has been traveUing round Latin America, talking recommendedtransmissionand to people from all walks of life about their hopes frequency limes for your area. As and fears. In a six -part series he explores how you will see, we work in Greenwich Latin Americans view their past and what they Mean Time (GMT) so you will have see in their future. to convert this to local time. From 9th Mons 2030 rep Tues 0230, 1130 Good listening! Cover picture New Time to Reflect The daily religious talks entitled Reflections have a new timing and a new look from the beginning of June. The firsttransmission of each day comes now at 0445, preceding the Financial News and World News. Also, from the first week in June the regular pattern of Reflections takes on a new shape. Following the custom of including within the scope of religious broadcasting on BBC World Service all the major families of world faiths, weekend Reflections are now to be of a devo- tionalcharacter,drawingonresourcesof spirituality within the faiths who observe these days as weekly holy days: i.e. from the Muslim The Cutty Sark tradition of Fridays, from the Jewish heritage on Saturdays (the Sabbath) and from Christian sources on Sundays. Mid -week Reflections try as often as possible to observe the major festivals of the other great world faiths, as well as dealing Trooping the Colour A beggar girl from Cuzco, high up in the withinter -faithissues,concernsof current Andes. What does the future hold for topical and theological interest, and matters of Every year on herofficialbirthday, Queen her? See Journey through Latin America. personal belief and practice. Elizabeth II continues the ceremony performed Daily 0445, 0809, 1709 (Suns only), 2240 by her ancestors since 1805. The colours of a chosen battalion are trooped on Horse Guards Parade in London in what has become one of the Editor: Hugh Closs greatest honours in militarylife.In a direct Ships from Seven Seas broadcast from Whitehall, Julian Tutt brings listenerscommentaryonthiscolourful Deputy Editor: Tony Gwyn -Jones Travel on water was always a hazard. Sitting ceremony. astride their logs, many a prehistoric voyager Editorial Assistant: Jill Thomas 14th 1000 with edited highlights 15th 0030 must have rolledoff intotheriverbefore Advertising Consultant: Jane Hansom reachingtheoppositeshore. Onlywhen somebody realised that a more stable, buoyant Joshua B. Powers Ltd, 46 Keyes House, The Human Voice Dolphin Square, London SW1V 3NA. platform could be made by lashing several logs Tel: 01 834 5566. together did the going geteasier. On such Three programmes look at the human speaking rudimentary but crucial discoveries, the history voice - a part of us which is as distinctive and of seafaring stands - and even today rafts still Regular readers have a reference number, unique as a fingerprint but which most of us take have their uses. very much for granted. which can be found on the address slip in- This series of seven programmes reflects the side the plastic wrapper, above their name The first programme, The Voice Itself, traces development of ships and styles of seafaring by the origins of the voice (and language),its andaddress.Pleaseusethisinall looking at different craft from the oceans of the correspondence. development through life from infancy to old world. From a 'ship' in the strictest sense of the age, its use to express mood, emotion and per- word, the great square rigged clipper, Cutty sonality 15th Sark, to the dhows of Arabia; from the junks of Manipulating the Voice considers the voice as China to the outrigged canoes of Polynesia, the a professional tool used by politicians, broad- range of craft devised by the peoples of the world casters, entertainers, etc; voice coaching and isimmense.Eachisdiscussedbyleading techniques for improvement, and the use of the London Calling, authorities who explain to Malcolm Billings their voice to pursue spiritual enlightenment 22nd PO Box 76, history and construction and tell the story of the The final programme, Preserving the Voice, ingenuity and courage of the men who sailed looks at damage from pollutants like alcohol, Bush House, Strand, them. psychological disorders, and the effects of stress. 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