89-07 BURMA PRESS SUMMARY (from the WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY) Vol. III, No. 7, July 1989 +-+-+-+-+ Table of Contents POLITICAL CRISIS Political Slogans 2 WPD Slogans 2 Political Articles (Excerpts) 2 Press Conferences 6 Abortion Case 12 Saw Maung's Address 12 Bombings and Arrests 12 Detainees Released 13 Disruptions & Arrests 13 Tax Rumors Denied 13 Martial Law Implemented 13 Yangon Travel Controls 14 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Arrested 15 ELECTIONS Election Rules Promulgated 15 Press Exemption Certificates 16 Deadline Issued 19 Election Work on Schedule 19 Party Registration Changes 19 Election Sub-commissions formed 19 DIPLOMATIC Diplomatic Calls 19 Sri Lankan Ambassador 20 Ambassador to Cuba 20 US Messages Printed 20 Ambassador to Canada 20 Ambassador to New Zealand 20 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Bangladesh Carpet 20 Chinese Stadium Accounts 20 Korean Consumer Goods 20 FOREIGN VISITORS Canadian Ex-Prime Minister 20 Malaysian Minister 21 Yunnan Study Mission 21 Malaysian Mining Delegation 21 MYANMAR DELEGATIONS ILO Delegation Returns 21 Education Delegation Returns 21 News Team to USSR 21 Scientist in Japan 21 Students to Japan 21 Cultural Delegation to Thailand 21 MYANMAR GAZETTE Probationary Appointments 21 Transfers 21 Confirmations 22 GOVERNMENT New Legal Titles 22 Arzani Day 22 Remission for Criminals 22 Prisoners Released 23 Yangon Names Changed 24 MILITARY Tatmadaw & the Public 24 Insurgent Attacks 24 Insurgents Surrender 24 ECONOMIC Economic Articles 24 Rice Prices 25 Company Registrations 25 Second Car Showroom 26 Private Bean Exports 26 Economic Workshops 26 More Joint Venture Companies 26 Teak Auction 27 Edible Oil Supplies 27 Export-Import Registrations 27 Rainfall in Rangoon 27 HEALTH Narcotic Fashions 27 SPORTS Sports Articles 27 Soccer Team to Thailand 27 Badminton Team to Thailand 28 Cycling Team to Malaysia 28 CULTURAL Myanmar Literature 28 Myanmar Arts & Crafts 28 Memoirs of Htin Lin 29 Articles on Morals & Religion 29 Archaeology 29 MISCELLANEOUS Crime News 29 Obituaries 29 Current Advertisements 30 Engagements 30 Fire in Mandalay 30 APPENDIX-GEN. SAW MAUNG'S TEXT..31 +-+-+-+-+ July 31 issue not yet received. In June the official English spelling of placenames was changed to conform with pronunciation. Thus Burma became Myanmar, Rangoon became Yangon, etc. We follow these changes in our text, but will retain our title of Burma Press Summary until a change is made by the Burma Studies Group.--HCMacD.] +-+-+-+-+ POLITICAL CRISIS Political Slogans The political slogans quoted in the November 1988 issue appeared in each issue of The Working People's Daily throughout July. WPD Slogans Since Apr. 7 the The Working People's Daily has run a political slogan across the bottom of each front page. In July these slogans were new and changed almost daily. July 1: Practices and activities defying authority lead to anarchism in an independent nation. July 2,27: Love your Motherland. Respect the Law. July 3: Read the `Working People's Daily' and keep yourself abreast of the times. Missing the `Working People's Daily' a day means an age. July 4: Love your nationality. Love your country. Preserve and uphold your culture. July 5: Only the people of Myanmar love Myanmar most. Love your motherland. Defend and protect her. July 6: Economic and social development of indigenous people shall be enhanced through construction of roads and bridges. July 7: The Tatmadaw shall never betray national interests. July 8,25: Down with all destructive elements above-ground and underground. July 9,26: Anyone who tries to break the Union is our enemy. We will strive for perpetuity of the Union. July 10: Work precisely, correctly, zealously and expeditiously for the people. July 11,23: Anyone who gets riotous, destructive and unruly is our enemy. July 12,23: Tatmadaw and the people, co-operate and crush all those harming the Union. July 13: Never hesitating, always ready to sacrifice blood and sweat is the Tatmadaw. July 14: Neither to be enslaved nor be bogged down. Come! let's strive we all, with solidarity bound. July 15: Strive for cleanliness of cities, streets, schools, market places, for the people. July 16: Never submitting but resisting colonialism, we shall crush all its minions. July 17: Give priority to the solidarity of nationalities. July 18,28: Keep up mutual respect, fraternity and equality among nationalities. July 19: We salute the Fallen Leaders on the 42nd Anniversary of the Arzani Day. July 20: To prevent disintegration of the Union is our aim, so shall we strive. July 21: Selflessly in the service of the country, work hard, all in our public service. July 22: Tatmadaw and the people in eternal unity; anyone attempting to divide them is our enemy. July 29: To guard against falsities and have a clear view, read the newspapers daily. July 30: Don't let the Union disintegrate because of you. Political Articles (Excerpts) Following the pattern begun in October, each issue contains lengthy feature articles, translated from Burmese, designed to bolster government views and policies. We note them briefly, with excerpts of particularly significant portions, but can provide copies if needed: July 1: I wish to say it again, by Nan Moe Hkam. [Hill people support the Tatmadaw and Government.] July 2: Martial Law and Administration of Justice, by Mya Win. [Legal significance of martial law.] July 3: Review and appraise what you have done, by De Lon. [Politicians should review their past actions: have they been abusive and slanderous; do they give their statements to unfriendly foreign correspondents; do they serve the people? "The lackeys within the country lick the boots of the long noses and try to please them making the prestige of the Myanmar people held in low esteem."] July 4: Interference in Myanmar internal affairs, by Mya Win. [According to the June 30 VOA, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher asked the House of Representatives for US$2 million in aid funds for "absconding students in Myanmar" and this was granted by the House. The matter is still pending because "the majority of members of the Senate are still against the proposals." Rohrabacher's visit to insurgents in Myanmar in 1988 reviewed. [The Committee for Restoration of Democracy in Burma (CRDB) was "formed by members of the expatriate group who after the group broke up fled to America; the founders of CRDB are Tin Maung Win, Ye Kyaw Thu and others, all former insurgents." They "formed the Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB), an alliance of armed insurgents... headed by KNU insurgent leader Nga Mya as chairman with KIA insurgent Brang Seng as first vice-chairman and Tin Maung Win as secretary." ["The CRDB bulletin Vol I No I dated January and March 1989 published in the US showed a photograph of...U Tin Maung Win together with Tom Malinowsky, assistant of US Senator Patrick Moynahan {photo reproduced} and another photo of Tin Maung Win with Michael Maran Jala `special assistant' to KIA insurgent leader Brang Seng together with some US politicians {photo reproduced; caption identifies Tin Maung Win, Michael Maran Jala, and Dr. David Steinberg}, a signed declaration of US Congressman Rohrabacher urging for support of the DAB alliance... {photocopy of Mar. 24 Rohrabacher statement "commending" the "Burma Democratic Council, representing Burmese expatriot [sic] groups in the United States"}, and the declaration by Senator Patrick Moynahan supporting the demands made by the insurgents {photocopy of Moynahan Press Release endorsing "Taw Hlun Ye Day, or Resistance Day."} Status of students with insurgents, and the 3,000 who have returned, including ABSDF leader Maung Maung Kyaw, reviewed. [On July 1, the BBC said there were still hundreds of students left in the border areas "the majority of which had joined the KNU insurgents and so there were no more who could be called students.... According to news received from the border area the number of students who have actually joined the KNU insurgents is only about 850." ["The United States of America instead of helping the Government which is building a multi-party democracy system is attempting to aid the DAB which is leading the KNU, the KIA and the CRDB...is interfering in our internal affairs and...obstructing the work to set up a multi-party democracy, contrary to the basic principle of the {USA} to support democracy. Similarly, the fact that US politicians receive...representatives of the of the KIA who deal in narcotic drugs, is contrary to the basic principles of the {USA} which oppose narcotic drugs. By cutting aid to the Myanmar government which has been undertaking anti-drug work continuously and to give aid to drug trafficking insurgents in the DAB amounts to abandonment and renunciation of the basic principles of the Government of the {USA}. "] July 5,7: The People's Tatmadaw for the people's welfare, by Myo Htut. [Role of military in Myanmar history since 1947; world military leaders.] July 7: Talk, by Mani Zawta. [Buddhist teachings against bad talking and slander.] July 8: Bogyoke Aung San, the architect of Myuanmar's independence, by Kyaw Nanda Aung. [Eulogy to Aung San.] July 9-10,12-14: What colour the bridge? Is it white? Is it red? Judge for yourselves!, by A Doctor. [(1)-(5) Falsity of accusations that security units (Lon Hteins) massacred students at the Inya Lake Bund on March 16, 1988, and detailed account from eyewitnesses of what they said really happened.] July 9: What should be said must be said, by Maung Pwint Lin. [How All India Radio (AIR) "is airing its `dirty air' about the Myanmar Naing-Ngan...," trying to stir up trouble with the Sangha, and endorsing political party efforts to keep schools from reopening. "The destructive elements have been able to broadcast free of charge."] July 10,12,15-17: Confrontation, by Bo Thanmani.