Table of Contents: POLITICAL CRISIS Political Slogans 1 Political Articles (Excerpts) 1 Students Returned Home 6 Students Interviewed 6 Press Conferences 6 Detainees Released 8 Saw Maung Interview 9 Union Day 12 ELECTIONS Party Registrations 13 Party Registration Changes 15 Election Law Not Ready 16 Election Work Programme 17 DIPLOMATIC US Ambassador & Elections 17 New UNDP Address 18 Diplomatic Calls 18 Indonesian Ambassador Approved 18 Ambassador to Poland 19 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Rice for Bangladesh 19 FOREIGN VISITORS Thai Red Cross Delegation 19 Australian Senator's Visit 19 Hong Kong Bankers 19 Thai Delegation 19 Thai Education Group 19 BURMESE DELEGATIONS Imperial Funeral 19 BURMA GAZETTE Probationary Appointments 20 Appointments Confirmed 20 Appointments 20 GOVERNMENT Ministry Reshuffle 20 MILITARY Donations to Military 20 Insurgent Attacks 20 ECONOMIC Kalaw Economy 21 Burma-China Trade 21 Company Registrations 22 Rice Purchases 22 Joint Ventures Promoted 22 Government Wages Raised 22 Teak Industry 22 Rice Prices Too High 23 Overpass Inaugurated 23 Fish and Prawn Industry 23 Welfare Shops 24 Timber Concessions Offered 24 Forest Protection 24 Train Service 24 Rainfall in Rangoon 24 SPORTS Golf Championships 24 CULTURAL Tharchins Discussed 24 Burmese Painting 24 Konbaung Period Writers 25 Stage Theatre Renovated 26 Bells of Burma 27 Pagan Preservation 27 Parabaiks Donated 27 MISCELLANEOUS Crime News 27 Crimes of Disturbance Era 27 Obituaries 28 BAC Plane Crash 28 1988 Narcotics Seizures 28 Fire 28