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To the Editor...
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Bureaucratic journalese
Sir, With the computer In everyday use In large organisations, the Government's development activities may be released to the press in a series of pictograms, charts and graphs.
Such graphics show information at a glance which would take a dozen paragraphs to explain In lengthy (and boring) articles written In academic style. Reports and background papers prepared for official use are not suitable for the mass media. Even seminar papers have to be drastically trimmed and rewritten for popular reading.
These graphics could be faxed to the newspapers and magazines and other distributing agencies. The Government may have Its own Development
Monthly (1n two languages), which should be available freely (no searching all over Dhaka) al the news stalls, and sold cheaply (heavily subsidised). The citizen* do not get the complete picture through the Mlni*ter*' speeches, press release*, press notes and handouts.
Supplements may be arranged at regular interval* on each sector (less writing. more graphics — a picture Is a thou sand words) BTV Is hardly using any graphics for presentation of statistics and data (except playing with the video effects generator*)
There should be training courses for writing in popular style — at the Government end (bureaucratic journalese?). Publicity and propaganda (in public tnterestl) have their own techniques. We manage to do little, but whatever is done
ought to be well splashed. We cannot make mountains of molehill*, but at least make the molehills visible (communicate).
Alf Zabr Dhaka
Trees
Str, There is much written and spoken exhortations for protection of the environment. One of the most important ways for this is to preserve and expand the forest. In Bangladesh forest resource* are being very rapidly de-•troyed. The authorities, at least formally, are committed to *top further depletion of forest. The Government has rightly put a ban on use of wood tn the brickfields. How far thi* restriction is effective we do not know. The local authorities I e a Municipalities. City Corporations etc should be responsible to enforce this.
Unfortunately right In the capital city of Dhaka these days we see many road* being repaired by using wood for llq-uldlfylng asphalt u*ed for the purpose. JUst to mention one location — Gulshan Road Nos. 9
and 12 are being repaired by using huge quantity of wood. This must be the case In many other places in the city. Can we not expect our young and energetic city Mayor to stop use of wood in the repairs of city roads? We also would welcome a move under his leadership and that of Ward Commissioner* for mobilisation of public opinion and voluntarily public participation In tree plantation all over the city tn the coming months.
Habib Sadat Choudhury Gulshan. Dhaka
Mitalee Mukherjee
Sir. Recently the Bangladesh Television presented it* viewer* one magnificent musical session, that la, special song programme of Mitalee Mukherjee. In the programme Mitalee Mukherjee presented some popular songs which greatly enthralled the audiences. The significant side of Mitalee* performance I* that, her voice I* crystal-clear and *he can pronounce and express each and every word of lyrics correctly and clearly.
She also rendered a popular Urdu number which is a sort of devotional song containing tnoral advices.
I would like to extend my profound congratulations to Mitalee Mukherjee and hope to find her again on Dhaka TV in the future. The BTV deserves our thanks for producing and telecasting the solo song programme.
M Zahtdul Haque Assistant Professor. Dhaka
'Hidden treasure in
Cox's Bazar”
Sir, further to my letter published under the above caption In your dally of May 1. it may be mentioned that our successive government* have failed to utilize the valuable mineral "black-gold' for the last two to three decade*. If the government cannot use the 'black-gold economically and commercially it is humbly re quested that others, even my self and my associate* may kindly be issued with a mining licence for the utilization of
the mineral* in the private sector. Why the mineral* and our national wealth be wasted?
OH Kabir
Wart. Dhaka
President's award
Sir, I may be wrong as I am an old man of 72, but It looked to me to be funny when on May 3 evening I saw on the TV screen our Prime Minister giving away the President's awards for Agricultural Development. Whether one like* it or not, we have a President and It would have, perhaps, been more tn the fitness of things if the President himself gave away the prize* and the Prime Minister delivered the principal speech.
AQtw*n
Gedshan. Dhaka