General Aung San reviewed the deteriorating situation in Burma in 1946, noting that money was scarce, prices were high, agriculture was in chaos, and education and salaries were extremely low. Discrimination was common and civil liberties were curtailed. However, a local newspaper had claimed money was more plentiful than ever. General Aung San argued there was a gap between this theoretical viewpoint and the reality of most people in Burma struggling daily to survive. He stressed the importance of considering both theory and reality, as well as where data is based, to understand economic conditions accurately.

1. General Aung San
&
his point of view
in business
Presented by
Hnin Thiri Chaw
9Ph.D-3

2. Life Sketch
 Born on 13th February 1915
 Natmauk headquarter
 The son of the lawyer U Pha and Daw Su
 A graduate of Rangoon University in Art, taking
English Literature , Modern History and Political
Science
 Born Leader of Myanmar

3. Sketch review of the country
situation in 1946
 Money is scarce.
 Price of consumer goods are high.
 while rice and paddy are low.
 Agriculture are in chaos and harvest and
crop are not good.

4. Sketch review of the country
situation in 1946
 The food situation in Burma is
deteriorating.
 Education is in shamble.
 Salaries, allowances and wages are
extremely low everywhere.

5. Sketch review of the country
situation in 1946
 Discriminations between servants and
employees of Government and of
Government subsidies companies and
corporations are frequent.
 Law and order is seriously jeopardized
 Political persecution is getting into stride.
 Civil liberties are seriously curtailed and
emergency law and Defense Act continue

6. Sketch review of the country
situation in 1946
 There are growing signs of discontent
amongst peasantry and labor.
 The salaries of teachers are much lower.
 Not all teacher are paid.
 In particular, vernacular teachers suffer
most.

7. New time of Burma Survey vs
General Aung San Survey
 General Aung San
said money was
scarce.
 New Time of Burma
Newspaper said
that there are more
money than ever
before.
 A wise ecomomist
suggest that a
great deal of
money should be
taken out of
circulation.

8. Doubt
Do they form their observations by seeing the
attendances at many cinemas and theatres
of Rangoon?
Do they judge this question of money
circulation by paying a stray visit to local
bazaar?
Do they know cinema and theatre are not
true indicators, at least in Burma, of the
people’s economic condition?

9. Doubt
Do they know that there are many in this
country who cannot think of going to these
places by having to struggle for their bare
existence from day to day?
Do they know that those who now-a-day
patronize or frequent cinemas and theatres
which exist?

10. Message from Idea of General
 There must be a gap between the theory and
the reality.
 We have to consider not only the theory and
but also the reality.
 We have to consider the gap because those
data are not always reliable.
 We have to aware that where the data are
basing on.

11. Poem

12. Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
Invictus

13. Burma Challenge
Written by
General Aung San
Critique of British Imperialism Presidential
Address, May 1946
Reference

14. Thank you for your attention.