{"id":3823,"date":"2012-06-27T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T21:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2012-06-27T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T21:37:12","slug":"aung-san-suu-kyi-visits-the-bbc-world-service-with-thanks-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/aung-san-suu-kyi-visits-the-bbc-world-service-with-thanks-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Aung San Suu Kyi visits the BBC World Service with thanks, criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aung San Suu Kyi (photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

Noted Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visited the BBC World Service last week. Her visit served, in part, to thank them for their broadcasts, which became a lifeline of information for her during her fifteen-year imprisonment in Burma between 1995 and 2010. Shortwave radio connected her with the outside world in the solitude of her prison years.<\/p>\n

Sadly, many of the programs offered by the BBC World Service have been cut since Ms. Suu Kyi’s imprisonment. She voiced a few comments about the cuts:<\/p>\n

(Source: BBC World Service<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ms Suu Kyi’s schedule on Tuesday – her 67th birthday – involved a visit to BBC World Service staff at the new Broadcasting House in central London.<\/p>\n

“Because of the BBC, I never lost touch with my people, with the movement for democracy in Burma and with the rest of the world. For that, I would like to thank all of you very sincerely,” she said.<\/p>\n

But Ms Suu Kyi also said she was “a little sad” about changes to programming on the World Service.<\/p>\n

“I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be – or perhaps I’m not listening at the right times,” she said.<\/p>\n

“There used to be so many different programmes, and every time I listen to it now, it’s news and commentaries. I miss the other old programmes… Bookshelf, Just a Minute, and so many others which I don’t seem to hear now…<\/p>\n

“It’s not what it used to be,” she said.<\/p>\n

During her four-day tour of the UK, Ms Suu Kyi is due to meet members of the Royal Family and address the UK Parliament.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of note as well was the praise she showered on veteran\u00a0British DJ, Dave Lee Travis, whose music request program she called\u00a0“a jolly good show” for making her world “much more complete.<\/a>\u00a0I can relate, at least to some degree: you see,\u00a0music, it seems, still delights listeners on shortwave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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