MYANMAR'S JUNTA PLANS REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION 
 
DATELINE: YANGON, Dec. 2 1994 
 
Kyodo
 
BODY: Myanmar's new constitution will be adopted by a referendum,
and general elections will be held in accordance with the new
charter, a member of the ruling military junta has told a Japanese
business delegation.
 
National Planning and Economic Development Minister Brig. Gen.
David Abel, a member of the State Law and Order Restoration Council
(SLORC), told this to the 24-member group of Japanese business
leaders in Yangon on Thursday, sources close to the group said.
 
A national convention of nearly 700 delegates is meeting in Yangon
to draw up guidelines for the state constitution. The convention is
currently dealing with chapters on the legislature, judiciary and
administration, Abel reportedly said.