DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanma Timber Enterprise invites open tender for teak, hardwood logs...Communication tower installed with devices in Natogyi Township...Donations of meals to monks successfully conclude...MCF to organize examinations for IT enthusiast youths...Digital meters installed at lamp-posts in Magway Township...Caravan Jet to give sightseeing services to passengers to enjoy aerial views over Myanmar...Union Ministers meet township development affairs committees...Union Minister inspects harvesting and irrigation facility in Bago...Progress of development projects under inspection in Salin Township...Academic skills of teachers improved at the workshop...Solo arts show displays over 80 water colour paintings...Fry shrimps, fingerlings released into dam...No 1 inter-district road under maintenance...People repair damaged road in Kyunhla Township.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: IMF optimistic about Myanmar economic outlook despite challenges, lots of works to be done...MCF to organize examinations for IT enthusiast youths....PhD in Educational Leadership conferred on former principal of MMMC...Union minister observes social protection activities in Britain...Officers from Ministry of Border Affairs leave for Singapore...Mdy Region Chief Minister visits Enterprise India Show...Indian entrepreneurs hope for trade and investment opportunities in Mandalay Region....."PERSPECTIVES": "It is time to give serious consideration to disaster risk reduction" by Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Courage" by Kyi Mun