DOMESTIC NEWS: Gem stones sales continue in capital city...Union Border Affairs Minister inspects Youth Development Training School in Sittway...YESB to be transformed into a public company...Six Myanmar companies secure national business awards...University of Medical Technology will award degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics next academic year...Raw feed prices may go up within next four months: Myanmar Aqua-feed Association...Respects paid to retired faculty members of MU Mathematics Department...Performing arts competition 2014 concludes in Mandalay Region...Paddy pollination carried out successfully at 3000-acre farmland...Namkham Township strives for elimination of narcotic drugs...Shrimp producers plan to resume their breeding in coming season with advanced tech...Winners for gems and jade lots announced...Plans underway to open rehabilitation units to provide better health care.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein visits Paddy Seed Research Centre in Milan...Japan-funded rural development project aims to enhance rural livelihoods, to increase rural incomes in targeted six townships in Myanmar...Union Finance Minister arrives back home after participating in IMF and WBG meetings...6th ASEAN+3 Committee on Women discusses promotion of opportunities for women...Studying professional technique in Japan...South Korea to help develop 100 villages in Myanmar....."PERSPECTIVES": "Infrastructural development needs effective use of revenues" by Kyi Mun.....ARTICLES: "CREATIVE" by U Kyi Mun..."Thoughts on the Life-companion of Man" by Maung Phyo