HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Union ministers explain budgets and tasks of ministries at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Union ministers and deputy ministers explained the matters related to the additional budget for 2014- 15 fiscal year at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Session on Monday. Union Minister for Finance U Win Shein explained the nature of original budget estimates and amended budget estimates, additional budgets, the duty and rights of the financial commission, procedures of budgets and additional budgets, management of public finance, financial policy, economic growth, government spending and requirements to include loans that have not been approved by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in the budget."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Pyithu Hluttaw raised questions on safety of gas pipelines: "Representatives raised questions on safety of gas pipelines and taxes on scent wood, thanaka and bee products and debated the report on appropriate electoral system for Myanmar at the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) Session on Monday. Concerning with the question on safety of gas pipelines, Deputy Minister for Energy U Aung Htoo said that standard materials were purchased for Southeast Asia gas pipeline which was designed and constructed in accordance with American Petroleum Institute Standard and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standard for the safety of the pipeline."...Ayotha Hluttaw: No action will be taken against legal property transactions: deputy minister: "The government will not take action against property buyers and sellers if they do their business with money legally earned and pay taxes on profits from their transactions in accordance with the income tax law, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint told the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) on Monday. The deputy minister was responding to the question on whether the government has plans to take action against speculators. However, the deputy minister added that action will be taken against those who make property transactions with illegal money, those who evade taxes for property transactions and those who cause damage to financial operations and measures.".....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2014 kicks off...Housing complex in Patheingyi Township sets to complete within five yrs...Bangkok Airways launches new routes from Chiang Mai to Yangon, Mandalay...Discussions made to carry education columns in GNLM...Two ministries cooperate in nurturing capable human resources...Engineers put finishing touches on Bayintnaung Bridge-2...MMCWA launches mobile clinic in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Minister for Sports attends sports activities in Kachin State...Mobile libraries attract reader students at schools...Toll gates on expressway to apply electronic system...Meeting to raise health awareness held in Myanaung...Farmers observe cultivation of organic vegetables and fruits, pollination of paddy...Arrival of migratory birds may be late in Taungthaman Lake this year...Winners selected for monthly photo contest of Yaw Mingyi Monastery...Letter to the editor...MPC organizes Conflict Transformation workshop...Sitagu International Meditation Centre under construction on Sagaing Hill.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends messages of felicitations to Czech President, PM...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Pyithu Hluttaw receives EU Ambassador...Union FM sends message of felicitations to Czech Republic....."PERSPECTIVES": "2014 is nearing the end" by Aung Khin.....ARTICLE: "Entrance fee to be collected from globetrotters at ancient cultural heritage areas" by Min Htet Aung..."SMEs are now looking up" by H Aung