HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves ROK Government’s EDCF Loan US$ 93.779 mln.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar now on path to democracy: President U Win Myint...Vice President U Henry Van Thio attends Christmas dinner...Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint receives Myanmar Engineering Council Chairman...Senior General, wife and family offer ‘soon’ to Sanghas, novices, nuns...MOI & MOHS discuss promoting sports...Union Election Commission talks on new electoral roll compilation software...Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint inspects ‘All Who Can Read Should Read’ campaign preparation...Two villagers attacked by unidentified men...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Press Release No. 28/2018 10th Waxing of Nattaw, 1380 ME (17 December 2018)...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Tuesday 18 December 2018)...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Tuesday 18 December 2018)...Yangon circular railway upgrade to be complete by end of 2019...Myanmar Investment Commission discusses post-permit activities.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Win Myint receives outgoing Indian ambassador...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives ASEAN Secretary-General...ASEAN Secretary-General’s office, Union government discuss ASEAN cooperation in returnee repatriation...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives EU/IDEA representative, party...VP U Myint Swe attends 2018 International Migrants Day ceremony...Bangladesh Ambassador visits Sittway...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives French ambassador...St. Mary’s Cathedral hosts 5th Asia Interfaith Youth Network Conference...ROK donates 650 tons of rice for natural disaster victims in Bago...MADB, MI, Sompo to conduct trials for weather index-based crop insurance...Thrice-weekly Hangzhou-Yangon Flights launches...Myanmar wins 4 silver, bronze medals in 19th AUG.....OPINION: "Build a library at home".....ARTICLE: "Roundtable Discussions on the Reform Program in connection with Social Security benefits (Part two)" - By Khin Yadanar PHOTO: MAY OO MOE