LOCAL NEWS: ?Your vote can lead to change?: NDF; NDF urges citizens to vote; A wild weekend in the country; Former captain goes it alone; Election date gives parties a boost but support still low; Wunthanu NLD to contest five seats; Pyithu Hluttaw; Election Vox Pop; Parties ?consult? to avoid overlap; Shan leader farewelled; Parties prepare for Aug 30 deadline; Kayin party seeks end to conflict; Parties gear up for Pyithu Hluttaw fight; Police to target speeding drivers; Medical Research Department offers free pap smears; Visa on arrival to stop September 1; Hoteliers support Pathein flights; Prepaid entrance fees on trial at National Museum; Japan gives funds to rebuild primary school in delta; Delta has highest disability rate in country; YIS opens early childhood centre; HIV-free children bring hope to parents...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: National Planning Ministry drawing up competition law; ASEAN leaders warn on Southeast Asia?s rich-poor gap; Myanmar urged by ASEAN to open market; Myanmar to take part in CABIS mining forum; Car prices continue downward slide; Wheat flour price likely to rise: traders; New cross-border route to Japan; Nursery owners enjoy strong monsoon sales; Yangon?s middle range developers halve projects on demand fears...TIMEOUT: Old artistic habits hamper creativity; Thxa Soe to revive old beats; Artist to visit SKorea forum; Rabindranath Tagore honoured; Celebrity voices talk politics; IC to play Sedona...INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Japan high-technology toilet makers flush with success; CDMA fax service launched; Company starts new ring tone service; Online payments coming: MPT; MPT to add 100,000 extra CDMA lines...TRAVEL: Travel Company offers Israel pilgrimage packages; Thai cabinet approves Bangkok airport expansion; Guides rediscover Bethlehem...CLASSIFIEDS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES.....N.B. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS NO INDEX PAGE, NAVIGATE FROM "LOCAL NEWS" TO THE OTHER SECTIONS