NEWS TOPICS: » Architects apprehensive over building spree around Shwedagon Pagoda » ASEAN visa exemption one step closer after KL meeting » Industrial sector aims for 19pc share of GDP » Taxis with set fares hit Yangon » Major electric power project launched » Canada-bound ship with Myanmar crew flounders off Alaskan coast » Myanmar invited to attend ASEM meeting » Malaysian university expands to Myanmar » Local NGO to open healthcare centres » Trains: the coolest way to get to class » China trade team comes to Myanmar » Wire theives warned » EU funds disease fight » Monsoon soaks vendors » Musicians seek ways to outfox video pirates » Health training for govt factories » Yangon hospital to start offering eye operations » In new-wave barbershops, it?s no girls allowed » Slow sales for package tours to Taungpyone fest » Workshop seeks tsunami solutions » Nationwide oral health survey to be conducted...BUSINESS: Thailand joins A-1 gas bidding » Govt extends trade freedoms » Local tyres in short supply » Privatisations raise govt K15 billion » Banks claim a solid recovery » Foodstuffs Association established » High export demand for beans and pulses » Rubbing shoulders with the Man » Market look