DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Chairman of State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Spain; 2. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sends message of felicitations to Spanish counterpart; 3. Mon Creek Multipurpose Dam project to irrigate 108,000 acres and generate 75 megawatts - Secretary-1 inspects Mon Creek Multipurpose Dam Project in Magway Division; 4. Teaching aids donated to Htantabin BEHS - Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win attends donation ceremony; 5. Development work in Kokogyun Township inspected; 6. State/Division participants in Performing Arts Competitions arrive; 7. Minister receives Australian Ambassador; 8. Commerce Minister receives Ambassador of Singapore; 9. Minister attends 4th ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Meeting; 10. Myanmar delegation arrives back; 11. New Shwehtidaw to be hoisted atop SoonU Ponnyashin Pagoda; 12. Victorious Finance and Revenue football team arrives back; 13. Myanmar Canoe team bags eight gold in fifth SEA Canoe Race... "PERSPECTIVES": "Work steadfastly towards eternal existence of the Union"... FEATURE: "Will it let itself sink in the quagmire because of extreme ego?" (page 2)DOMESTIC NEWS: