DOMESTIC NEWS:1. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mr Mahinda Rajapakse; 2. 2004 ASEAN Open Optimist Championship opens; 3. Prime Minister receives officials of IMF, WB and ADB; 4. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than inspects construction of bridges; 5. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than on tour of Manaung Township; 6. Sri Lankan PM and party visit Shwedagon pagoda; 7. Deputy Foreign Minister leaves for Vietnam;8. Conference of ASEAN Engineering Federation on18-19 december; 9. Delegates who attended World Buddhist Summit leave; 10. Monks and representatives to World Buddhist Summit visit Bagan, Mandalay; 11. Mawgun Award holders invited to Armed Forces Day celebrations; 12. MWJA observes Sarsodaw Day, pay respects to doyen literati; 13. Maintenance of 3,000-ton jade inspected; 14. Kalay-Monywa-Mandalay bus-line launched; 15. Workshop on Energy Efficiency and Conservation; 16. USDA CEC member inspects regional development tasks in Mon State; 17. Bio gas-fired power station put into service; 18. Library, Museum and Exhibition Supervisory Committee...; 19. If we accept their standard; 20. Blood donors honoured; 21. Minister meets industrialists; 22. Organizational courses No 5/2004 of MWVO open...; 23. Workshop on Kunming-Mandalay-Kyaukpyu/Sittwe Development Corridor opens; 24. Holding of Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners? Conference coordinated..."PERSPECTIVES": "Biuld more roads and bridges for further soci-economic development"(page 2)...FEATURE: "The World Buddhist Summit concludes successfully"(page 7)