DOMESTIC NEWS: 1.Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Bhutan; 2.Chinese delegation calls on State Peace and Development Council Vice-Chairman; 3.Practitioners Conference held; 4.Newly-assembled DMU coaches on trial run; 5.Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo hosts dinner to Chinese delegation; 6.Fifth Traditional Medicine and Medical Equipment Exhibition opens; 7.2004 ASEAN Open Optimist Championship continues; 8.Chinese delegation visits Shwedagon and Gems Museum; 9.No 1 livestock breeding farm of Yangon Command inspected; 10. NHC Chairman hosts dinner to delegates of MTMPC; 11.Preservation of cultural heritages inspected in Rakhine State; 12.Training centres inspected in Loikaw; 13.New school building handed over to Ministry of Education; 14.Information Minister receives Indian guest; 15.Rice Milling Development Committee meets; 16.Insurance staff should be loyal to State; 17.News from the Districts..."PERSPECTIVES": "Strive for continued development of tradational medical science"(page 2)...FEATURE: "Waterbirds are good indicators for wetland sites"(page 7)