DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Indonesian President; 2. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye sends felicitations to Vice-President of Indonesia; 3. Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win sends felicitations to Indonesia; 4. A & I Minister inspects Pyu Creek Multipurpose Dam project; 5. Partnership Meeting of National Red Cross Societies opened; 6. Coordination meeting to seek ways and means for development of crop production held; 7. Mon State USDA holds annual meeting; 8. Development of Yangon International Airport inspected; 9. Minister inspects cold storage, fish meal plants, prawn breeding in Myeik; 10. Shan State Cooperative Festival opened; 11. Chike Village-tract in Loikaw Township gets new library; 12. Commander inspects harvesting of model monsoon paddy plots in Toungoo, Oktwin; 13. 40th Anniversary of UDNR observed; 14. NPE Credit Cooperative Society meets; 15. Exhibition to mark 40th Anniversary of UDNR opened; 16. Industry-2 Minister receives Japanese Ambassador; 17. Fifth cash donation for performing arts held; 18. 12th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions continue; 19. Work Committee Chairman, sub-committee members meet; 20. Ramayana Drama Contest continues; 21. Future tasks of sports federations, arrangements for camping of athletes coordinated; 22. South-West Command team emerges champion in U-21 Tatmadaw Football Tournament... "PERSPECTIVES": "National consolidation through border areas development" (page 2)... FEATURE: "Endeavours for Foot and Mouth Disease control in Myanmar" (Page 7).