DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Thailand; 2. Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win felicitates Thai counterpart; 3. Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects river water pumping projects in NyaungU; 4. Bridge construction projects inspected in Mandalay; 5. Aid provided for rural development in Sagaing Division; 6. Foreign Minister leaves for Malaysia; 7. First CLMTV-ECS Trade Fair-2004 packed with visitors; 8. Chinese delegation tours Mandalay Division; 9. Foreign Minister U Nyan Win felicitates Thai counterpart; 10. 14th IFNGO ASEAN NGOs Workshop on Prevention of Drug; 11. Minister returns home; 12. Laotian Commerce Minister leaves; 13. Lt-Gen Ye Myint pays homage, donates alms to Sayadaws in Mandalay; 14. 12th 47-member plenary meeting of fifth State...; 15. Regional development tasks inspected in Mandalay Division; 16. Upgrading and sanitation tasks inspected; 17. Education Minister inspects schools Lewe and Pyawbwe; 18. Minister for Culture visits book fair; 9. Talks given to mark World AIDS Day; 20. International Trade Course (Programme-3) opened; 21. 11th Myanma beauty photo contest held; 22. Salin Township gets sufficient drinking water; 23. Aged veterans receive cash; 24. School Health Course opened; 25. An oxygen tank contributed..."PERSPECTIVES": "For economic development and closer ties among five nations" (page 2)...FEATURE: "The Golden Land of Myanmar" (page 7)