DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe visits; 2. Curriculum Vitae of H E Mr Bounnhang Vorachith; 3. Deputy C-in-C of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Maung Aye; Prime Minister attends rehearsal of World Buddhist Summit; 5. National Day observed at basic education schools; 6. Prime Minister inspects Yangon International Airport; 7. Secretary-1 attends ceremony to enshrine relics; 8. Secretary-1 presents prizes to outstanding students; 9. Chinese delegation leaves for home; 10. Thaddamma Waiponla Ordination Hall inaugurated in Dagon Myothit (South); 11. Home Affairs Minister attends cash donation ceremony for doyen literati; 12. Prime Minister?s gifts for monastic education schools in Yedashe; 13. Yangon Mayor attends honouring ceremony of winners of Yangon Division; 14. Self-reliant library opened in Mongnaung; 15. First CLMTV-ECS Trade Fair-2004 continues; 16. Tube-wells inaugurated in rural areas; 17. Cash provided for school building 18. Self-reliant libraries inaugurated..."PERSPECTIVES": "Cooperation between government and people: key to emergence of democracy"(page 2)...