"UNION Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) opened more than 400 party offices across the country simultaneously on August 20, a senior official from the party?s Yangon Division branch said last week. The offices were opened at about 9:30am, the official said, adding that 50 were opened in Yangon Division, including 45 township offices, four district offices and one divisional office. The official said the party would focus campaigning on winning support among the ?grassroots” of society, followed by the middle class. The official said the USDP had already selected 149 candidates for Yangon Division ? the maximum permitted for a single party ? of which 45 were for Pyithu Hluttaw constituencies, 12 for Amyotha Hluttaw constituencies and 90 for the Yangon Regional Hluttaw. An additional two USDP candidates will stand for the Yangon Regional Hluttaw as representatives of the Rakhine and Kayin ethnic groups, which both get to elect a special representative in the regional legislature as they have more than 60,000 residents in Yangon..."