DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attends 71st Kachin State Day ceremony...Union Biblical Seminary holds 18th graduation ceremony...Growers relieved as Kyin San Kyawt gate reopens...Public Health Dept to conduct antielephantiasis campaign...56th Myanma Gems Emporium planned in March...Myanmar Academy Awards event 2018 to be held on 23 March in Yangon...Gems and Gold Market Implementation Committee to be reformed...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Thursday 10 January 2019)...Mandalay University to launch Myanmar martial arts course...MNL matches to be broadcast live on MRTV-4, My Sports.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Election Commission Chairman receives USA, EU, Canadian ambassadors...Independent Commission of Enquiry issues press release...Six aquaculture factories meet food safety standards; to proceed with their exports to ROK...2019 designated as MekongJapan Exchange Year...Myanmar-Japan music festival coming to Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay...Tourists discover Myanmar culture on Ayeyawady River cruise.....OPINION: "Realizing our hopes and dreams''.....ARTICLES: "Myanma Economic Delopment: Past, Present and Future'' - By Dr. Maung Aung