HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw discusses budget for 6-month FY gap.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Security agencies warned not to use State security garb...Vice President U Myint Swe inspects progress of Chindwin Bridge...Trade volume at Maungtaw Trade Zone exceeds target...800 Star tortoises will release to indigenous native lands of Minsone Taung and Shwesettaw wildlife conservations...Village development plan to be conducted spending K10 million for a village...Lisu traditional New Year festival and 60th anniversary of Putao Lisu Literature and Cultural Committee...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 7/2018...One more political party applies for registration...Public announcement for remonstration...Yangon gov?t collects over Ks1,600 million as tax on gold products...Yaba worth Ks353.6 billion seized from 9,544 cases in 2017...Illegal drugs worth over Ks240 million seized in Hsenwi...Public suggestions sought on Communication Service Licence fee change...Sithu Aung is top scorer in Myanmar National League 2018...KBZ Bank Girls? U13 Tournament 2018 final to be played tomorrow.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Repatriation of refugees to commence next Tuesday...Myanma Foreign Trade Bank (MFTB) expands financialservices...Mandalay registers high inflow of tourists in 2017...First MIC meeting issues 3 permits, 4 endorsements...Myanmar earned $10.1 million from cashew nut exports...Over 100 foreign businesses enter manufacturing sector this FY...Border trade at Muse gate up by $206 million this FY...Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry discusses repatriation efforts of displaced persons from Bangladesh...Lao PM visits Shwedagon, Thilawa SEZ...Names of more than 1,300 ARSA terrorists sent to Bangladesh...U Myo Nyunt, the Chairperson of the Constitutional Tribunal, receives the Ambassador of Singapore in Nay Pyi Taw...Appointment of Ambassador agreed on...Foreign Head of State sends felicitation to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi....."OPINION": "Preparedness for natural disasters".....ARTICLES: "YBS,Water Bus, School Bus and Yangon in 2017" - By Hsu Hnin Lei