DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. It is important for national races; 2. Senior General Than Shwe hosts dinner; 3. Minister inspects road, bridge construction; 4. H&T Minister attends 8th Meeting of ASEAN; 5. Myanmar hockey delegation leaves for Malaysia; 6. Soya-bean, winter crops plantations in Zalun; 7. Energy Minister attends coord meetings of MPE, MOGE; 8. BEd trainees of UDNR visit Pyithu Hluttaw; 9. SWRR Minister meets departmental personnel in Pathein; 10. Commerce Deputy Minister tours Kayin, Mon States; 11. Training courses conclude at Ministry of Industry-1; 12. Sale promotion of Scorpion C-Plus held; 13. Sports equipment donated; 14. 237 drug-related cases exposed in December 2004; 15. Drugs trafficker jailed..."PERSPECTIVES": "Better public health care through effective application of medical science"(page 2)...FEATURE: :Golden age in the offing on Ayeyawady west bank(page 7)