"Bahusaccañ ca, to have immensity of knowledge; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, on the occasion of the National Day of the State of Kuwait, which falls on 25 February 2004. Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, and officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, helicoptered to the Dokhtawady Bridge (Nawnghkio) Project in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State (North) on 21 February afternoon; Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, wife Daw Mya Mya San and party paid homage to Maha Myat Muni Buddha Image on Zeya Hayma Hill in Lashio at 8.45 am on 22 February; The merit-sharing ceremony for newly-constructed Sasana Jotika Ordination Hall and two-storey refectory of Myole Pariyatti Monastery in conjunction with the offering of provisions to the monasteries in Lashio, Shan State (North), took place at the refectory on 22 February morning, attended by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San; Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, wife Daw Mya Mya San and party pay homage to Tilawka Wizaya Hsutaungpyi Pagoda; Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt attended the ceremony to hand over the Bodhi sapling donated by the President of the Republic of India and to donate English version treatises for International Theravadha Buddhist Missionary University by Thitagu Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Nanissara at the University this evening; State acknowledges nurses, midwives, health assistants as most basic forces of health sector - Prime Minister addresses opening of Myanmar Nurses Association Conference; General Khin Nyunt, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, on the occasion of the National Day of the State of Kuwait, which falls on 25 February 2004; Third four-monthly meeting of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council held; Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin inspected production process at No 1 Tyre and Rubber Factory in Thaton Township, Mon State, on 21 February; A meeting was held to clarify fishing undertakings under the Fishing Rights of Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries was held at the meeting hall of FD on Hsinmin Road, Ahlon Township this morning; Chairman of the Management Committee for Observance of the 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe inspected the hostels where the columns that will participate in the 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade are putting up this afternoon; Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, together with Deputy Ministers Brig-Gen Thein Tun and Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, arrived at No 1 cigarette factory of Myanmar Foodstuff Industries on Thukha Road in Ward-8, Hline Township this morning; The 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Commemorative Literary and Photo Contests Organizing Committee today announced that it will conduct a colour photo contest; The ICPD+10 Advocacy and Alliance Building Workshop jointly sponsored by Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPE) was opened at the meeting hall of MMCWA at the corner of Thanthumar and Parami Road in South Okkalapa Township this morning... "PERSPECTIVES": "Do more research on diseases and build more pharmaceutical factories" (Page 2)... ARTICLE: "The success achieved at Salone Traditional Festival"