"Pubbe ca katapuññata, to be endowed with merits accrued in the past; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: The way in which all the national races will have to march; Senior General Than Shwe receives Malaysian Prime Minister and party; PM General Khin Nyunt welcomes Malaysian PM on working visit; Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt hosts luncheon to Malaysian counterpart; Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt meets Malaysian counterpart; Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sees off Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi; Myingyan Degree College, Government Technical Institute (Myingyan) open; Prime Minister inspects preservation of Bagan cultural heritage; PM attends Pakokku Maha Withutayama Monastery centennial ammemorated; Chief of Armed Forces Training inspects hostels of parade columns; ISD tennis tournament commences... "PERSPECTIVES": "For perpetual existence of the Union" (Page 2)...ARTICLES: "Development images of Mandalay Division in the time of the State Peace and Development Council" (Page 7); "Let?s march to the goal of the seven-point future policy programme" (Page 8+9); "Myingyan Degree College, Government Technological Institute (Myingyan) open" (Page 16)... POEM: "Beauty of Ngwetaung Land": "Ngwetaung Dam, clean clear water shimmering Beautified by cultivation. ..."