ELECTION: UEC Chairman meets Shan State, Kengtung district/ township subcommissions...Application for formation of political party submitted [The All National Races Unity and Development Party (Kayah State)]..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Central Training School of Construction Ministry conducts capacity-building courses...Course on Training of Trainers for Civil Service No. 1/2010 conducted...Fuji Xerox to launch sales promotion...Mon State Red Cross Supervisory Committee opens new building...Work coordination meeting of Taninthayi Division Police Force held...?Myanmar Women?s manner is Myanma Culture” held...Deputy A-G meets law officers in Yangon Division...Segate Hard drives and ECS motherboards on sale...Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & Remote Sensing (RS) Courses on 3 August...Article contest (open) to be held to mark International Literacy Day...Green pea plantations in Yesagyo Township in good condition...Monsoon paddy cultivation in Ayeyawady Div..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Machinery, the key to agricultural success"..... ARTICLE: "Communication networks, a driver behind building a new nation" Zaw Win (Kyemon) [Progress of communication sector from 1988 onwards]