DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister General Thein Sein on his departure for Indonesia, Singapore...General banking course (officer level) concludes...Thai Phyathai Hospitals offer modern medical treatment, air ambulance for Myanmar...Reproductive health programme starts on 23 March...Training course No. 1/2009 for trainers for civil service...Special Appellate Bench hears five special civil appeal cases...Work coordination meeting on disaster preparedness...Indian doctors of AMRI hold medical conference...Workshop on producing marketable quality paddy to be held...Australian Ambassador calls on A & I Minister...Notice to mariners issued...Prize presentation ceremony of Myanmar Masters 2009 held...Mandalay Association (Yangon) holds 32nd annual meeting...PRC donates bulldozers, excavators to storm-hit areas..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Actively participate in regional development tasks with added momentum"..... ARTICLES: "Better and smooth transport contributing to rural development" Article: PyinOoLwin Chit Swe..."Irrigation facilities across nation extending monsoon and summer paddy acreage" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Maung Maung Thant