HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Right canal irrigation system of North Yama Dam suspended due to complaints [Pyithu Hluttaw]...Amyotha Hluttaw to continue discussion on issuance of citizenship scrutiny cards for children at orphanages.....EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Myawady Press Release Team Notification No (14/2013) 7th August, 2013 1st Waxing of Wagaung, 1375 ME Press release on the matter related to enactment of Region/State Hluttaw Bill 2013.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife attend monsoon tree-planting ceremony...Inlay Lake under conservation with greening tasks...Illegal electricity supplier taken action...Narcotic drugs seized in Mawlu...KhinU farmers happy with rainwater...Fallen power line electrocutes woman...Over 260 educational staff appointed in Yamethin Township...Floated firewood penetrates market in rainy season...First batch of GSM SIM cards sold in Mawlu...Kalay starts monsoon paddy plantations...Wards, villages in Kyaunggon affected by flood...Wabo Station Hospital expected to open soon...GSM SIM cards presented to education staff in Pyinmana...Educative talk on censustaking organized...Percussion lock firearms seized in forest reserve...Husks fetches high price...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker attends Debate on AFPFL and Panglong Conference...Myanmar discharges 68 underage soldiers...Blockage on Kutkai-Muse Union Highway cleared...SLCC-MDY opens Shan language, literature course...Outstanding student needs assistance in Gangaw Township...Complaints about taxation system invited...Bayintnaung Market fumigated...Seizure of snatcher exposes more snatching cases on the buses...Hill ringroad expanded for public safety...Phone post falls down, leaving woman cyclist injured...Ye-Dawei railroad section reopened...Flood victims in Kayin State return home..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar will assume 2014 ASEAN Chairmanship by ensuring centrality of ASEAN; obtaining ASEAN consensus; representing ASEAN in strengthening, promoting closer relations with external partners...Navy helps foreign vessel at sea...Concrete jetty handed over to MPA in Kyaukpyu...www.27seagames2013.com for sports information...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives JICA Chairman and party..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Going to SEA Games? For what?".....ARTICLE: "A Study on the History of the Shwedagon Pagoda" Dr.Saw Mra Aung