DOMESTIC NEWS: Free parking lots construction meets 75 per cent completion in Yangon...MFF to form eight work committees for development of fisheries sector...State of the Sea...Hlinethaya-Sint O-dan water transport service to change its schedule...Vehicle stalled on tracks of approaching train...Seizure of marijuana in Kyaikto Township...Yangon-Mawgyun passenger vessels in regular operation...Inlay Lake waterlevel rising...Fishery inputs prices soaring...Heavy rains inundate roads in Mandalay...CSCs issued in Loikaw...National Power Grid starts supplying Mongyai...Mandalay regional plan duties assigned...Mandalay regional plan duties assigned...Old bomb unearthed in Phaungpyin...High-speed car goes for tea in Toungoo...Dawei District IPRD holds talks on reading habit...Toungoo Auxiliary Fire Brigade honoured...Certificates presented to student monks, laypersons in Mongnai...Mining companies in Shan State (East) meets...Traffic accident occurrs in Kyaukse...Plan underway to construct detour in Meiktila...Free eye surgery performed in Khamti Township...Historic pagoda collapses in TadaU...SWD opens drug addict treatment and rehabilitation course...Moontaekwin-Kyitaung-Khawma-Nay Pyi Taw ring road construction gaining momentum..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein visits Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum...Zeyar Shwe Myay FC, Singtech ink sponsorship deal...Abe to make 3-day visit to Myanmar from next Friday...Myanmar would be able to restore former status before 1960s: President U Thein Sein...Myanmar, ROK keen on strengthening diplomatic ties...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends Second Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai of Thailand..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Coordinated and synergetic efforts"..... ARTICLES: "Bayintnaung Bridge No.2 to help curb traffic chaos" Byline & Photo: Kayan Soe Myint..."Kawthoung: A worthwhile place to visit" Byline: Kyaw Soe (Kawthoung)