HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Only some ministeries? proposed funds reduced.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Water Level of the Thanlwin exceeds danger level in Hpa-an...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Rakhine State Chief Minister meets townselders in Sittway Tsp...Flood victims in Pathein provided with bags of rice...MWAF lectures women?s affairs committees of Ministries...Sky Net?s Cup 2012 Hockey Tournament on 25 August...Over 100,000 fingerlings released into rice field in Kyaunggon...Anti-dengue campaign conducted in Shwepyitha Township...Drinking water supplied to flood victims in Ingapu...Flood?s victim property stolen...Flood victims in Ayeyawady Region get aids (sic)...Fingerlings released into rice field in Wakema...Yekyi FFSA donates provisions to flood victims in villages...Flood damages roads, bridges in Nyaunglebin...Three arrested for gambling in Bago Region...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister on inspection tour of Pathein...Two injured when 22-wheeled truck collides light truck...Delegation of Patheingyi Institute of Agriculture makes excursion to educational farms in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...First batch final exams to be held by YUDE, MUDE...NUTRITION WEEK [photo]...Woman stabbed to death in Yekyaw Village, Ngapudaw Tsp...Information for anti-human trafficking...Food, aids distributed to flood victims in Shwegyin...New teaching method to be introduced into technological universities in Myanmar as of 2012-2013 academic year..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Ukrainian counterpart...President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Ukrainian Prime Minister...17th South East Asian Junior Men?s Volleyball Championship 2012...Union Construction Minister calls for improvement of transport facilities ahead of AFTA...ROK Embassy donates books to MLF...Chairman of Pyithu Hluttaw Transport, Communication and Construction Committee meets CSIS?s Senior Advisor and Director...Necessary measures to be taken in advance to give protection to migrant workers...Chairman of Pyithu Hluttaw Transport, Communication and Construction Committee meets CSIS?s Senior Advisor and Director...Union Foreign Affairs Minister receives Director of EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection Office...Workshop on development of hotels and tourism sectors in Mandalay and Bagan-NyaungU Regions held...`Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint receives Japanese guests...Opening ceremony parade and torch relay for SEA Games discussed..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Role of ethics" [in government]