HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves to fund establishment of ASEAN Humanitarian Aid Center...First Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw special session held...Rules lack of practicality and flexibility are to be amended: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker...Reconstruction and maintenance of irrigation facilities, equal learning opportunities discussed..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (16-8-2012)...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Ministry would not get involved in selection of Myanmar Thabin Professionals Association: Union Minister U Kyaw Hsan...Flood warning for Sittoung River...Shwekyarbingemsmarketsupervisory committee meeting holds...Nay Pyi Taw Inter- Ministry Men?s football tournament goes on...Priority given to self-administered zone/ division, state/region for development tasks...Information for anti-human trafficking...CSC ISSUED; BREASTFEEDING DEMONSTRATED; TREES PLANTED; VITAMIN-A GIVEN [photos]...Palethwe paddy seeds sown in Pauktaw Township...DHF preventive measures taken in Thegon Township...Various subjects of books, publications donated to village library...Fertilizer broadcast at Palethwe paddy plantation...Warning for precautionary measures against flood..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Indonesian counterpart...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham felicitates Indonesian Vice-President...Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Indonesian counterpart...Union Defence Minister Lt-Gen Hla Min meets Thai Defence Minister Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat...10th East Asia Forum (EAF) commences...Thai goodwill delegation led by Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Navy Admiral concludes visit..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Quit bad habits".....ARTICLE: "Constitution and pillars? duties" Maung Aye Chan (Harvard) ["...The Hluttaws need to be strong. However, they should be strong just for the interests of the State and the people and it is the time to adopt the concept that each pillar must have the ability to be tested by the check and balance system..."]