DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon, Mandalay technological universities to be upgraded as centres of excellence...Aungthiri Foundation provides scholarships for outstanding students...Myanmar Media Development Center (MMDC) commissioned into service...Moderate earthquake jolts...Selecting of universities table tennis athletes and prizeawarding ceremony held...Shwepyitha Township organizes tree growing ceremony in rainy season...Passenger speed boats run along Mandalay- Bhamo route...Bamboo fibre underwear flows into market in Mandalay...First plenary meeting of Myanmar Publishers and Distributors Association kicks off...Progress of Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun) inspected...Narcotic drugs, paraphernalia seized near Mantonpa Village of Laukkai Township...More people to have easy access to telephone in 2015-16...Kyaikpi BEHS of Mawgyun facilitated with new building...MWEA to host talks on women?s health...Taxation lectured to middle school students in Mayangon Township...Paddy seeds of Palethwe strain sown in Kyaunggon...Collective tree growing ceremony held in Kyaunggon Township...CSC ISSUED [photo]...MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY HOLIDAY NOTIC (sic)...Collective tree growing ceremony held in Mongping...MMCWA organizes rainy season tree growing ceremony 2012...People in Rakhine State provided cash, clothes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Deputy SWRR Minister attends signing ceremony of MoU [with MHD]...Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs focus on development of iron and steel industry...Myanmar, Japanese musicians stage Orchestra Concert Myanmar...NPED Dy Minister attends Hong Kong Summit...Dy Finance and Revenue Minister attends 7th Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Co-operation Forum...UMFCCI meets Japanese guests..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Peace, harmony and amity of our ethnic people".....ARTICLE: "Ward and Village-tract Sanghanayaka Committees in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)