HLUTTAWS: Mandalay Region Hluttaw continues for sixth day...Thirteen day session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw meeting continues One proposal and one bill discussed, one bill put on record, one bill clarified, one bill submitted..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Government implementing plans on Dawei Special Economic Zone, Thilawa Special Economic Zone and Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone in addition to establishment of many industrial zones to create long-term economic opportunities for merchants and entrepreneurs...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister inspects development tasks...Union Minister provides Palethwe quality paddy...Identity cards to be taken out for matriculation exam announced... Union Minister provides Palethwe quality paddy strain to farmers...Pyithu Hluttaw Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission meets civil society...Daw Nan Shwe Hmon, wife of Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham, meets WAO and MCWA in Lashio District, donates rice, oil, cash to orphanages...Displaced families in Kachin State provided with necessities...New concrete road inaugurated...Health care services discussed...Development of fish resources discussed...Anti-snake venom donated...Vocational courses conclude...Outstanding teachers, students awarded...Repaved road commissioned...Wakema gets new asphalt strand road...Inter-village bridge opened...TB patient care service lectured...Htamane making contest held...Skill contest of children held...Wakema facilitated with new rural jetty..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to King of Brunei Darussalam...Government implementing plans on Dawei Special Economic Zone, Thilawa Special Economic Zone and Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone in addition to establishment of many industrial zones to create long-term economic opportunities for merchants and entrepreneurs...Delegation led by Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker leaves for China...CBM Governor receives Executive Vice President of OCBC Bank...Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Brunei Darussalam counterpart...Union Mines Minister receives foreign guests...MoU signed between Boards of Trustees of Beijing Tooth Relic Temple and of Shwedagon Pagoda...Workshop on strengthening bilateral cooperation in rice industry between Myanmar and Thailand held...Union H&T Minister receives guests...Union Minister U Kyaw Hsan receives Yunnan TV delegation..... "PERSPECTIVES":"Going on the right track".....BRIDGE ARTICLE: "Thanlwin Bridges (Tarhsan and Tarpa) contributing much to smooth transportation of local people in Shan State" Archive: Maung Nyein Aye