DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing offer provisions to Ovada?ariya Sayadaws, members of SSMNC, SCWCSAO, Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Sayadaws, title recipient Sayadaws...Farmers receive loans, fertilizer in Shwebo District...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Japanese nuclear radiation unlikely to affect Myanmar - No radioactive element in rainwater of Myanmar...48th Myanma Gems Emporium goes on for eighth day...Dy Education Minister visits BEHS No.6 in Zabuthiri...State Ovada?ariya Sayadaw passes away...Nay Pyi Taw Thingyan Festival Tour Golf Cup on 14 April...Construction of tower across Hline River inspected...16151.1 acres of poppy plantations razed...Fire breaks out in Zabuthiri Township...MWAF donates furniture to village library in Ottarathiri Township...New bridge put into service in Sinbaungwe Township..... FOREIGN RELATIONS: Myanmar donates cash to Japanese Govt for quake, tsunami victims...Myanmar Tennis Team leaves for Kuala Lumpur...Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo provides necessary assistance to Myanmar citizens..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Prevent infectious diseases"..... ARTICLE: "Farmers fetching much incomes through cultivation of water melon" Article: Zin Bo Min; Photos: Khin Maung Win