HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw turns down new section to mining amendment bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 29 May — The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on Friday turned down the addition of a new section to the fourpoint fourth paragraph of the mining legislation amendment bill, following a heated debate. The two Houses, Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw, had held different views on the additional section. Representatives from Kayin State and Mon State spoke in favour of the new section, stressing the fourth paragraph, if left unchanged, would benefit tycoons and prevent the development of small and medium enterprises. The fourth paragraph does not encompass SMEs, with the Bill Committee saying that the new section in question is not meant to discourage them. The committee called for its cancellation, saying that the new change has nothing to do with the mining bill and that national business people are to go by the Foreign Investment Law if they want to work with foreign firms. The proposed section would require local SMEs to seek permission for working with foreign businesses. Union Minister for Mines Dr Myint Aung favoured the cancellation, citing the same implication in the foreign investment law."..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: We need to decide how we want Myanmar to appear in the future and work together towards that goal, President says Main Results of 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census released...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets political parties...Yangon General Post Office fitted with blue plaque...Health workers, community members aim to prevent malaria...Ministry opens basic tourist guide course...Workshop highlights HIV/AIDS...Traditional medicine kits provided to villages...Mandalay news in brief: Korea Expo 10-14 June...SME Business Networking (B2B) 31 May...Mdy Agricultural Development Bank disburses loans...MCWA members learn advanced tailoring techniques...New power line, transformer brings 24-hour electricity...Rain aids waterway transport on Chindwin River...Needy primary students receive stationery and equipment..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation attends Special Meeting on Irregular Migration...Over 700 Bengali boat people rescued in Myanmar waters...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker tours Warsaw, meets high-ranking officials...International Film Heritage Festival begins...Thai human trafficking boat owner arrested in Myanmar...Myanmar-Viet Nam focuses on cooperation in sector-wise development...Mandalay news in brief: Korea Expo 10-14 June...SME Business Networking (B2B) 31 May...Mdy Agricultural Development Bank disburses loans...Australia-Asia Program to Combat Trafficking in Persons discussed...?60 Years anniversary of friendship between Myanmar and Israel”...Third batch of Myanmar fishery workers arrive home by chartered flight of KBZ Bank..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Nationalism is an infantile disease" by Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "Merit sharing ceremony of 500 million kyats as eternal fund of Wachet Jivitadana Sangha Hospital in Sagaing Hills" by Sayar Mya