HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Presidential appointment, nominees announced by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Rakhine slayings by insurgents...UCSB chairman receives Graduate School of Public Policy delegation...President U Htin Kyaw attends stakedriving ceremony for staff housing...4,000 apartments to be constructed in Hlegu...Roads to be paved at Muse 105-mile trade zone...WY-brand Amphetamine tablets seized at the 3-mile check-point, Maungtaw ...One Suspect Seized in Buthidaung Tsp...A Fire Breaks Out in Maungtaw Tsp...40,000 people visit the Secretariat in three days...Agri machinery trading zones to be established...Rubber price increases over Ks950 per pound in the local market...Gender equality in politics discussed in Yangon...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Myawady Literary House...Polio vaccination drive kicks off in Maungtaw Township...Yangon New City Project to start after rainy season...Heavy rains submerge 688 houses in Mon State..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives UK House of Commons Clerk of Legislation...UN Special Rapporteur meets with Union officials...VP U Henry Van Thio addresses UN special session on water and natural disasters...State Counsellor receives Ms. Yanghee Lee...China CITIC Construction Group, MAPCO and MRF ink MoU for Agribusiness Centers Project...Individual trade card holders do Ks11 bln in border trade this FY...Border trade amounts US$ 1.9 billion, exports decrease by US$1.2 million...Chinese tax on Myanmar goods slows trade to a trickle in July...Dr Win Myat Aye discusses natural disaster management at UN session...Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs attend 9th China -Asean Forum...UN rights envoy asks ASEAN to assist Myanmar?s transition...UEC Pronounces Decrees on Election Complaints Case Nos 1, 2 and 3 in By-Elections, 2017...UNAIDS report: AIDS-related deaths drop by 52%...Myanmar trounces Brunei in AFC U-23 qualifying....."OPINION": "A major driving force of the country" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE : CHALLENGE TO LONGEVITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE" - Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe