HLUTTAW MEETINGS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Deputy Minister vows to make Hpa-an Industrial Zone a success...Pyithu Hluttaw: Land in Hlaing, dam in Shan State discussed by Union ministers.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President addresses meeting on economic development...World AIDS Day celebrated at Amyotha Hluttaw...Ceremony for paper reading on contemporary historical literature and winter season book fair festival opened...Republic of the Union of Myanmar President?s Office Notification 89/2016 2nd Waxing of Nadaw, 1378 ME 1st December, 2016 Formation of Investigation Commission [into the situation in Rakhine/Arakan State]...Mandalay?s famed Shwenandaw Monastery still a tourist favourite...Night market in Nyaungshwe planned to launch in January...Mobil phone ownership at 90 per cent...Deterrent punishment to be meted out for misappropriation of school funds...MCDC to quintuple land rent...Commercial filmmaking in Mandalay culture zones raises country?s income...Highway accidents this year edge toward 700...Electric short circuit causes fire...Fire destroys a CANTER on the highway..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor meets with Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong...U Maung Wai presents credentials to President of India...U Aung Lynn concurrently appointed as ambassador of Panama...Singapore and China top in FDI...Sacha Inchi sample products already exported to European countries...Only left-hand drive vehicles permitted to import in 2017...Mandalay?s famed Shwenandaw Monastery still a tourist favourite...Night market in Nyaungshwe planned to launch in January...2025 ASEAN Socio- Cultural Community vision plan workshop held...Shinhan Bank sponsors Korean medical team to provide free operation for Myanmar children...14 countries invest in Thilawa Special Economic Zone..... "OPINION": "Youth and Cooperatives" - Htun Tin Htun.....ARTICLE: "Celebrating 250 Year of Swedish Press Freedom" - Staffan Herrström