DOMESTIC NEWS: New Year’s Speech of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (1 January 2021)...“People are the key”...Myanmar citizens abroad brought back home by relief flights...412 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 1 January, total figure rises to 125,042...Build a Union with a diversity of strength...The infection rate has gone down a bit; we need to make efforts so that this infection rate will come down considerably...MoHT minister visits Lewe for tourism destination development...Yangon Chief Minister inaugurates Malpyaygyun power sub-station in Twantay...COVID-19 Call Centre opens daily...Bago Region Chief Minister attends ceremony for electrification in Yedashe Township...MIC’s performances in October and November 2020...Few vessels running in Chindwin River cover maritime insurance...YSX approves listing of Amata Holding on 28 December...Price of Myanmar raw rubber plunges to around K800 per pound - By Nyein Nyein...YGEA to go online for its gold market trading - By Nyein Nyein...73rd Independence Day Anniversary (2021)...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Friday 1st January, 2021) .....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar exports 80 tonnes of fresh chilli daily to Thailand...Beach soccer game to be included in 2021 SEA Games in Viet Nam.....OPINION: "Good investment climate called key to attracting investors".....ARTICLE: "Government Technical Institute and the Vocational Education System" - By Lokethar..."Two chambers for stone plaques in Mandalay Royal Palace" - By Maung Tha (Archaeology) TRANSLATED BY THAN TUN AUNG