DOMESTIC NEWS Take us to the bridge - Winner of Yangon new town project to donate five bridges...Government supervision proposed for hasty management of state-owned properties: Pyithu Hluttaw...Mandalarians gear up for El Niño-related illness...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Notification 7/2016 - Defense Services Personnel representative substituted...President inspects Myittha River dredging operations...UEC declares disqualified candidates, representatives...C-in-C visits Coco Island...Energy Ministry has privatised all but 12 fuel stations: Permanent Secretary...Yabba seized in Tachileik...Car accident kills three, injures four...Yabba seized in Tachileik...More than six million Yabba bills seized in Tachilek...Police seized heroin in prison...Bamboo growers may buy saplings at better prices...Myanma Timber Enterprise to organise open tender sales in March...Population survey of the Sarus crane to be conducted in Myanmar...Around 700,000 students to sit matriculation examination this year..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar tourism industry could double in the next decade...Poor service, high prices blamed for hindrances of tourism development - Ko Moe...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Israeli ambassador, UNHCR resident representative...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets UNHCR resident representative...Amyotha Hluttaw forms interparliamentary friendship associations...Asia-Pacific, Myanmar scouts hold talks...Three aircrafts detected to have invaded restricted territory...One tical of Myanmar gold tips over K800,000 mark..... "OPINION" : "Many a true word is spoken in jest" - Kyaw Thura......ARTICLE: "Nation Building, National Identity and Ethnic Groups" - Sayar Mya