HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves third amended election laws: "THE Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approved the third amended Pyithu, Amyotha, region/state Hluttaw elections bills yesterday. At the 27th day session of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in Nay PYi Taw the parliament also invited MPs to enlist their names for discussion on the letter sent by the President concerning the appointment of the Union Auditor- General. Union Minister for National Planning and Economic Development Dr Kan Zaw clarified a draft on short-term five-year projects from the 2016-2017 to the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year. A total of 553 MPs attended the parliamentary meeting."..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: JMC unveils shan plan: Ceasefire monitoring committee pushes forward mechanism in Shan State...Change in policy buffets auto market...MPF advises gold shops on crime prevention...Magway residents demand renovation of nationalist hero statues...Affordable housing project in Haka 50 per cent complete...Myanmar Energy Master Plan Unveiled...Illegal make-shift huts in National Races Village demolished...Tourists show increasing interest in observing cultural heritage in remote areas...Implementation of Tamabin electric river pumping project almost finished...Stimulants and Raw opium haul lead to arrests...Fire destroys two-storey house in Haka...Illegal timbers seized in Sagaing...Child killed in accident...Cowshed, house destroyed in blaze..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives delegation of Centre of Constitutional Democracy...India welcomes visitors with business visas...Myanmar, Thailand discuss migrant labour issues...Israeli fruits to be sold at City Mart...Tourists show increasing interest in observing cultural heritage in remote areas...Mandalay sees increased number of tourists over 2015...Mixed martial arts championship to come to Yangon in March..... "OPINION": "New Development Concept includes Spiritual and Mental Well-being" by Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Hello, I?m still alive! Part I" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt