DOMESTIC NEWS: President unveils stone plaque at Myanmar-Lao Friendship Bridge...Contemporary art exhibition features diverse range of work...Gov?t, ethnic armed group and political party representatives attend peace and national reconciliation forum in Yangon...Mandalay Region to hold 1st Yadanabon Cup invitational men?s volleyball tournament...Revenue officials explain taxation laws...Journalists from Upper Myanmar visit Yazagyo multi-purpose dam project...Amyotha Hluttaw speaker hoists sacred umbrella to pagoda in Mandalay Region..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar hockey supporters make donations for SEA Games trip...Australian tourists travel Myanmar by motorcycle...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Pakistan Aeronautical Complex..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Those at grassroots level vulnerable to hike in commodity prices" by Aung Khin..... ARTICLES: "Flibbertigibbets, sybarites, loafers, pessimists, rumor-mongers,nincompoops and drug addicts never contribute to the good of society" by Tommy Pauk..."Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)" by Sayar Mya