DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein joins Kachin Manaw Festival...Myanmar invites service providers for Yangon Stock Exchange to apply for licenses...Myanmar tourism boom likely to continue at impressive pace...Donations for offering gold foils at Uriztaw Pagoda in Ponnagyun...Plan to dredge sandbanks in Ayeyawady River for prevention of erosion...Wellwisher donates 10 sets of tables and chairs to BEHS Branch...Tatkon Township IPRD honours top book borrower, top reader awards...Sittway to hold carriage pulling festival...Myeik has potential to attract more tourists...Thingangyun Township plans to install 32 transformers for electrification...Only 35 villages remain to have access to electricity in Pyawbwe Township...Myanmar C.P. Cup tennis championship 24-29 Jan...Unilever to continue free oral care programme..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thailand?s first expo, business matching scheduled for mid-January in Yangon...Foreign investments critical to poverty alleviation, says union minister..... "PERSPECTIVES": "The World deserves our gratitude" by Aung Khin..... ARTICLES: "DEVELOPMENT" by U Kyin Mun..."Amarapura, the second last old capital city VII" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt