HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw celebrate 1st anniversary...Ministers request budget approval at the 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw fourth regular session..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 13 civilians killed, eight missing after violent attacks in November, October 2016...Woman found dead in Maungtaw...Workshop on ICCPR held...Construction of Sittwe port to be completed soon...300 Illegal ammonium nitrate bags seized in Moehnyin, one mine deactivated...CCTV cameras to be installed on 11 main roads...Aung Pin Lae Lake Bay Mae stone inscription under renovation...Trailer hits two girls on bicycle...Decorative petrified resin stones in high demand...Eel cultivation experiment to sell larvae in February...Democratic Party (Myanmar) presents their policies, philosophy and programs...Cultural heritage of Yangon to be preserved while implementing Yangon Master Plan...Management committee of 70th Union Day, meets troupes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thai authorities hand over 44 trafficked victims back to Myanmar...ADB to support Myanmar to develop transport projects through PPPs...Flotsam of a motor boat and two people on board seized in Maungtaw Township...Turkish aid arrives in villages in northern Rakhine State...Wife of Japanese PM donates cash, stationery to monasteries, nunneries...US dollar exchange rate over Ks1,360...Nearly 600,000 car import permits granted...Trade value with ITC hits over Ks 9,908 million...Myanmar-Thailand trade up by nearly US$ 160 million..... "OPINION": "A villain tends to resort to wicked ways in time of difficulty" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "TRAINING FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES" - BA THAN...