DOMESTIC NEWS: New Year Message from President U Win Myint on auspicious occasion of the New Year...New Year Message from Vice President U Myint Swe for New Year of 2019...New Year Message from Vice President U Henry Van Thio for New Year of 2019...Chairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Bhamo Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumara Bhivamsa...New Year wishes by religious leaders...2019 New Year greetings from Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat...2019 New Year greetings from Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than...2019 New Year message of Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...1st Anniversary Independence Day National Objectives...Rakhine State Chief Minister lays cornerstones for Yammawady Home for the Aged, inspects construction of the Kinchaung Bridge in Yanbye Township...‘Made in Myanmar’ exhibition to be held at Kandawgyi Park...New Year wishes by peace negotiators...Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint inspects Film Development Centre, newspaper offices...New Year Greetings from artists...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Monday 31 December 2018)...Thousands of pilgrims head to Mount Popa for New Year, cause traffic snarls...Rakhine Investment Forum to be held on Ngapali Beach from 21 to 23 Feb...Maubin’s children’s literature festival concludes...New Year greetings...Experiencing nature in Shan State on New Year Day...Ayeyawady Art Festival in Pyay welcomes New Year.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Dr. Bhaddanta Nandamala Bhivamsa, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of ROK...Imports of consumer, capital, intermediate goods decline in current fiscal...Myanmar pulses exports cross 1.4 mln tons April-December...Holidaymakers throng New Year destinations nationwide.....OPINION: "A New, Prosperous World in the New Year 2019".....ARTICLES: "Independence and Eternal Peace" - By Maung Khine Mar (Ahtet Min Hla)