DOMESTIC NEWS: Plan for 2017-2018 discussed prior to parliament submission...Pilot project for National ID data collection underway in Sittway...Out of monthly savings of Union Ministers and Hluttaw Representatives, K 2000 lakhs donated to peace process...Myanmar Affairs Volume-2 in circulation...Parliamentary meetings to be resumed on 30th January...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw to the Kachin State Day Celebration Ceremony (10 January 2017)...Finance Commission discusses budget for next fiscal year...Ks380m in government funds for rural electrification in Yamethin Township...Stimulants found during clearance operation in Shan State...23 members of KKO splinter group turn in arms, ammunition to Tatmadaw...Villagers in northern Rakhine receive aid, cash...Ks380m in government funds for rural electrification in Yamethin Township...Raw opium, stimulants found in taxi...WY-brand stimulant tablets seized in Shwegu...Hawker killed in truck brake failure accident...Man arrested for drug smuggling in Lashio...Over 2,700 jade mine licences expire in Kachin?s jewellry territories...Managing market more possible for Myanmar to practice than free market.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar arrives...Myanmar Clarifies Myanmar-India Demarcation Fencing in Naga Self-administered Zone...Fishery exports fetched nearly US$ 400million in nine months of this FY...Myanmar stands second in demand lists for Japanese used cars...Export value increases over $500 million this year...FDI hit US$3.5 billion in nine months...Border trade via ITCs reaches over Ks8.2 billion...UN Special Rapporteur holds talks with authorities, SCOs in Myitkyina...Cosmetics expo coming to Yangon in March..... "OPINION": "We warmly welcome the city reforms" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "What will you do in 2017?" - Mg Thaung Win