HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hears estimates vs. actual tax collection figures...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw?s Central Committee for Development Programme discusses development fund.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov?t to speed up water management...Ayeyawady region gov?t seeking micro-grid investment...Diabetes affects one in five Yangonites...UMFCCI to conduct business survey...Oway digitizes Myanmar?s taxi market...For peace, refrain from extremes: Rector Sayadaw...Cash donations tovictims of Y-8 plane crash...One missing after fire on passenger boat...Two killed in Buthidaung Tsp.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UNHCR chief meets villagers in Maungtaw...National Security Advisor visits Dhaka...Speaker U Win Myint receives IPU?s Technical Cooperation Programme Manager...Thura U Shwe Mann meets the representative group of WFD...Thailand delays new labour law after exodus...Fees for foreigners at travel destinations may lower hotel occupancy in Mandalay...Myanmar?s refined fuel consumption growth to outdo Asian peers — BMI Research...Myanmar fisheries exports down, prawn farming under strain...Global gold market volatility drives down local prices...Japan?s Acecook opens instant noodle factory in Myanmar...Daw Ei Ei Khin Aye appointed as Ambassador of Myanmar to Indonesia..... "OPINION": "There should be a clear set of priorities on how to increase education spending" - Dr Tha Sein..... ARTICLE: "Two Sacred Buddha Statues at Taung Tha Man" - Maung Thar (Archaeology)