"Pubbe ca katapuññata, to be endowed with merits accrued in the past; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. The 57th Anniversary Union Day message of Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar; 2. Mogaung Bridge opened to hail 57th Anniversary Union Day; 3. Union Flag arrives in Hlinethaya from Hmawby; 4. Secretary-1 inspects Myitkyina Education College, Nurse & Midwifery Training School; 5. Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspects agriculture and livestock breeding tasks in Nyaungshwe; 6. Minister tours Saw, Htilin, Gangaw townships; 7. Commander hosts dinner to Union Day delegates; 8. Pakokku U Ohn Pe Scholarship winners announced; 9. WFWP gifts for MMCWA; 10. MWAF officials meet executives of Divisional Organization for Women's Affairs; 11. Moe, Han bid to end title drought in Myanmar; 12. Karatedo team arrives back.13. Myanmar and Ireland establish diplomatic relations; 14. Poppy fields destroyed..."PERSPECTIVES": "Let's lend ourselves to national endeavours" (Page 2)...ARTICLES: "Let's join hands firmly and in unity" (Page 7); "Development images of the entire nation in the time of the State Peace and Development Council" (Page 8, 9)