"Pubbe ca katapuññata, to be endowed with merits accrued in the past; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing host 57th Anniversary Union Day reception and dinner; 2. Senior General Than Shwe's message read out at Union Day flag hoisting ceremony; 3. Prime Minister inspects Hepatitis-B Vaccine Factory, Mental Health Hospital (Yangon); 4. Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspects Heho-Taunglelon section of Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek road; 5. Information Minister tours Magway & Sagaing Divisions; 6. Union Day Exhibition continues; 7. Rural road, water supply commissioned into service; 8. Union Flag conveyed to People's Square from Hlinethaya; 9. MWAF meets Magway Division Organization for Women's Affairs; 10. Kite-flying contest in Bagan; 11. Myanmar-Bangladesh soccer match to be screened; 12. Ministers enjoy Diplomatic Htamane Festival; 13. Joint Communique for establishment of Myanmar- Ireland diplomatic ties signed; 14. Curriculum Vitae of Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia; 15. Seminar on Introduction to Bangkok Hospital held; 16. Press conference on Made in India Show held... "PERSPECTIVES": Let?s unitedly work for long-term interest of the Union (Page 2)... ARTICLES: "Development images of Yangon Division in the time of the State Peace and Development Council" (Page 7); "Let?s march towards a new modern industrialized nation through the strength of national solidarity" (Page 8+9)... POEM: "Park of the Union".