"Sippaañ ca, to acquire skills in sciences; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Indonesia; 2. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye sends felicitations to Indonesia; 3. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sends felicitations to Indonesia; 4. Prime Minister receives Israeli Ambassador; 5. Minister inspects reservoirs, river water pumping projects in Sagaing, Mandalay divisions; 6. Ministry of Construction holds Four-monthly meeting; 7. AEAIWC holds fifth meeting; 8. Minister inspects banks; 9. Greening tasks for Mandalay Airport environs inspected; 10. Coord meeting held to organize People-to-people Exchange Programme: ASEAN Cultural Interaction at Grassroots, Phase III; 11. Meeting on Human Resource Development for Public Health held; 12. WTO Valuation Workshop for Private Sector Batch-5 opened; 13. IWT MD inspects waterway, running of vessels; 14. Foreign Minister sends felicitations to Indonesia; 15. 6th ASEAN Universities Network Educational Forum commences; 16. PBANRD Minister receives Japanese Ambassador; 17. Poet leaves to attend World Poetry Reading Activity; 18. UMEHL holds 17th gem and jade sale; 19. Myanmar-Canada volleyball friendly continues; 20. Shwesaryan Open Golf C?ship concludes; 21. ASEAN, China meet for drug control... "PERSPECTIVES": "Strive for boosting yield of edible oil crops" (Page 2)... FEATURES: "Endeavours to uplift health and fitness of the entire nation" (Page 7); "Cultivating a kind heart" (Page 10)... POEM: "Worthy of choice" ("Not interfering in others? internal affairs...")