DOMESTIC NEWS: Rural production and economic growth engine of national economic development - Data of UNDP and relevant department, shows poverty falling in Myanmar [The following is a translation of the speech delivered by President U Thein Sein at the opening of National Level Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation]...Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone CEC Meeting held...Union Education Minister visits YU, UFL (Yangon)...Weather forecast...ABC Billiards & Snooker Challenge Cup commences...Myanmar Brewery donates 30 computers, Hepatitis B vaccines...Literary talks held in Pyay District...Locals in Myitson Hydropower Project areas relocated to Aungmyintha, Maliyan new villages...Electricity supply temporarily cut off to clear trees, branches catching power lines...Electricity supply temporarily cut off to clear trees, branches catching power lines...7th Myanmar ICT Exhibition 2011 kicks off...Bago Region Chief Minister inspects new school building...Victorious pennant handed over to Shan State football team...President U Thein Sein attends opening of National Level Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation FOREIGN RELATIONS: Relief supplies for Tahlay quake victims...New lab & laboratory apparatuses for IDTC (Upper Myanmar)..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Seek pragmatic ways to promote rural economy"