DOMESTIC NEWS: Assistance to be rendered to private gems companies to manufacture and sell polished jade and gems through technology sharing and market research; Minister meets guests; Coord meeting of Customs Department held; UMFCCI Vice-President meets Indian delegation; Chinese Deputy Public Security Minister arrives; Vocational course on harticulture, tailoring, bakery opens; Entries invited to article and colour photo contests; Year-round greening pf 30-mile radius of Yangon City discussed; 175 tourists onboard chartered flight arrive; Indian mily delegation visits Shwedagon Pagoda, King Zafar Shah's tomb; Ministry of Information holds coordination meeting; Training courses of Ministry of Industry-1 conclude; Refresher Course for English, Mathematics and Physics Teachers winds up; YCDC steps up efforts for good drainage system, transportation; NLD brass's ignorance of members's wish deviates from democracy - NLD dancing to alien master's tune, demanding economic sanctions on nation - Seven resign from Kalaw NLD as they lost interest in party; Hydel power projects in Bago Division inspected; Winners of Worls Environment Day commemorative essay competition announced; Agricultural, forestry and livestock and fishery sectors need high technology to realize the State's objectives..."PERSPECTIVES":"Twantay Bridge emerges over Twantay Canal"...FEAUTRE:"Salient points on pesticides-2"