DOMESTICS NEWS: 1. Robust sovereignty of a country rests on solidarity of entire people, with Union Spirit as the base; 2. Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 3. Secretary-1 attends School Family Day Prize-distribution Ceremony; 4. Secretary-1 attends opening ceremony of Independence Day Exhibition; 5. Nations enjoying development at present study their history of progress to shape their own future; 6. LPDR Vice-President sends congratulatory message to Vice-Senior General Maung Aye; 7. Indonesian Vice-President sends congratulatory message to Vice-Senior General Maung Aye; 8. Foreign Heads of Government send felicitations to Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win; 9. Union of Myanmar State Peace and Development Council Notification No 1/2005 9th Waning of Nadaw 1366 ME (4 January 2005); 10. Forest museum opened; 11. Notifications on conferring titles and medals of commendation; 12. C-in-C?s Honorary Certificates awarded; 13. Minister inspects park, tarring of road in Taunggyi; 14. 266 drug-related cases exposed in November; 15. Deputy Minister inspects Bo Aung Kyaw container yard; 16. Course on public relations opens; 17. School Family Day of Dagon BEHS-1 held..."PERSPECTIVES": "Safeguard national independence and sovereignty" (page 2)...FEATURE: "An interview with Grandma Bwar Ein Pyae, a centenarian" (page 7)