"Sippaañ ca, to acquire skill in sciences; this is the way to auspiciousness" ... DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe meets departmental personnel in Palaw, Dawei, inspects Maungmagan Beach in Launglon Township; Excerpts from Senior General Than Shwe's address; Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt inspects all-round upgrading of Yangon Kandawgyi Garden; Seminar on TB in Myanmar; Military parade columns continue practising drills; Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than inspects development undertakings in Ngayokkaung, Ngapudaw Township, Ayeyawady Division; Vegetable & Livestock Farming inspected; Winners in colour photo contest announced; Prime Minister visits fourth meeting of State Central Working Committee of the Sangha; More ancient Buddha Images of Inwa Period excavated; Meeting of Fifth State Central Working Committee of the Sangha concludes; Htidaws to be hoisted atop pagodas in Mingaladon Garden City; Officials leave for Bangkok; Upgrading of sports grounds inspected; 203 drug cases exposed in January; Press conference on narcotic drugs reports of INCB held... "PERSPECTIVES": "Strive for regional security and economic development" (Page 2) ... ARTICLE: ?Is that so, Maung Ka Lu?” ?It?s more than that” (Page 7).