DOMESTIC NEWS: Head of State has given guidance to carry out work for cultivation of physic nut plants as rural development task; Fifth Anniversary Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Laba Muni Buddha Image to be held; Antibiotic medicines for hospitals donated; Local people urged to grow more physic nut plants that can generate more incomes and contribute to regional development; Cancer preventable curable - Worl Cancer Day observed; Religious objects enshrined; 12,000-ton capacity dry dock launched by repairing MV Mandalay; Market festival extended to 7 February; Police Sub-Inspector Course No 54 concludes; Sitthway magazine introduced; 7th annual meeting of MFCC held; Bago Station holds physic nut planting ceremony; Factory projects in Kyaukse Township inspected..."PERSPECTIVES":"Strive for full acquisition of potable water"...FEATURE:"Fifty years journey to achieve leprosy elimination"