DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Build a peaceful, modern and developed new nation after laying the foundation of national reconsolidation; 2. Panglong region has been designated as development zone in honour of its fine traditions; 3. Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 4. Minister attends ceremony to mark successful opening of basic food shops and groceries in Tharkayta Township; 5. Foreign Heads of state send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 6. Foreign Heads of Governments send felicitations to Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win; 7. Independence Day Exhibition continues; 8. Timber entrepreneurs leave for Indonesia; 9. Union of Myanmar State Peace and Development Council Notification No 2/2005 9th Waning of Nadaw, 1366 ME (4 January, 2005) (Continued from yesterday); 10. Commander, Minister inspect Auto exchange in Toungoo; 11. Minister inspects Myanma Lacquerware College in Bagan; 12. Merits shared for Ordination Hall in Magway; 13. Energy Minister joins meeting to ensure water supply programme for Kungyangon; 14. Lweje-Momauk Road Project launched; 15. Commander inspects development tasks in Lashio; 16. Outstanding students awarded prizes at Upper Myanmar School Family Day; 17. Shan State (East) holds School Family Day for 2004-2005; 18. Tasks for welfare of mothers and children clarified; 19. Commander tours Myeik, Dawei Districts; 20. Myanmar Tong Tah Trade Fair 26-30 January...POEM: "Our Land"(page 2)..."PERSPECTIVES": "For the Union to be able to stand tall among global commuity" (page 2)...FEATURE: "Beware of neo-colonialists" (page 7)