ACTIVITIES OF HLUTTAWS: Mon State Hluttaw meets..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: A & I Ministry pledges commitment to boosting agricultural production...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Coordination meeting of Yangon Region rural development and poverty alleviation held...Myanmar Libraries Foundation gets cash and kind...MMCWA (headoffice) holds monsoon tree-planting ceremony...Outstanding students honoured...New school building handed over...MCPAA?s talk on 31 July...AGM of Thiri Yadana Myoma Market Co-op Society Ltd held...Jade, Gems and Pearl Special Sales continues..... FOREIGN RELATIONS: Laotian Prime Minister to pay official visit to Myanmar...U Tin Oo appointed concurrently as Ambassador to DPRK...RUMFCCI President meets Chinese Ambassador...Korean media group calls on Dy Information Minister, departmental heads of MOFA, MOC, MNPED...Talk ?IFRS for SMEs? on 13 August...New school building handed over...President of MMCWA meets UNFPA officials...Logo and mascot contest for XVII SEA Games on 7 July-7 September...MFF executive leaves for Maldives...Energy Ministry to promote energy sector with Total...ICRC study group observes Hpa-an, Myaungmya prisons..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Care"..... ARTICLE: "Rural people to do their bit in poverty alleviation tasks" Kyaw Myo Naung