DOMESTIC NEWS: Progress in construction and cultivation tasks of Bhamo District inspected - Commander tours Northern Command area; Commander inspects Htet Ma Ngin Dam in Kengtung; Yangon Command sees exceeging target acres of physic nut; Cash donated for funds for construction of Gandakuti building at Shwe Myet Hman Pagoda in Shwedaung; Thingangyun Education College students become USDA members; Sanitation carried out, medical fund set up at Specialist Hospital (Waibagi); 17th Meeting of ASOEN concludes; Japanese Government's grant to Thaton District Hospital; Special express train service begins 4 Sept; Collective presentation of membership applications held; ASEAN seeks ways to standardize rules for producing electrinic devices; Coord meeting on 3rd CAEXPO held; ASEAN radio quiz held; Minister inspects underground cable laying in Pyinmana; Lewe USDA holds Annual General Meeting 2006; Indian Myanmar businessmen eye win-win cooperation; Mandaya on track to meet monsoon paddy cultivation target; Commander inspects development tasks in Hpa-an Township; Regional development tasks supervised in DaikU..."POEM:"Light of Learning will lead they way"("Chronicle to be divulged - In Twenty-first Century, Age of Education...")..."PERSPECTIVES":"Try to raise the literacy rate"...FEATURE:"Education for Alll (EFA): A Global Commitment and an Opportunity"