DOMESTIC NEWS: UPWC, NCCT extend meeting on drafting text for ceasefire until Friday...Peatlands in Inlay Lake basin facing threats from modern agriculture...Storm warning for Rakhine coast...Work committees prepare for parliamentary session...Planning course opens in Nay Pyi Taw...Contract on waste water treatment technical cooperation signed...Farmers to get agricultural loans at 5% interest rate...Vice President calls for protection of migrant workers at 23 rd ALMM...YCDC officials visit markets in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Brahminy bird statue and new park under construction in downtown Bago...Officials check development in Hsipaw Tsp...Two houses destroyed in landslides in Katha Tsp...Trade fair in NyaungU attracts large number of visitors...Pyinmana Township CRC focuses on child rights...Thameehla Lake benefits locals in Myittha Tsp...Jaggery production declines in Pakokku region...Yinmabin?s farmers smile for good price of sesame...Pyay District IPRD fulfills reading requirements of local bookworms...Yangon Command clinches title in Hockey League..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MOAI, Mitsui Co., of Japan discuss to make agricultural investment in Myanmar...President U Thein Sein meets ASEAN Labour Ministers...Vice-President U Nyan Tun in Manila for WEF on East Asia...Nay Pyi Taw Council member inspects progress of Pyinmana Township...1 st International Medical, Hospital and Pharmaceutical Exhibition kicks off...JOINT COMMUNIQU? THE TWENTY THIRD ASEAN LABOUR MINISTERS MEETING (23 rd ALMM) 22 MAY 2014, NAY PYI TAW, MYANMAR..... "PERSPECTIVE": "Measures to reduce poverty" By Myint Win Thein...