HLUTTAW SESSIONS: First Special Session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw summoned...Notice to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives.....DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham calls for establishment of world-class universities...Pakokku to see Shwe creek bridge No (2) soon...Over 100-year-old rowing boat in Htantabin Township...Head-on collision claims lives of married couple...Cattle smugglers taken into custody...Short circuit sparks fire in Shwegyin...Formation of mobile teams in Sagaing Region discussed...MPF launches emergency, complaint-handling phone lines...Boiling of maize destroys 32 houses in ChaungU...Bridge on Yangon-Myeik Road under construction...Strong winds cut power lines, blow off roofs...Kyaukkyi gets transformer in rural area...Accountancy, book-keeping and audit courses opened in Mandalay...Revolver-snatchers arrested...Silver coins unearthed in digging pit for construction of monastery...National Library (Nay Pyi Taw) opens first hall of reference books, archaeological books, books in English on Myanmar country, Myanmar books, English books, recreation and children?s library storing over 250,000 books. E-Library keeps over 15000 books for the public reading. The library is kept open daily from 9:30 am to 4.30 pm except Sunday, Monday and gazette holidays as of 3 May. Present on the occasion were Union...Prize awarding of Junior Golf Myanmar Tournament 2013 held...True Shelter social organization opens office...Teachership course on culture conducted in Toungoo...Kason-water pouring festival of Shwe Kyatyet Pagoda...One dead, six injured in Taungup car accident...Schools in Ayeyawady Region open to raise pass rate of matriculation...Farmers reap benefits...Medic robbed of necklace in Pyay...Firefighters do cleaning for the aged...Mawtaung Border Trade Camp to be opened soon...Union Information Minister calls for applying Social Responsibility Model...UEC receives party establishment application...The noteworthy amounts of rainfall (3-5-2013)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar to boost export volume through adoption of national-level export strategy...US lifts more sanctions on Myanmar to support reforms...Vice-President receives Honorary Consul-General of Myanmar to Lebanon...Feasibility study on building solar power plant in Minbu...Union Border Affairs Minister meets US guests...Yangon University, Hankuk University sign MoU...Myanmar, Germany focus on institutional economic cooperation...Development of townships on the other banks of Yangon discussed...Mawtaung Border Trade Camp to be opened soon...CEOs and experts from Belgium and US observe plantations in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Myanmar to host drug control meeting..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Export-led growth"..... ARTICLE: "Inlay Lake conservation in urgent need of public participation" By Tin Hlaing