EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Information Team Press Release (1/2013) 4 January 2013 - The armed conflicts between Myanma Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) and KIO/KIA in Kachin State...Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office Notification No. 1/2013 7th waning of Nadaw, 1374 ME (4th January 2013) (Continued from yesterday)...OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: UEC, political parties hold coordination meeting...MoU signed for feasibility study on gas and thermal power plant project...UDNRPS holds school family day...Mon State ministers attend golden jubilee of Thanbyuzayat BEHS-1...Ministry of Health 41st Myanmar Health Research Congress 7th to 11th January, 2013...Cultivation of cold season crops inspected...Gravel road commissioned into service...Basic tennis course concludes in Myawady...Stimulant tablets seized in Momauk...Shwe Parami Health Foundation gives health care to people...Firewood distributed to local people...Firewood distributed to local people...Extension of firewood plantations emphasized...Exhibition to honour Independence Day...Independence Day (2013) marked in Nay Pyi Taw...Nay Pyi Taw marks Independence Day...Funfairs, sports competitions to mark Independence Day in townships in Yangon...Funfairs, sports competitions to mark Independence Day in townships in Yangon..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President hosts dinner to mark 65th Anniversary Independence Day...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Thein Sein...Purchase of reserve rice, development rice market coordinated...Union Ministers hold talks with Japanese Dy PM and Finance Minister and party..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Health comes first".....ARTICLE: "HAPPINESS" BY BA THAN