DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (1-9-2012)...Almost all the schools opened in Ayeyawady Region...New school building opened in Singu Township...Stimulant tablets worth K 2.4 million seized...PRIZES PRESENTED; PRIZES AWARDED [photo]...Gold entrepreneurs contribute to regional development in Kawlin...Monsoon paddy cultivated in Mobailuk Sub-Township...Story telling, extempore talks and poem recitation contests held...Primary School upgraded to BEMS Branch in Myitkyina...Region Chief Minister on tour of development tasks in Myeik Township...Scholarship for medical students...Sky Net Cup 2012 Men?s Hockey Tournament continues...New ward administrator elected through secret voting...International Basic Wrestling Course 3-14 Sept...Fingerlings released into paddy fields...Nourishment Week launched in Hmawby Township...Transform to mechanized farming discussed...Alleviation of poverty undertaken in Mawgyun...Electric detonators worth K 32.1 million seized in Nawngkhio...Medical services provided to flood victims in Kyaunggon...Agricultural Machinery Operating Course kicks off...Customs staff donate blood for 27th time...Multiplier Librarian Course opened...Myanmar?s Policy on Social and Economic Development on 8 Sept...Raising of bund at Kyaukse Lake undertaken...Annual General Meeting of MCPA on 8 Sept...Myitta Akhadaw Day observed at Shwedagon Pagoda...Vaccination injected to animals in Ayeyawady Region..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Vietnamese counterpart...President U Thein Sein felicitates Vietnamese Prime Minister...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham felicitates Vietnamese counterpart...Vice-President U Nyan Tun felicitates Vietnamese counterpart...Union Sports Minister calls for pulling off victory in XXVII SEA Games...Union A & I Minister views plantations, scientific paddy plantations in Pyinmana Township...Business Support Center launched in Yangon...Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Vietnamese counterpart...Myanmar, Cuba emphasize promotion of bilateral trade...AVC Technical Seminar 2012 opened...Selected Myanmar men?s volleyball team leave for Vietnam...Myanmar sports officials leave for Thailand...Myanmar?s Policy on Social and Economic Development on 8 Sept... "PERSPECTIVES": "Productive working condition".....ARTICLE: "Union level crossroads or Assessment of Union level definition" Dr Malar Aung Pro-Rector Yangon East University.....SUPPLEMENT (not in Internet edition): eight-page supplement on 2012 Social Security Law and Law Amending 1955 Government Housing (Expelling) Act attached