DOMESTIC NEWS: President, First Lady and State Counsellor attend consecration ceremony of Taungsuya ‘Wa’ Zedi...Union Minister for Education takes part in rubbish collection in Yangon...UCSB Chairman attends 54th anniversary of CICS, ceremony for paper reading (Lower Myanmar)...Visitors flock to Inle Lake for New Year holidays...Couple arrested on drug charges in Natogyi...Fire destroy 17 houses in Mandalay...Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye supports home for the aged, youngsters in Kawthoung...Rakhine State Chief Minister convoy attacked with remote controlled mines...Meiktila hiking team to scale Mt. Phonekan Razi in Putao...Drugs seized in Maungtaw...Three-day New Year Dhamma ceremony begins in Yangon...Visitors throng to renown places in Hpa-an during New Year holidays...KKO (breakaway) faction attacks Tatmadaw administrative column...Over 1 kilo of Heroin confiscated in Kutkai Township, Shan State...Border guard police attacked in Buthidaung...1stAnniversary Independence Day National Objectives...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Tuesday 1 January 2019.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Sanghas from 12 countries, people conduct New Year Eve prayer ceremony in Bangkok...Two men arrested in robbery of Taiwanese man in Thingangyun...Companies will have to pay for re-registration after deadline: DICA...Myanmar-Viet Nam trade increases 3% in October...Manufacturing sector sees FDIs of $100 mln in Oct-Nov.....OPINION: "Shaping our own destiny".....ARTICLES: "The Architect of Sovereignty, and Myanmar’s First Independence Day" - An Interview with veteran journalist Hanthawaddy U Ohn Kyaing