DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon General Hospital gets new 320-bed cancer ward...Education Ministry opens English proficiency course in Nay Pyi Taw...Meiktila University of Economics opens MBF, MDevS courses in Nay Pyi Taw...New elephant camp to be opened in Magway...Union Minister reviews development works in Putao...Children’s Literature Festival opens in Sagaing...Final frame of new Myaungmya Bridge installed...Ferry services between Monywa, upstrean towns extended.,.One killed, one injured in head-on collision in Hlegu...Man in Htigyaing charged with drug possession...Mandalay Region Mining Dept to grant permits to artisanal, small-scale miners...Sagaing students enjoy reading, games at Children’s Literature Festival...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Sunday 13 January, 2019)...Inter Region & State Thaing C’ship 2019 to be held in Nay Pyi Taw this week...Lethwei contest to be held in Loikaw to mark Kayah State Day.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Sino-Myanmar border trade falls by $562 mln in Q1...Myanmar’s border trade down 3.2% in Q1.....OPINION: "Easing rules to help start businesses''..... ARTICLES: " Myanma Economic Development: Past, Present and Future'' - By Dr. Maung Aung