DOMESTIC NEWS: President meets with three pillars of democracy in Kayah State...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill Committee discusses Tax Administration Bill...Ethnic excursion group visits Nay Pyi Taw...President meets with three pillars of democracy in Kayah State...Tatmadaw’s sports competition opened in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Minister U Min Thu meets GAD staff in Kayah State...Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe meets with officials from Naga Self-Administered Zone...Jade stone monument erected to commemorate 71st Anniversary of Kachin State Day...YBS soon to install card payment system...MIC permits, endorses 50 investment projects...72nd Anniversary (2019) Union Day National Objectives...Invitation for drug elimination theme...Myanmar Daily Weather Report(Issued on Wednesday 16 January 2019)...EARTHQUAKE NEWS...20 Forest staff attend capacity building training in Kanbalu...Police seize illegal drugs in Kunhing, Laukkai townships...Myanmar Police Chief’s Shield T&F competitions held...Football Association formed in Kyaukse, Mandalay Region...MFF to conduct referee course for youths in Yangon.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs...Union Minister U Thaung Tun meets with Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs...Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye receives Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs...Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs visits YUFL...Governor of CBM receives Senior Vice President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York...MLF seeks customs duty cut on MBM...FDI inflow increases $659 mln to top $1.3 bln in Q1...Naga New Year Festival attracts tourists .....OPINION: ''Let flowers of the Union bloom''..... ARTICLES: ''Round Table discussion held on social security benefits and reform program'' - By Khin Yadanar