DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor speaks at Myanmar Women’s Day event...Steering Committee meets to hold Waso Robe Offering Ceremony of Union Government...Constitutional Tribunal Chairman attends monsoon tree plantation event...City taxi registration, renewal deadline to be extended...Hledan pedestrian bridge to get covered roof within 3 months:Yangon Mayor...Meeting held to review printing, distribution of school textbooks...Union Minister U Thein Swe attends 3rd Coord Meeting of e-ID System Work Committee...YRTA mulls purchase of over 50 school buses...Business development, entrepreneurship training for SMEs begins in Myitkyina...One suspect held for smuggling elephant skins in Yekyi Township...Bamboo furniture businesses facing difficulties due to bamboo shortage...FDI into Myanmar reaches $3.15 bln in Oct-June...Domestic gold price continues upward trend on firm global cues...Solving the Forced Labour Complaints by High Level Working Group (Nay Pyi Taw, June 2019)...Announcement on road closure on Martyrs’ Day...Announcement on closure of Bogyoke Aung San Museum Road on Martyrs’ Day...Ahnawrahtar Art Gallery opens in Yangon...MFF Youth FC leads U-21 Myanmar National League.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar continues to receive verified Myanmar nationals from Thailand...Union Attorney-General receives Korean Ambassador, British Ambassador separately...State Counsellor receives Chinese Ambassador...MoTC, Moon Engineering Joint Venture Co., Ltd sign contract for developing vehicle registration by RFID System...Manufacturing exports up $1.3 bln...Myanmar, China U-15 to play friendly match.....OPINION: "Children are the future of the country".....ARTICLE: "World market for logs from teak plantations" - By Mya Oo Maung