HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Constitution amendment debate continues on 17th day of Second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Legal Translation Commission holds 5th meeting in Nay Pyi Taw...Project planning workshop on rural development, poverty reduction among LMC countries through exchanges held in Nay Pyi Taw...Illegal drugs seized in Yangon, An, Minbya townships...YRIC clears ten foreign projects in manufacturing sector...Striped catfish farming shares to yield 15% dividend for 10 years: MFF...Drowned Old Kyunhla Town re-emerges, thronged with visitors...Floods affect over 700 acres of fish farms in Kayin, Mon; losses pegged at K280 mln...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 28th August, 2019)...General Aung San Shield 2019: Final to take place at Thuwunna stadium.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister Dr Pe Myint leaves for Timor-Leste to attend 20th Anniversary of Referendum...Union Minister for Office of the State Counsellor visits China...Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Than Htut receives Vice Chairman Prof Seiji Osawa...Holy umbrella hoisted atop Myanmar pagoda in Sweden...Union Minister U Thein Swe receives Chief of Mission of IOM...Fishery exports touch $659.7 mln from 1 Oct, 2018 to 16 Aug, 2019...Myanmar football team prepares for World Cup qualifiers.....OPINION: "Reforms key for transformation of state-run factories to bear fruit".....ARTICLE: "Rid the scourge of deforestation" - By U Maung Hlaing