HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw approves Word Change Bill, puts Farmer Market System motion on record...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw 13th regular session holds 21st-day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Mid-Year Gems Emporium kicks off in Nay Pyi Taw, to close on 25 September...Union Minister meets with officials from Mandalay, Sagaing regions agriculture sector...Research paper on PLWD job opportunities introduced...Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye receives Early Childhood Intervention Team...Draft for National Drug Control Strategic Plan finalized...Joint Committee on Amending 2008 Constitution holds meeting 36/2019...Union Supreme Court sits to pass judgment and hear Certiorari cases...7th Ethnic Media Conference takes place in Myitkyina...T&C Ministry to probe delay Y-8 plane removal...MR to set up rail coach repair workshop...Pakokku villages to receives solar power system...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Appointment of Ambassador agreed on...MCF to organize Myanmar Unicode system workshop in Nay Pyi Taw.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister Dr Pe Myint receives Korean Ambassador...Union Minister Dr Than Myint receives Korean Ambassador...Deputy Attorney-General receives Swiss Ambassador...Foreign demand lifts elephant foot yam prices this harvest season...Senior officials meet for Myanmar-Viet Nam trade talks...International Rubber Conference 2019 to be held in Sept-end...Myanmar team’s matches at 2020 AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers to be broadcast live.....OPINION: "Hospital-cumrehabilitation facility offers hope to leprosy patients".....ARTICLE: "MINE FINANCING AND MYANMAR MINES LAW" - Than Htun ( Myanmar Geosciences Society)