DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov?t seeks advice from entrepreneurs before enactment of 2018 Union Tax Law...Civil servants spend holiday learning of ethnicities...Plans underway for the development of National Landmarks Garden ...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Message of Greetings from President U Htin Kyaw to the 71st Anniversary Celebrations of Union Day...Poem recitation held to mark the 109th birthday of National Poet Min Thu Wun...Ethnic entrepreneurs? association to be established soon...Traditional crafts at Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda Festival...Coconut craft making training course in Myeik...The fourth day of 2018 Asia Road and Para-Cycling Championship...Yangon seizes the game in U-21 MNL League.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor, Boris Johnson holds talk over the latest development in Rakhine...Cement imports via sea decline in late January...Trade deficit hits $3.4 billion in current FY...Border exports of areca nuts to India see a slight increase...Myanmar Lethwei fights to be held in Japan..... "OPINION": "Join the peace process with the Panglong spirit" - .....ARTICLES: "Reminiscence of the 18th Union Day Anniversary" - Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja, Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt ..."Awakening the Union Spirit" - U Aung (Shwe Pauk Kan)