DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe enjoys Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Golf Tournament; 2. Dinner hosted to victorious sports teams of Yangon Command; 3. USDA Secretariat member meets USDA members in three townships; 4. Shwethingan to be offered to Maha Wizaya Pagoda; 5. Delivering of sermons commences for construction of monastery in France; 6. Fish breeding camps inspected in Maubin; 7. Site for No 4 Fertilizer Plant checked in Hmawby; 8. Commander attends opening of laterite road, cash donation ceremony; 9. Agricultural, development tasks in Yangon East District looked into; 10. Independence Day Exhibition continues; 11. Doha-Yangon-Doha scheduled flight services inaugurated; 12. Roads, bridges opened to mark 57th Anniversary Independence Day; 13. Dahkyaing Creek Bridge opens; 14. Functions of Archaeology Department inspected in Pyay, Mindon; 15. Myanma Cooperatives Centenary Products Show and Festival continues; 16. Fifth Annual Research Seminar of Agriculturist Group on third day..."PERSPECTIVES": "More irrigation facilities for adequate water supply" (page 2)...FEATURE: "Thriving private-run coffee farms in PyinOoLwin"(page 7)