DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 2. Sri Lankan Prime Minister sends felicitations to Prime Minister; 3. Cash assistance presented for surgical operations; 4. Minister visits Tipitakadhara Selection Exam; 5. Commander and mayor inspect proper drainage; 6. Self-reliant library, school building put into service; 7. 1st South-East Asia Archery Judges Seminar held; 8. Pahtama Taungkyaunggyi Monastery Sayadaw passes away; 9. Myanmar traditional Chinlon contest to be held; 10. Buddha Pujaniya of Kyaikkasan Hsandawshin Pagoda; 11. Prizes awarded in Dagon BEMS No 1; 12. School building of BEHS No 1 renovated; 13. Education facilities in Bago Division (East) inspected; 14. Rules for Armed Forces Day commemorative poem contest announced; 15. Commander inspects rural development tasks; 16. Coord meeting of Bago Division PDC; 17. FEA continues its research seminar; 18. Sub-inspectors of police course concludes; 19. Independence Day Exhibition goes on; 20. Armed Forces Day commemorative extempore talks held; 21. Export crop plantations in Myingyan District; 22. Preparations for Naga Traditional New Year Festival inspected; 23. USDA CEC member inspects public welfare tasks; 24. Rules on Armed Forces Day Commemorative Painting; 25. Armed Forces Day commemorative article contest to be held..."PERSPECTIVES": "Try best to become noble-minded nurses"(page 2)