DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 2. Agricultural and regional development tasks supervised in Yangon North District; 3. Industry-1 Minister receives Vice President of CMEC-IEC; 4. Malaysian Prime Minister sends felicitations to Lt-Gen Soe Win; 5. Myanmar Women?s Affairs Federation tours Taninthayi Division; 6. Surgical operations performed at DSOH (500-bed); 7. Rules for Armed Forces Day commemorative poem contest announced; 8. Stone Age, Bronze Age artifacts for Tagaung Museum; 9. Construction of road sections in Shan State (East) inspected; 10. Tar roads, artesian well opened in honour of Independence Day; 11. Rules on Armed Forces Day Commemorative Painting and Sculpture Contests announced; 12. Independence Day Exhibition continues; 13. 57th Anniversary Independence Day observed in States and Divisions; 14. Robes donated to 504 novices in Taungtha; 15. Minister attends SEA Archery c?ship dress rehearsal; 16. PBANRDA Minister attends concluding ceremonies of training courses; 17. Associations of Myanmar Livestock Breeding Federation reorganized for second term; 18. Fire fighting demonstrated at MMPE (Head Office); 19. Advocacy Meeting for Leprosy with Media Personnel held; 20. 9,900 lights for Shwezigon; 21. Mental Health Unit holds second seminar; 22. Respect-paying ceremony of YTU(Civil) to be held; 23. Water supply of Gyobyu Reservoir inspected...POEM: "Independence Day Vow"(page 2)..."PERSPECTIVES": "Always keep national unity and Union Spirit alive and dynamic"(Page 2)...FEATURE: "The real Summit"(page 7)