"Tapo ca, ascetic practices; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt; Thai Prime Minister Dr Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt; Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime Minister; General Khin Nyunt on his return from Thailand; Myanmar and Thai Prime Ministers discuss bilateral relations, economic cooperation; Development Centre for Pharmaceutical Technology inspected; National Convention Convening Work Committee and Management Committee meet; Group discussions of NC delegates, coord meetings of panel of chairmen continue; Film entertainments to NC delegates; Natural History and Environment Hall opened; Supply of clean water in Myingyan; Donations for storm victims... "PERSPECTIVES": "For rural area economic development" (Page 2)... FEATURES: "Our Blue Planet" (Page 11); "New and fast developments throughout Myanmar"... SLOGANS: "The National Convention is the concern of all our national races"; "With hands linked firm around the National Convention".