"Samananañca dassanan, to visit the monks, this is the way to auspiciousness" ... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San attend ceremony to honour Sayadaws who passed Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Examination; 2. Prime Minister addresses coordination meeting 3/2004 of Work Committee for Development of Border Areas and National Races; 3. Prime Minister receives Indian delegation; 4. Prime Minister receives delegation of LPDR; 5. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sends congratulations to Indian PM; 6. Myanmar Delegation leaves for Geneva; 7. Delegate groups of National Convention discuss compilation of group-wise proposals; 8. Shopping facilities for the delegates; 9. Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win inspects Mingaladon and Thakayta industrial zones... "PERSPECTIVES": "In the interest of the Union" (Page 2)... POEM: "Noble May 17" (Page 7).