"Panditanañ ca sevana, to associate with the wise; this is the way to auspiciousness"...DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 2. UN Secretary-General sends felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 3. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt receives Chinese guests; 4. Secretary-1 meets Deputy Prime Minister of Lao People's Democratic Republic; 5. Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and wife visit Shwedagon Pagoda, Third MICT Week-2004; 6. Myanmar donates disposable syringes and plywood to Iranian earthquake victims; 7. National unity key to achieving Myanmar's vision of prosperous democratic nation - Democratic change never easy and cannot be imposed from outside - PM addresses Seminar on Understanding Myanmar; 8. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt receives Rakhine national group; 9. Farmers now can grow paddy not only for own Consumption but also for local rice sufficiency Chaungmanet Dam inaugurated in TadaU Township; 10. Lt-Gen Ye Myint tours Myingyan district; 11. Management Committee for Observance of 57th Anniversary Union Day 2004 meets; 12. Relay system on GSM, TDMA and CDMA briefed; 13. National Seminar on Prevention and Management of Substance Abuse commences; 14. Ministers, ambassadors and UN resident representatives tour Shan State (North), Mandalay Division, Magway Division; 15. Matters relating to putting programme illegally into VCDs that can destroy computers clarified; 16. Myanmar ICT Week 2004 extended to 31 January. "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards success of the policy programme of the State" (Page 2)... ARTICLE: "Bird flu prevention: a priority task" (Page 7)