DOMESTIC NEWS: Members of parliaments, who the voters think will be capable of generating a prosperous future for the nation, will be elected by ballot - National races have showed their massive support for the State Constitution of the Union of Myanmar to build a new nation. Now, according to the State?s seven-step Road Map, a free and fair election will take place soon. That means national people will have the rights to elect representatives, and stand for election. So, members of parliaments, who the voters think will be capable of generating a prosperous future for the nation, will be elected by ballot. - Senior General Than Shwe Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (From the message sent on the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary Union Day...Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing host Union Day commemorative reception and dinner...Industry-1 to cooperate with Indian company...Timber extraction operates wood-based industry...Priority given to health care in Shan State (North)...Talks on traffic rules given...Yangon observes ceremony to mark 63rd Anniversary Union Day...More patients with A/H1N1 found - Collaborative efforts for control of virus in progress...ASEAN emphasizes preservation of cultural dances...Information Minister receives Vice-Chairman and party of THAICOM Public Company Limited...First Seminar on GI Tract & Liver Disease on 27-28 Feb...Want to buy vehicle tracking devices?...Thingangyun Market engulfed in flames...Traffic rules put in place in Mon State...Diploma Courses on Marketing, Management, Accounting and Administration on 3 March...Nay Pyi Taw observes 63rd Anniversary Union Day..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Strive for boosting production of import-substitute items"..... ARTICLES: Honouring the 63rd Anniversary Union Day - "Inseparable national races and the future of the Union" Si Thu Aung..."Developing Shan State in the Union with songs of peace in the air" Article: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Lay Nwe (Mingaladon).....POEM: "Garden of the Union": ["Born in the Union the national brethren Of the same race they are Sincerity and amity they have With same vision and goal Ever united and never divided Joining hands in this land Always united they are..."].....CARTOON: "Although residing in the same nation, national brethren remained distant in the past due to natural barriers such as rivers, creeks and hills. After building bridges spanning rivers and roads passing hills, all the national brethren now get closer and consolidated."