DOMESTIC NEWS: Road works on Kengtung-Mongkhun-Mongkhok road inspected...Industry-2 Minister inspects technical training school (Mandalay)...Volume VI, No. 4 of Sein Le Shwe Pyi News Journal comes out...Press meet on Alpine Music Tour held...Associations under Myanmar Fisheries Federation to hold Annual Meeting...Specialists provide free medical treatment in Sangyoung Township...Applied Accounting and Management Course (Level-1) and Koeki Japanese Language Course (Batch-3) conclude...Myanmar National Technical Meeting on Ageing opens...Fire breaks out in Maha Aungmye Township...192 drug-related cases exposed in December...University of Medicine (Mandalay) holds respect-paying ceremony...Volume VII No. 17 of Shwe Naing-ngan News Journal in circulation...OPV to be given to 790,730 under-fives in Sagaing Division...TCG delegation arrives back from Thailand...Mayor inspects upgrading of road...Attorney-General meets law officers in PyinOoLwin, Lashio, Muse, Mandalay...Regional development tasks in Bago Division (West) inspected...Peace and tranquility, development and emergence of discipline-flourishing democratic nation inseparable -- Special Refresher Course No. 11 for faculty members of universities and colleges opened in CICS (Upper Myanmar) in PyinOoLwin...Marathon cycling to be held..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Overcome any forms of natural and artificial dangers"..... ARTICLES: "Rare black orchid species thriving on Mount Noingun in Putao District" Article: Maung Maung Myint Swe...Hlaingchaung Dam provides irrigation water and clean water Article, photos: Khin Maung Than (Industry)