EXECUTIVE: Appointment of Sagaing Region Minister..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Bounden duty [of national integration]...Independence Day State flag saluting live on TV...Community Cup 2013 goes to Yangon United FC...Community Cup 2013 goes to Yangon United FC...Mandalay Hill Biking Contest organized...Hot line set up to give quick response to traffic accidents on Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay expressway...Tatmadaw seizes heavy weapons, arms, ammunition from transit point of KIA...Five per cent tax handed over to DAC fund...Literary Day marked...Books, CDs, VCDs donated to village library in Myaung Township...Students Futsal contest goes on in Pyapon...Loans disbursed to vendors of Taungdwingyi...Diesel bowser hits lamp-post in Mawlu...Buddha Dhamma Desana recited...Tube-well launched in Thayet Township...Free clinic opened in Yinmabin Township...Fine arts works accepted for display...New school buildings opened in Lewe Township...View of New Year...KIA group disrupts regional development, security...Kawthoung TV retransmission station in service since 17 Dec..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Appointment of Sagaing Region Minister...India interested in Myanmar agriculture research & education...Former Prime Minister of Japan arrives in Yangon...Chinese artistes join Myanmar counterparts for joint-performace..... "PERSPECTIVES": "The need for initiative"..... ARTICLE: "New democracy nation and ongoing reforms" Editorial Board (Continued from yesterday)..."A beach to visit on the sidelines of Ngwehsaung trip" Pe Thaw Yi.....POEM: "Our Independence"