HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has power to issue orders regarding administration...MP calls for modernization of Yangon into international commercial hub..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Deputy Ministers appointed [U Thant Kyaw Ministry of Foreign Affairs; U Zin Yaw Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr Maung Maung Thein Ministry of Finance and Revenue]...Law revoking the Foreign Relations Act (Union Hluttaw Law No. 14, 2012)...Only with peace and stability, can socio-economic life improve, likewise, only there is socio-economic development, can peace and stability be strengthened - Overtures have been made with all the political elements to ensure their participation in political reforms designed for political stability...MWAF clarifies its plans...Transport services given to passengers along highways...Bronze statue of Mogok Sayadaw in progress...Buddhist cultural course wraps up...Shan Street Market reopened in Sangyoung Township...DHF PREVENTED [photo]...Sittoung River overflows at low-land of Toungoo for second time...Fingerlings released into paddy fields...Train derails between Toegyaunggale and Ngamoeyeik stations...Re-cultivation of monsoon paddy arranged in Kyonpyaw...CDRT?s coordination meeting (1/2012) held...The Workshop on negotiation of seeking problems on elimination of illegal trade held...Mon State chief minister calls for boosting per acre yield...Bags of rice sent to Putao..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Law revoking the Foreign Relations Act (Union Hluttaw Law No. 14, 2012)...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Regional Director for Asia and Pacific, Legal Advisor for South East Asia...I & P Ministry, UNFPA meet for nationwide taking of census in 2014...Korean media delegation concludes visit...Indian government presents 0.2 million USD for victims in Rakhine State...Meeting on region-level mining sector development, promoting export quality and market penetration held...Union A & I Minister discusses with Indian Agriculture Minister..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards a modern, developed country"