CONVENING OF HLUTTAWS: First regular session of Pyithu Hluttaw continues for 12th day - Queries raised and replied, proposals submitted and discussed, approval sought at Pyithu Hluttaw session...Pyithu Hluttaw Bill Committee, Public Accounts Committee, Pyithu Hluttaw Rights Committee and the Government?s Guarantees, Pledges and Undertakings Vetting Committee meetings continue...Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee, Public Accounts Committee, Amyotha Hluttaw Rights Committee and the Government?s Guarantees, Pledges and Undertakings Vetting Committee hold meetings...Education Minister responds to question on scholarship programme...Education Minister responds to query regarding ?students who passed matriculation examination with high marks?...Education Minister responds to question as to improvement of education standard of Maungtaw District...EP-1 Minister responds to query about ?hydropower projects in Maykha Malikha river valley at the confluence of Ayeyawady River?...EP-2 Minister replies to question on supply of electricity from National Power Grid to all towns in Chin State in order to establish factories and workshops in Chin State...Information Minister replies to question of U Saw Thein Aung of Hlaingbwe Constituency about aspiration of Kayin nationals...Information Minister replies to question of Pyithu Hluttaw representative of Hlaingbwe Constituency...F&R Minister answers query of Dr Myat Nyana Soe of Yangon Region Constituency-4...Five Pyithu Hluttaw Representatives discuss proposal of U Maung Nyo of Sittway Constituency - Minister for Electric Power No.2 replies...Ministry of Labour, if granted by Pyithu Hluttaw, will take measures for submitting new social security insurance law (draft) as supported with possibility thinking...Proposal to build heavy hydropower station in Bontala waterfall submitted at Amyotha Hluttaw...Proposals submitted, approvals sought at Pyithu Hluttaw Session...12th-day First regular session of Amyotha Hluttaw continues - Queries raised and replied, proposals submitted and discussed, approval sought at Amyotha Hluttaw session..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Democratization process [extract from the address delivered by Sr Gen. Than Shwe at the parade of the 64th Anniversary Armed Forces Day]...Industry-2 Minister visits Magway Industrial Region...Staff of Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar donate blood...Myanma jade attracts gems merchants...Roads, water supply infrastructures opened to mark 66th Anniversary Armed Forces Day...Thuta Tagun Library building opens...Roads, tube well put into services to hail 66th Anniversary Armed Forces Day...Hninzigon Great Home for the Aged holds AGM..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Tatmadaw with fine traditions"..... ARTICLE: HAILING THE 66TH ANNIVERSARY ARMED FORCES DAY: "The people thank the Tatmadaw for national development" Maung Wun Tha Nu