DOMESTIC NEWS: President?s New Year message...Vice President U Myint Swe...Vice President U Henry Van Thio...2017 New Year Greeting Message sent by U Win Myint, Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw...2017 New Year Greeting Message sent by Mahn Win Khaing Than, Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw...U Han Shwe, National Unity Party...U Myo Kyaw, Member of CEC, Rakhine National Party...Daw Dwe Bu, Unity and Democracy Party ( Kachin State)...Saw Say Wah, General Secretary Kayin People?s Party...U Nyan Win, secretariat member of the National League for Democracy...U Thu Wai, Democratic Party (Myanmar)...Sai Kyaw Nyunt, Shan Nationalities League for Democracy...U Than Htay, Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party...New Year Admonitory Message of Bhamo Sayadaw...The unity will become a force to make our country prosper and able to defend against any danger encountered...Dr Bhaddanta Nanda Mala Bivamsa, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University...New Year messages of religious leaders...Stimulants seized in Kengtung and Heho Townships...More than 4 million methamphetamine pills seized at sea...Head of 100-households of Gwazone village beaten and abducted by an armed group...Over 18 tonnes of illegal timber confiscated in Pauk township...Two injured when car crashes into tea shop...Drug dependents will be helped to quit habit of drug abuse...Over Ks 95 million will be spent to renovate the school and supply electricity...New Year message of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...December mass walk activity held in Taungoo....."OPINION": "Contemplation of the Middle Path" - Editorial from the Mirror Daily (Kyemon).....ARTICLE: "Old and New, Embrace the Year Mindfully and Positively" - Oxford Sayadaw Venerable Prof..."Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all" - Arakan Sein K. Dhammasami DPhil (Oxford)