DOMESTIC NEWS: Crisis averted: Diversion canal to save 300,000 acres from flooding...Poor adherence to law poses risk to labour disputes...Myanmar Skills Competition aims to turn out qualified workers...Traditional boxing event to be held next month...Grand Wynn to donate instant noodles to fire victims...Three injured in car accident...Raw opium seized in Waingmaw...Marijuana seized in Bago...Illegal jade stones seized in Moemauk...Illegal logs seized in Sagaing...Chin National Day celebrated in Haka...Water shortages faced in Sagaing Region...Myanmar?s Opportunity: Investing in All Its People...YSX securities trading to launch in March...Rakhine State villagers fear flooding after land reclamation...Rural community gets vocational training...Forest fire spreads to village...Snakebite life insurance policy holders increase in Bago Region..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Appreciation of the dollar stabilises value of Myanmar gold...MNA opens third international route...Foreign hotel booking website to feature hotels in Chin State in bid to boost tourism development...YSX securities trading to launch in March..... "OPINION": "Personal power versus positional power" by Khin Maung Aye.... ARTICLE: "Nation Building and Education" Sayar Mya