HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- MP calls for halt to car manufacturing at local industrial zones: "Nay Pyi Taw, 13 July — Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation U Chan Maung on Monday said vehicle production will not be cancelled at local industrial zones so as to avoid creating unemployment. Kanpetlet Township constituency MP Thura U Aung Ko suggested local industrial zones were losing money because cars produced there were in low demand, and were primarily being used for the old car exchange programme which allows another automobile to be imported at a lower tax rate. Local industrial zones have manufactured nearly 100,000 cars up to 2014- 2015 fiscal year, but there was little demand for them in the domestic market, the deputy minister said. U Chan Maung also replied to the query of Launglon Township constituency?s MP U Aung Soe. The deputy minister said the construction of the Dawei-Myeik railway network will be continued in the third five-year plan of the project from 2021 to 2016. The Pyithu Hluttaw Bill Committee tabled the bill on Intellectual Property Law of Industrial Designs submitted by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Pyithu Hluttaw then approved the bill to withdraw the Pension Act submitted by the Ministry of Finance, and the Vehicle Bill submitted by the Ministry of Rail Transportation."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Police need reliable info to act on car thefts: deputy minister: "Nay Pyi Taw, 13 July — Police cannot take action over the alleged sale of stolen auto parts unless victims come forward and file reports with the authorities, Deputy Minister for Transport U Han Sein said Monday at the Amyotha Hluttaw. The deputy minister was responding to reports that 90 percent of auto parts for sale at a tax-free market in Tamway were stolen from ports. The police and the Myanma Port Authority need victims to provide information before they can take action, the deputy minister said. Port authorities and shipping lines must be accountable for loss of auto parts, while agents must only accept vehicles after matching them with inspection sheets, the deputy minister advised. The deputy minister blamed some agents for auto part thefts, saying there were a number who forgot vehicles outside ports. The deputy minister said vehicle importers can apply to recoup their losses by providing firm evidence. The Ministry of Religious Affairs is providing cash assistance to teachers at monastic education schools, but there is no plan to increase the amount at the moment, Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Dr Maung Maung Htay said at the Upper House session. The ministry is providing K36,000 per month to primary school teachers, K41,000 per month to middle school teachers and K45,000 per month to high school teachers, according to the deputy minister. The government is spending K3.475 billion on 7,584 monastic education teachers this academic year, he said. The Amyotha Hluttaw session on Monday passed seven bills and approved one motion to reduce the amount of advertisements for liquor, cigarettes and beer."..... DOMESTIC NEWS: Government pledges to do its very best to ensure 2015 general elections are clean, free, and fair...Yangon Region Govt invites tenders for new town project...Union Farmer Force Party applies for registration as political party...Dengue enters Chin State, with over 30 cases reported...Information for Public Remonstration...Govt discusses relief measures for flood-hit Rakhine...UEC issues guidelines for nomination of candidates...Committee focuses on ways to rehabilitate Kokang Self-Administered Zone...Preparations for holding 68th Anniversary of Martyrs? Day discussed...MCDC to dredge drains in Pyigyidagun Tsp...Mandalarian businessmen to showcase products at fairs...Mandalay Region Govt seeks greater cooperation with CSOs...Kachin State government sells development record..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar navy rescues 102 Bengalis...Action plan for protection of children affected by armed conflict discussed...President U Thein Sein sends messages of felicitations to France...Union FM sends message of felicitations to French counterpart...Myanmar archers aim for medals at Singapore Para Games..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Corruption spans nations, business sectors" by Aung Khin..... ARTICLES: "Democracy in Practice" by Htun Tin Htun..."Bidding open on bus supply contract for BRT Lite transport network" by Aye Min Soe