HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Joint committee submit bills to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 7 July — The Joint Bill Committee on Tuesday submitted reports and findings on bills to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, including those containing remarks from President U Thein Sein. Members of the committee read out the boiler bill, the amendment bill on the law of the Union Election Commission and the bill on the reservoir law. MPs are invited to discuss these bills in the current session of parliament. U Saw Hla Tun, secretary of the Joint Bill Committee, and members then sought parliamentary approval of the budget bil. Daw Khin Waing Kyi, MP of Yangon region constituency 1, said the interfaith marriage bill would be able to pass into law soon despite international criticism, adding the law would be beneficial for Myanmar women. MPs from Shwepyitha, Yangon Region, and Mahlaing, Mandalay Region, supported the government plan to operate the Yangon City Development Committee and the Mandalay City Development Committee as stateowned enterprises without using the union budget. The Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw told parliament to seek approval from MPs on the consti-tutional amendment bill of provision 436 (b)."..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Government announces cancellation of development projects near Shwedagon Pagoda...Ministry to speed up application process for industrial power access...Record number of child victims involved in human trafficking...Staff shortages, technical faults caused voter list problems: offi...Yangon chief minister urges strict security measures for Martyrs? Day...Vice President visits state high schools in Lashio...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets Japan special envoy...Farmers hire agricultural machinery in Yinmabin District...Tatkon Township upgrades 40 basic education schools...Villagers evacuate landslide-hit areas...Taungtha Tsp honours outstanding students, teachers...Mandalay Region to issue land plots to pilot project villages...Rural Development Department set to sink tube-wells, build water tank...Fisheries Department releases fingerlings to rural lakes...Education officials discuss draft laws...Bodybuilders, physical culture competitors take to stage..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Japan focus on development of Thilawa, Dawei SEZs...Union Defence Minister meets delegation of Australian National University...U Soe Nwe presents Credentials to His Majesty of Cambodia..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Myanmar needs reforms to compete with neighbours" by Aung Khin..... ARTICLE: "Commitment To Democracy" by Kyi Mun