HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyithu Hluttaw: Self-reliant electrification projects carried out in some villages: councilor: "Nay Pyi Taw, 5 June — Self-reliant electrification projects had to be carried out in some villages with the consent of locals as spending state budget on electrification of over 63,000 villages in the entire country will reduce the spending for other important sectors, Nay Pyi Taw Council member U Phone Zaw Han told the Friday session of the Pyithu Hluttaw. The council member was replying to a question raised by U Phyo Zeyar Thaw of Pobbathiri Constituency, who asked about the collection of K267.68 million from farmers to electrify 14 villages in Pobbathiri Township this fiscal year. The council member said village electricity supply committees estimated expenditures for power supply works before collecting the money from local farmers under supervision of district and township electrification committees. Authorities in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area coordinate with the Ministry of Electric Power to supply electricity to local people residing near the power grid, he added. U Myint Soe of Pyawbwe Constituency asked whether there is a plan to build toilets at pagodas, religious edifices, sites of cultural heritage and public places. Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Dr Maung Maung Htay replied that toilets have been built at separate areas of famous religious edifices. However, some boards of trustees cannot afford to build toilets. Likewise, most buildings at cultural zones have not yet been equipped with public toilets."..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Environmental conservation a national duty: president...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife hoist umbrella atop pagoda, comfort patients at military hospital...Departmental officials need to accept good opportunity for relations with media...Postponement of general elections only likely in face of disaster and instability: UEC...Hospital sees rise in female patients living on streets...Archway opened, religious objects enshrined at Jade Pagoda...Nay Pyi Taw Council member supervises regional development tasks...Bago Region sports grounds set for maintenance...Public Health Dept team treats villagers, shares knowledge...Mogok Lake dredged to increase capacity, cut flood risk...Needy students receive uniforms, stationery...MCDC election campaign hits home stretch...Mandalay Region gov?t assigns regional projects...Police officers check sales of prohibited chemicals, medicines...Five star performance gives hosts hope..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, UK business chambers agree to strengthen partnership...President U Thein Sein sends messages of felicitations to Sweden...Union FM sends message of felicitations to Sweden...JICA to assist water supply for urban areas in Pyigyidagun Tsp..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Make most of young minds for good of nation" by Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLES: "Food wastage versus world hunger" by Hla Maung..."Welcoming new partners to fight an old enemy: Poverty" by Jim Yong Kim