HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw discusses 2015-16 FY national planning bill, 2015 union budget bill: "naY PYi Taw, 29 Jan — Members of Union level organizations explained matters related to the 2015- 16 fiscal year national planning bill and the 2015 union budget bill at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw?s eighth day session on Thursday. Union Minister for Health Dr Than Aung explained the ministry demanded K407.5 billion of ordinary expenditure and K349.9 billion of capital expenditure to spend the two-third of budget on providing medical treatment to the people and the one-third of budget on extension of building. The ministry plans to spend K37 billion on cost of medical treatment for over 900,000 government service personnel. The medical treatment for the people will include basic package and benefit package..."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw session discusses appointment of law officers and drug eradication: "naY PYi Taw, 29 Jan — The Office of the Attorney- General of the Union appointed 600 law officers (grade-4) over the period of five fiscal years, Deputy Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo told the Pyithu Hluttaw session on Thursday while he was responding to a question raised by a representative who asked whether the office had plans to appoint more law officers. However, the deputy attorney-general said there were still 229 vacant posts for deputy township law officers in the entire country. A total of 150 law officers recruited in 2013- 14 fiscal year completed their training course at the Central Civil Service University on 12 December and they were appointed to vacant posts while another 150 recruited in 2014-15 fiscal year were still under training at the university, according to the deputy attorney- general..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: MPs debate Population Control Healthcare Bill: "naY PYi Taw, 29 Jan— The Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw decided to bring the Population Control Healthcare Bill back to Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee after the bill was debated at the Hluttaw today. U Khin Maung Latt of Rakhine State?s No. 6 constituency has suggested to enact the bill as a law, stressing the need for adopting policies which are adapted to situation of Myanmar as it is located between the countries where population explosion is happening. U Zone Hlyal Htan of Chin State?s constituency No. 2 and Dr Myint Naing of Sagaing Region Constituency No. 3 have suggested to take time to be able to thoroughly make assessment to the bill before enacting it. Maj Ye Wint Soe, a representative from the Ministry of Defence Services, has pointed out that there is no sections for punishment for hindrances to the health care services which would be carried out in accordance with the law. He has suggested to think about whether punishments should be added to the bill. U J Yaw Wu of Kachin State?s constituency No. 12 has objected the Population Control Healthcare Bill while Daw Khin Waing Kyi of Yangon Region?s No. 1 constituency seconded it..."..... DOMESTIC NEWS: 4th GMS Environment Ministers? Meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw...Tender invited for building Fish & Meat Whole Sale Market in Insein...Construction of new Hanthawaddy International Airport planned to start this year...UEC Chairman meets election sub-commissions, political parties, CSOs in Kokang Self-Administered Zone...Student protesters arrive in Kyaukpadaung...Mandalay Region government honours outstanding persons in respective fields...Maintenance of bicycles earns income for families...Township Cooperative Department disburses loans to cooperative societies...Local people focus on environmental conservation at Inlay Lake...People get knowledge of vocations and skills for life in training...Kachin State government gives certificates, cash assistance of President to older persons...LBVD conducts basic livestock breeding workers courses...Youth golfers take part in Junior Golf Myanmar Tournament...Tripartite dialogue for good community engagement in extractive industries held in Yangon..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japanese firms look for business relationships with Myanmar counterparts in four areas...Construction of new Hanthawaddy International Airport planned to start this year...Myanmar hands over chairmanship of ASEAN Tourism Forum to the Philippines...Vice President U Nyan Tun meets Thai prime minister...More than 630 tourists from Cruise Liner Azamara Quest visit Yangon...Myanmar moves to win OGP membership...GMS environment ministers? meeting continues..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Time to change the mindset in drafting and debating bills" by Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "Transforming information into knowledge in higher education institutions" by Myo Myint