DOMESTIC NEWS: Thura U Shwe Mann pays respect to former teachers at Pyu Basic Education High School No (1)...Prices of beans and pulses expected to rise in 2015...Novel-Myanmar literary festival to be celebrated on grand scale in mid-January...Yangon honours senior citizens...Mingala association awards winners in religious examination...Wellwisher donates 10 sets of tables and chairs to BEHS Branch...Video branch of MMPO opens in Myawady...Villages of green emerald project gaining development momentum...Retired personnel may apply for apartments of Myayinanda Housing...Retired personnel may apply for apartments of Myayinanda Housing...Inter-village road gets wooden bridge in Mohnyin Township...Farmers from Dekkhinathiri Township visit paddy and vegetable farms...Hotel project to contribute to development of infrastructures in TadaU Tsp...District IPRD, volunteers give mobile library service to readers...Township WVO holds annual meeting...INRD issues citizenship cards to locals...People young and old participate in Mandalay Mayor?s Trophy Mini Marathon 2015...New road opened to contribute to uplift of living standard of people...Nay Pyi Taw Council member views sales of chemical dye free products...Hepatitis research to be conducted nationwide in February...Pamti-Pyihtaung inter-village road under construction in Myitkyina Tsp...Union minister visits housing projects in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Tsp..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Time for big businesses to give back to society" by Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLES: "Rectitude, Aptitude and Positive-attitude are main qualities for the personnel in the leadership" by Tommy Pauk..."Morals" by Tin Shein