DOMESTIC NEWS: Garment industry bosses urged to take future industry opportunities into account in deciding minimum wage...Five companies lose seafarer recruitment and placement license, five suspended...Free surgery for children with cleft lip and palate...57 jade lots worth euro 136.56 million sold...Yangon Region murder cases down, robberies up in first half of year...Strengthen tax authorities to increase revenue, IMF urges...5th RBE train launched with air-conditioned coaches...Border affairs minister inspects relief tasks in Rakhine flood...Education officials clarify methods to promote basic education...Middle and high school teachers get English proficiency skills...Offspring of district GAD staff receive stipends, notebooks...Sanitation prevents mosquito-borne diseases...Electricity improves livelihoods of residents in rural area of Ingapu Tsp...Hinthada Tsp to sink 25 wells in rainy season...Myawady District WAO honours district religious association...Health staff vaccinate children, pregnant women..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation visits Hekinan coal-fired power plant...Union FM sends message to Malawi...Collegian footballers to be trained for 18th ASEAN university games...Myanmar, India eye tourism development...Myanmar?s sesame hopes for good price in Chinese market...Images of President U Thein Sein?s Japan visit..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Plants play crucial role in natural disaster reduction" by Aung Khin..... ARTICLE: "Peace is for all mankind" by Tommy Pauk