DOMESTIC NEWS: Message of Greetings sent by President U Win Myint on the occasion of the 45th Anniversary celebrations of Mon State Day...Union Government offers “soon” to members of the Sangha...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets residents of Hpa-an...Union Minister U Min Thu meets GAD staff of Kayin State...Tatmadaw conducts Combined Fleet Exercise-Sea Shield 2019...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Monday 18 March 2019)...Joint Committee to amend 2008 Constitution holds meeting 7/2019...NRPC, KNPP hold meeting in Nay Pyi Taw...Children’s Literary Festival commences in Putao...MCEA asks gov’t to enact Apartment Law...Five passengers killed, 12 seriously injured in car plunge on Alaungdaw Kathapa road...Security forces conduct operation against AA, arrest suspected member...Coordination meeting discusses logistics for Children’s Literary Festival in Bago.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Over 900 jade lots sold out on eighth day of Gem Emporium...Union Minister U Thein Swe receives Ambassador of Austria...Discussion held on implementing rule of law and human rights...Local gold price likely to fall: traders...Rice export earns $615 mln over 11 months...Export to Japan exceeds $460 mln in current fiscal...About 150 tons of cabbage exported daily to Thailand via Myawady.....OPINION: ''End armed conflicts without losing sight of people’s aspirations''.....ARTICLE: ''Developing Rakhine’s salt industry and a market for salt products'' - By Kyuntha Ngaman