HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: DM asks for proposal for flood mitigation and water scarcity plan to be recorded...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw representatives donate daily allowance to flood victims.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Stepping up for Rakhine - Central Committee for Implementation of Peace, Stability and Development in Rakhine State meets...Low-pressure in Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression...Floods force 45 schools to shut in Kyaungkon Tsp, more than 300,000 people in Ayeyawady Region affected...Flooding forces Pathein trains to terminate at Athoke...Government?s work performance for first 100 days press conference to be held on Friday...Serious action for stone-throwing at MR trains promised by authorities...Ayeyawady Region provided with K 100-million fund for disaster preparedness by BFM...Combined medical team performed kidney transplant operation successfully at Nay Pyi Taw Military Hospital...Temporary shelters will be built for the Taung Pyone festival visitors...Yaba seized in Phakant...A man died in accident...Woman arrested for mortgaging of fake gold...Sesame growers faced with difficulties at harvest time...MPT sim card holders must register at sales centres under new rules...Eighty per cent of Myanmar rubber exported to China..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: P&F Ministry seeks parliamentary approval for $100m loan from World Bank...Chinese PLA hands over medical vehicles, equipment to Myanmar Tatmadaw...Registration cards to be issued to Myanmar domestic helpers in foreign countries - Thein Ko Lwin...Consortiums prepare to reach eventual inking of construction project...Eighty per cent of Myanmar rubber exported to China...Indian cold pills pour over remote border to fuel Myanmar narcotics boom...BBC Burmese programmes coming to Myanmar Radio..... "OPINION": "People tend to be corrupt" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Skills Training, Assessment and Certification of Workers Based on Occupational Competency Standards" - Kyaw Win (Labour)(Retd.)