ACTIVITIES OF THE HLUTTAWS: Third regular session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to commence on 31 January OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Significant night temperature (9-1-2012)...214 drug cases exposed in December, 2011...CEO Classic Golf Tournament concludes...Winners awarded in Bowling Contest...Mass walks, sports activities organized...Union Energy Minister on inspection tour of Minbu Tsp...Stationery, cash donated to orphanage...Points to be followed in submitting candidature lists for vacant constituencies...For eligible voters to be able to include ballot lists...Union Electric Power No. 2 Minister inspects power plants...Defibrillitator donated to Health Dept...High yield paddy cultivation through GAP...Monsoon paddy harvested on model plot...Education GEC meets in Yamethin...Tarred town ringroad inaugurated...Seeding of high yield paddy strain demonstrated...Microfinance service plays an important role in reducing poverty of rural people...Workers collectively donate blood..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Bangkok...Myanmar, US to promote bilateral relations and cooperation...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Min Aung Hlaing meets President of Privy Council of Thailand...Home Affairs Minister receives US guests...Indian delegation concludes visit to Myanmar...Dy Foreign Affairs Minister receives Danish Development Cooperation Minister...Deputy Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa meets Japanese and Danish guests separately..... "PERSPECTIVES": "View from various angles".....ARTICLE: "Upgrade of Commercial City Yangon" Byline: Su Hnin L?