"Matapitu upatthanam, to serve thy parents; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Protect all the national interests; 2. General Thura Shwe Mann inspects drills of Armed Forces Day Parade columns; 3. Government building new airports, upgrading old ones to facilitate air transport; 4. Commander inspects development tasks of townships in Yangon South District; 5. SWRR Minister inspects departmental tasks in Mandalay, PyinOoLwin; 6. Tractors handed over to Ministry of Forestry in Muse; 7. Archaeological works in Rakhine State inspected; 8. Over euro 18.5m fetched at 41st Myanma Gems Emporiuma; 9. F & R Deputy Minister attends ASEAN+3 Senior Policy Seminar in Manila; 10. 381 tourists arrive at Thilawa... "PERSPECTIVES": "Always keep Three Main National Causes in the fore" (Page 2)... ARTICLES: "Transport facilities constructed by the Tatmadaw and the people"; "Tatmadaw always making efforts for national development in the interest of the people" (Pages 8+9) ... POEM: "Because we've been dutiful" (Page 9).