DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to State of Kuwait...Prime Minister General Thein Sein felicitates Kuwaiti counterpart...Enshrining religious objects in Uppatasanti Pagoda, hoisting Htidaw coordinated...Mandalay General Hospital gets new five-storey building...Insurance, essential for businesses...Foreign Minister sends felicitations to Kuwaiti counterpart...Gold foil donation ceremony of Uppatasanti Pagoda held...F&R Minister attends Special ASEAN+ 3 Finance Ministers? Meeting...Rare books sales from 27 Feb to 8 March...Maintenance of Aung Zeya Bridge approach road inspected...Military band competition opened...IBTC Open Golf Championships opens...UMFCCI AGM on 20 March...Special sales in Yamethin, Thayet...ICCA 2009 on 26-27 Feb..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Collaborative work crucial for promoting education standard".....ARTICLE: "Nancho Hydropower Project implementation commences in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana" Article & Photos: Photographer Maung Maung