DOMESTICS NEWS: 1. Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing host Independence Day commemorative reception and dinner; 2. Independence Day State Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony held; 3. Government will safeguard, further strengthen national solidarity in interest of State and people; 4. Foreign Heads of States send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; 5. Foreign Heads of Governments send felicitations to Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win; 6. Students able to portray independence in detail in all aspects Prizes awarded to winners of 57th Anniversary Independence Day commemorative essay, poem and computer drawing contests, TV quiz; 7. Merits for renovation of religious buildings shared; 8. Minister for Information inspects GTC Printing Press; 9. Independence Day Exhibition continues; 10. Building of Marine Administration Dept opened; 11. Shweli gravel road put into commission in Yaksawk; 12. Departments and enterprises of Finance and Revenue Ministry inspected in Shan State..."PERSPECTIVES": "Towards a discipline-flourishing democratic nation" (page 2)