DOMESTIC NEWS: 1.Not only Tatmadaw, but also entire nationalities including civil service personnel should keep in fore Our Three Main National Causes Senior General Than Shwe visits Kawthoung; 2. Vietnamese Chief of General Staff and party leave for home; 3. General Thura Shwe Mann attends opening of Kawthoung People?s Hospital (100-bed); 4. Shanghai IIS meets Myanmar-ISIS; 5. Rural development tasks inspected in Bago, Magway Divisions; 6. World Health Day observed at IBC; 7. Cash and kind donated to social organizations; 8. Stimulant tablets seized in Tachilek; 9. Course in Master of BusinessAdministration (MBA)scheduled; 10. Minister for Mines receives Chinese guests; 11. Empo sells 1,198 jade, gem, pearl lots; 12. Khonglanphu TV re-transmission station air programme; 13. National Blood Bank opens on New Year?s Day; 14. Filling stations to be kept open during Thingyan days..."PERSPECTIVES":"Work in concert for success of seven-point Road Map"(page 2)...FEATURES:"42nd Myanmar Gems Emopruim"(page 7)