DOMESTIC NEWS: Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Educative Show and Contest opened...Development of gymnastic sports discussed...Elimination of illegal timber extraction, environmental conservation talked in Tamu...Talks on anti-human trafficking held...Union Cooperatives Minister attends meeting of cooperatives development subcommittee...UCSB holds coord meeting...Long-distance race organized...4th Horizon Open Table Tennis Tournament 28-29 Jan...Khittaya Myothit wins Pyay Administrator?s Cup...Community Forest Users? Group meets...Broiler breeders group organized...Namhkam gets asphalt road...Fire drill organized at Saw Mill-38...Loans disbursed for second time...64th Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examination commences...EP-2 Ministry concludes training courses...Ceremony to mark 64th Independence Day held in Loikaw, Kayah State...Sumitomo Golf Classic on 11-14 January...Fire drill at Auto Exchange Office in Loikaw...BEMS upgraded to BEHS branch...Nutritious refreshments presented to expectant mothers...Myaungmya gets new repaved street...New school building opened in Singaing Township...Pyapon gets repaved road...Fire preventive measures taken...Vaccine of foot-and-mouth disease provided...Rice Reserve Supervisory Committee holds meeting...Community-based domiciliary care provided in Dawbon Township...Significant night temperature (7-1-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Foreign Ministers send message of felicitations to Union Foreign Affairs Minister..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Well done!" [re Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic that was recently conveyed from the People?s Republic of China to Myanmar].....ARTICLE: "Bringing down of poverty" Byline: Ko Tin Hlaing (Meiktila) Photo: Ko Thant Zin (Htilarmyay)