DOMESTIC NEWS: MRTV to telecast State Excellence Awards presentation live...HGM Classic Golf Tourney on 25 May...Road signs put into place to improve road safety in Mandalay...Boat sinking claims five lives in NyaungU Township...A recent spate of car thefts in downtown Yangon...Saplings for perennial crops available in Thandaung Township...Unexploded WW II bomb found in Kyaukpyu...Dead grenades and rounds of ammunition unearthed in Bago...Mandalay City kept as garden city [N.B. photo of gardener at work]...Fire drill practised in Hsipaw...Branch of tree falls down on house in Amarapura...Stake driven for construction of pre-primary school in Myitkyina...Light water pump donated to fire brigade...Drug trafficker seized in Namkham...Local roads upgraded to asphalt facilities in Kalay...Wellwishers donate cash to Cetana free clinic...Dissemination of dairy cattle breeding knowledge in Mohnyin...Those of undestroyed houses return homes in Meiktila...Ilegally imported eggs destroyed at Muse 105th-Mile border trade camp...Onion prices fall in Yedashe...Illegal teak doors seized in overturned truck in DaikU...Umbrella hoisted atop Abhaya Zinamanaung Pagoda...Book corner opened in Kawlin...Knowledge about prevention against bird flu shared to people...Tachilek gets new traffic lights...Rain eases scorching heat in Mandalay...Fire drill hails Myanmar Fire Brigade Day in Myeik...Mandalay police detain 12 men for gang-style crimes...Transformer donated for Pazunmyaung Village, Nyaunglebin Tsp...Preventive measures against flood and construction of drainage systems inspected in Ayeyawady Region..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann holds talks with ROK President...Myanmar, Vietnam to play friendly match on 11 June...Director-General U Hau Do Suan appointed as Myanmar Ambassador to Canada...Australian Senate President and party visit St Mary?s Cathedral, Shwedagon Pagoda..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Pilot census"..... ARTICLES: "Hteesekha Waterfall, arts of nature" Byline and Photo: Kyee Myint Naing (Loikaw)..."A LITERARY AWARD CEREMONY" By Ba Than