DOMESTIC NEWS: Tender proposals of telecommunication operators scrutinized...Cash and kind donations for Meiktila victims...Shwepyitha, Lanmadaw Townships start to take pilot census-taking...Mongkai mom gives birth to triplets...Brake failure car crash on Yangon-Mandalay highway...Motorcyclist dies after crashing into back of stationary vehicle...Uncontrolled light truck kills unknown woman...Trash fire in Sittway University campus...Young girl dies of electric shock in North Okkalapa Township...Outstanding school children go on excursion to Inlay Lake...New diamond orb, umbrella hoisted atop quake-ravaged pagoda in Sagaing...Toungoo District Court concludes office work refresher course...Cash donated to funds of social organizations in Mawgyun...Dagon Myothit (North) Township facilitated with new concrete street...People take relaxation at Chaungtha Beach...Armed Forces to continue safeguarding nation at the risk of life and limb...English Language Training Programme for Hluttaw capacity building..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein leaves for China to attend Boao Forum for Asia 2013...Major telcos and investor Soros set sights on Myanmar...Care Myanmar donates two rural health branches...Davis Cup Tennis Tournament-2013 at Pun Hlaing Golf Course...Myanmar entrepreneurs hold discussion with Norwegian guests...Chinese President Mr. Xi Jinping welcomes President U Thein Sein...Union Defence Minister meets Singaporean guest...Singaporean President and party conclude visit...The 2015 election would be a sign of progress of democratization: Mr Jimmy Carter...Development of meat production in Myanmar discussed...Singaporean Minister observes Yangon urban housing projects..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Comic remembrance"..... ARTICLES: "Spectacular Shan State" Byline: Min Khant Soe (Kyemon) Photo: Aung Kyaw Win (Kyemon)..."World Health Day 2013" Dr Aung Tun (Ministry of Health)