EXECUTIVE: Resignation of Sagaing Region Minister allowed...Reshuffle of Sagaing Region government..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein?s New Year radio message to the entire people far and wide the nation...Coordinated approach should be adopted for budget allocation...Agreement reached on provision of aids for Rakhine State and quake victims...New school buildings for BEMS (Branch) in Ottarathiri Township...Book show organized in Thaton...Invaluable Mural paintings in Minbu...Two motorbikes collide head-on in Sagaing...Archway of Khaymarthiwum monastery in Pyinmana renovated...Event Management Course (2/2012) concludes...Talks on anti-human trafficking given in Pyay...Illegally sawn timber seized in Sagaing, Taninthayi, Bago regions...Suspension bridge helps rural people enjoy fruits of transportation...Spill of crude oil destroys farmlands...Over 69 grams of marijuana seized in Pyay...Stimulant tablets seized in Yamethin Township...Local people actively participate in mass walk of December...Significant temperatures on (31-12-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Bell from the US to arrive in Shwedagon in second week of January...Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Cuban Foreign Minister...President U Thein Sein felicitates President of Cuba...Vice-President U Nyan Tun enjoys joint-performance of Fine Arts Department, Xinxiang cultural troupe of the PRC..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Auld Lang Syne".....ARTICLES: "AS WE RING IN THE YEAR 2013" Maung Hlaing..."New democracy nation and ongoing reforms" Editorial Board..."New 3000-acre farmland to emerge soon in Nay Pyi" Taw Ramanya-Thway Mon.....POEM: "A blooming flower"