HLUTTAWS: First day of the third regular session of first Kachin State Hluttaw held..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Sixth meeting of Sixth State Central Working Committee of Sangha commences...Mandalay Region Ministers reshuffled...Mandalay Mayor appointed...Union Minister inspects Government Press, sub-printing house in Mandalay Region...Six-distinction winning students honoured at Thuwunna BEHS...Dinner hosted to Tero Sasana FC...Raising pass rate for matric exam discussed...Shwegyin Township Hospital gets new self-reliant building...Cold season groundnut plantation produces 100 baskets per acre...Facts about taxation system disseminated in Pyay...Village plantations thriving in Hsipaw Township...Press conference on ABC National Women?s Pool & Ball Championship held...Sagaing Region Chief Minister attends pagoda umbrella hoisting ceremony...ICT workshop for socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation commences...By-election ballot lists to be announced...Dy Health Minister on inspection tour of hospitals in Myitkyina...Work being carried out for development of people at grassroots level, poverty allevialtion clarified...Traffic lights installed in Mandalay...Traffic rules talked at Hinthada University...Wamkhok Village library opened...Communitybased TB disease prevention course opened in Namkham...Cooperative proficiency multiplier course opens...Prizes awarded to outstanding students in Mawlamyinegyun...Talks on environmental conservation in Singu...Mini-marathon, track & field events in Mandalay on 26 March...Township Administrator?s Cup Soccer wraps up...Environmental conservation undertaken...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker calls on committees and commission..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar would promote existing friendship and cooperation with China (Thura U Shwe Mann) - Despite changes in global politics, Sino-Myanmar ties have never changed (Mr Jia Qinglin)...GE Healthcare enters Myanmar market...Dy Foreign Minister, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, sign MoU...Myanmar will continue to implement the system commensurate with its own situation (Thura U Shwe Mann) - There are many differences among nations so that there will be external interference if the country adopts democratic system of other countries (Mr Li Yuanchao)..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Children should wear helmets, too".....BRIDGE ARTICLE: "Shweli River-crossing Bridge that links Kachin State and Shan State (North) through Sagaing Region" Archive: Maung Nyein Aye