HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves K 410.972 billion allocation to give loans to state-owned enterprises..... EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office (Order No. 33/2013) 7th Waxing of Wagaung, 1375 ME (13th August, 2013) Appointment of deputy ministers.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein?s address to be aired on MRTV...It needs to establish good relations between government and sports federations: Vice-President U Nyan Tun...Students provided with stipends of Nay Pyi Taw bus lines...Pieces of sawn teak timber seized in Hlegu...Heroin seized in Indaw, Homalin, Lashio...Gangaw plans to carry out rural development tasks...Illegally imported viscera of chicken seized...Ownerless seized oxen sold through auction...Basic officer course concludes...Stipends granted to offspring of members of Pyinmana All Bus Lines Supervisory Committee...Sanitation tasks carried out along Kalay-Gangaw railroad section...Water tanks donated to primary school in water-scarce village...Teachers invited to participate in 2013 World Teacher?s Day article contest...Water supply facilities in Mahaaungmye Tsp repaired...Power plants built in Mandalay District...Drug stores in Pyinmana inspected...Killer alligator captured dead (sic)...Crops protection undertaken in Taninthayi...Men?s Table Tennis Invitational Cup kicks off...Landslide blocks Tachilek- Monghsat Road...Creek overflows villages in Hsipaw Tsp...Small loans disbursed in Taninthayi Tsp...Government Employees Cooperative holds meeting...Yangon Region ABCC (Central) opens basic course for bus workers...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Chairman of Myanmar Press Council (Temporary)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Training aimed at securing Charity gold medals...Experts seek ways for implementation of Brahamaputra-Salween Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (BSL)...AIBD?s Annual Gathering and General Conference and Associated Meeting held...Myanmar-Japan Ministerial level meeting on natural disaster held...Union Attorney-General meets guests from NUS and UK aid Organization...Union Home Affairs Minister meets UNHCR Resident Representative...Union A&I Minister receives officials of USAID...MNHRC Chairman meets UN Special Rapporteur...Foreign exchange rates to be put on www. cbm.gov.mm, 01-8605100...Safety of tourists discussed in NyaungU..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Drought and anxiety of farmers"..... ARTICLE: "Breeding giant sea perch with remarkable success in Taninthayi Region" Byline: Myint Shwe (Fisheries Department)