DOMESTIC NEWS: President says economic growth impossible without regional stability...Full rehearsal for 67th Anniversary Independence Day?s Grand Military Review parade continues...State-owned sawmills, wood-based factories to be leased out under long-term contracts...Natogyi to hold Buddha Pujaniya of Shinpin Tha Dun Oo Pagoda...Road upgrades in progress at Yadana Shwegu Pagoda in ChaungU Township...Pobbathiri Tsp gets new asphalt road in rural area...Labour shortage causes daily wages to rise in upper Myanmar...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann meets farmers in Sagaing Region...Local youths take part in Mya Ayeya Sports Festival in Myaungmya...Authorities manage installation of transformers for supply of electricity at full capacity...Artiste soldiers perform entertainment for locals...MCDC to hold mini-marathon race on 10 January...Cooperative societies need to pay back loans in six months...Rural people to get gravel road in Myanaung Tsp..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Yangon Zoo, Sapporo Maruyama Zoo to exchange animals...... "PERSPECTIVES": "Cooperation essential for making Yangon a cleaner place" by Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "What we need is a stronger and stabler Kyat" by Khin Maung Myint