DOMESTIC NEWS: Reaching for the bar: Capacity building imperative to improve SMEs performance...Beautiful landscapes of Northernmost Myanmar brought to life at exhibition...MoI to assist development of ethnic media...1,750 jade lots auctioned on Saturday....Youths in border areas enjoy access to technical, vocational training...Police mark 68th Anniversary of Independent Day...Dr Sai Mauk Kham describes literature as centre of national characteristics and cultural variations...Yangonites hold second mass December walk on Saturday...4th Myanmar gems and jewellery emporium held at Mandalay...KOICA held the Myanmar Economy Seminar...Car Accidents occur mostly at night...Mon traditional event will be held coming Sunday...Stimulant pills seized in Shan State, Yangon Region...More traffic police assigned to construction overpass...Let?s Win-Win Together...Business watchdog identifies three priorities for coming year in Myanmar..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: More than 200 participate in ?Bike for Dad”...Hotel and Tourism Union Minister welcomes MS Seabourn Sojourn at Thilawa Port...KOICA held the Myanmar Economy Seminar..... "OPINION": "Encourage FDI to stimulate the national economy" by Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "The Gantaloka Translation Contest and Thakin Ba Thaung" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung