DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Excerpts from speech of Senior General Than Shwe; 2. Parade of 47th Intake of Defence Services Academy; 3. 24 bridges constructed in Yangon Division; 4. Myanmar soccer team accorded rousing welcome; 5. Representatives to CAFEO arrive; 6. Meeting to review successful completion of World Buddhist Summit held; 7. Orbis comes to Myanmar; 8. Paper-reading session of Traditional Medicine; 9. Observance of 57th Anniversary Independence Day; 10. ATF Awareness Presentation 20 Dec; 11. Fifth Myanmar Traditional Medicine; 12. MWAF holds coord meeting; 13. Myeik Open Golf Championship begins..."PERSPECTIVES": "Towards successful relization of USDA future tasks"(page 2)...FEATURE: "Discussion of Pensioners-2"(page 6)