DOMESTIC NEWS: Secretary-1 inspects renovation of CPT Minister?s office, Hanthawady exchange compound, Myanmar Shopping Mall building; Government building 80 highways, bridges large and small to ensure smooth transport in entire Union - Hopin Bridge on Shwebo-Myitkyina strategic road opened; Fire-fighting course concludes; Seminar on application of modern laboratory equipment held; Demonstration on SEW Eurodrive Energy Saving Products; Heroin, raw opium seized; Commander, Minister inspect Monywa Industrial Zone, Monywa Airport; New building for post-primary school handed over in Peikswe Village in Twantay Township; Myanmar Women?s Sports Federation leading patrons meet; Holding of National Workshop on Women and Sport discussed; Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspects agricultural projects in Shan State (North); Meeting to coordinate matters for cultivation of paddy and other crops and ensuring all-year round greening 30-mile perimeter of Yangon held; Regional development projects inspected in Mogaung, Kachin State... POEM: "Take horse and saddle as example"... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards socio-economic development of rural areas"...ARTICLE: "Fourteen years of development and peace" by Myint Soe (Na-Ta-La).