DOMESTIC NEWS: Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects Kandawgyi sluice gate and construction of Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon); Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife enjoy Suvannasama Drama Contest; Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory Committee meets; Yangon Division Supervisory Committee for Ensuring Secure and Smooth Transport holds meeting; Meeting on rail link with Kunming held in Singapore; Horizon League Basketball Tournament continues; Tatmadaw families, wellwishers offer cash and kind to monasteries of four townships, Thanantana Dhammapalaka Hindu Organization; Free medical treatment given to eye patients in Ayeyawady Div; Kayin State USDA holds annual general meeting; People of Kachin State and Bago, Sagaing and Magway Divisions denounce recent protests; 15th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions continue... "PERSPECTIVES": "For improvement of socioeconomic life of rural people" ... ARTICLES: "Leave us alone" by Anyatha: "...The majority of the population of more than 56 million want to lead a peaceful life without instability and violence. They do not want to face the 1988 unrest-like incident again and are very pleased with the present conditions..."; "Myanmar?s efforts to eradicate narcotic drugs" by Maung Maung Kyaw.