DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Sugarcane cultivation and boosting production of sugar mills coordinated; 2. Minister inspects construction of roads, bridges; 3. Founding anniversary of General Administration Department observed; 4. Member of Secretariat of USDA meets executives, organizers in NyaungU, Myingyan Districts; 5. Culture Minister inspects archaeological works; 6. Quality paddy strain picked for ARD; 7. A new tarred road built in Thingangyun; 8. Military and marching song competitions to mark 60th Anniversary Armed Forces Day to be held; 9. Rules for Armed Forces Day commemorative poem contest announced; 10. Shwenyaung-Namhsan railroad construction project inspected; 11. Veterans assisted with cash; 12. Fifth Kathina robes offering ceremony held; 13. Wellwishers invited for sinking tube-wells; 14. Nepalese Journalist delegation concludes visit; 15. Inter-township open football tournament kicks off; 16. Flag handed over to mountaineering team; 17. Myanmar to host 6th Asian Wushu C?ship ... "PERSPECTIVES": "Economic development through ASEAN-China regional cooperation" (Page 2)... FEATURES: "Ye Ywa Hydropower project to fulfil electricity requirements" (Page 7); "The developing Thakayta Industrial Zone" (Page 10).