DOMESTIC NEWS: Use of administrative power effectively and efficiently...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends award presentation to outstanding students...Summary of observations at 9.30 hr MST on 30-12-2012...Road construction sites in Nay Pyi Taw inspected...Historic Relic Pagoda festival held in Yedashe...Shwedagon Pagoda witnesses record high tourist arrivals in 2012...Thanbyuzayat BEHS No. 1 celebrates golden jubilee...Small loans disbursed to Kayah State cooperative societies...Sinmakaw model village enjoys electricity supply...Mothers, babies receive medical check-ups in Tamway Township...Overturned truck leaves two dead, seven wounded...Substitution of concrete sleepers for Thazi-Shwenyaung railroad section...Agricultural bank discusses loan repayment with farmers...Inmya Thaya football ground ready to be used...Second Inter-Basic Education School Sports Competition...Tube-well launched in Nyaungshwe...Sales of mobile phone discussed at MPT...Monghsat District clinches title in Chief Minister?s Cup...Fund shared to Township DAC...5400 stimulant tablets seized in Nawngkhio...Border Affairs Ministry oversees rural development in self-administered division/zones...Yangon Mayor oversees development tasks... India?s oldest club hit with two-year ban...Movies, being able to depict histories, real life stories, future scenarios, common characteristics and unique qualities of national races communities of respective regions, can manifest national identity, crucial for the nation... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: CB Bank to join hands with Japanese BTMU..... "PERSPECTIVES": "The southern hope".....ARTICLE: "Safeguarding Independence" Shwe Taing Lwin.....POEM: "A better country" Myo Myat Myat Myint Maung