DOMESTIC NEWS: President?s radio message on air...Mingun, a great tourist attraction in central Myanmar...Triplets successfully born at Pakokku General Hospital...Relief items donated to flood victims in Myeik...Pollination held at paddy plantations in Lashio...Health care given to older persons at home...Five monsoon paddy plantations thriving on test plots...Constitution Assessment Joint Committee meets...Union Health Minister receives No- Tobacco Award...Workshop on Broadcasting Law (Draft) held...Pindaya hospital gets new patient wards...Dentists provide free dental care to students...Disaster prevention drill conducted in Ngathainggyoung...Fingerlings released into farmland in Salin...Fertilizers presented to Mohnyin farmers...Doh Kyay Ywa journals donated to village libraries...Traffic rules knowledge shared in Nyaunglebin...Land Utilization Management Committee meets...Free computer course kicks off in Mingin...Township development tasks discussed in Kalay Tsp...Sanmya Thida River-crossing Bridge commissioned..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein felicitates Chinese President, Premier...Use development aid effectively, efficiently President U Thein Sein attends ceremony to clarify international grants/loans...Appointment of Finnish Ambassador agreed on...Appointment of Portuguese Ambassador agreed on...Union FM felicitates Chinese counterpart...Union FM felicitates Nigerian counterpart...Trade promotion discussed...Construction and architectural design exhibition held...Mandalay Region government meets Turkish guests...Talks on Prospects and Challenges to ASEAN Integration in 2015 held...Curriculum Vitae of New Zealand Speaker of House of Representatives Rt. Hon. David Carter...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham sends felicitations to Chinese Vice-President...Vice-President U Nyan Tun sends felicitations to Chinese Vice-President...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham, wife attend 64th Anniversary Founding Day of PRC...C-in-C leaves for Malaysia to accept Malaysian King?s title...Japanese training warships make port calls in Thilawa...Students of NCFAU (Yangon and Mandalay) leave for Japan..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Democracy culture"..... ARTICLES: "Hydropower, gas power plants to generate over 1800 megawatts within three years" Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe, Photo: Tin Soe (Myanma Alinn)..."OLDER PERSONS IN OUR SOCIETY" Maung Hlaing.....POEM: "AT THE SUNSET OF LIFE"