HLUTTAW MEETINGS: No plan to return seized firearms with license or permits to owners, heirs [Pyithu Hluttaw, 5th day]...Multimodal Transport Bill discussed at Amyotha Hluttaw session.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Chess Championships 2013 kick off...Pavarana Ceremony held at Gainghtauk Monastery at southwest corner of Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Bago...Rescue and relief course conducted...Stimulant tablets, arms seized in Myawady...Fruits of Kayin State flow into market through Nyaungbinlay Market of Toungoo...Temporary passports given back to Myanmar workers...Mobile team makes surprise check in Loilem...Man dies beside rail trucks in Indaw...Roads under repair in Kalay for better transportation...Stimulant tablets worth K 90 million seized in Loilem...Myanmar Star tortoises undergo health scanning...ROAD CONSTRUCTION INSPECTED [photo]...KNU holds press conference on recent blasts...Visitors observe Hluttaws...24-hr electrification for Pangon Village of YeU Tsp...Buddha images made of various flowers from Shwedagon Pagoda donated to villages...Local roads concreted in Hinthada...Motorbike workshop fire engulfs vehicles, 15 shopping apartments..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ICAO to provide technical assistance for development of Myanmar civil aviation industry...Orcaella cruiseliner anchors at Magway harbour...Myanmar women?s team hope for gold...Temporary passports given back to Myanmar workers...JICA to assist in livestock breeding and rural development tasks in Myanmar...Debate on international financial institutions? flow and developing countries held...Selected Myanmar youth golfers to participate in Asia-Pacific Championship...Cards for entrance to all sports events to be issued free of charge...Nepalese, Myanmar specialists to provide free surgical operations...Free eye surgical operations given to locals in Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawady and Mandalay Regions...No disruption happens to ongoing peace process due to recent bombings..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Unity in diversity"..... ARTICLE: "Traditional boat racing of leg-rowers at Inlay Lake" By: Moe Lwin Oo (Loilem)