HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw approves motion urging government to raise livelihood of ethnic people...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s tenth regular session holds its 16th-day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor talks at length on importance of early childhood care...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech...State Counsellor, authors participate in dinner gathering...Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun inspects preparations for All Who Can Read Should Read campaign...Senior General attends Defence Service Medical Academy graduation ceremony...Union Government sets new pension figures for retired civil servants...YBPC faces losses of K5 mln per day, YRTA pushes cashless payment...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 19th December, 2018)...Invitation to young writers for Sunday Special...Two fishermen found dead with necks slashed in Maungtaw .....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives Ambassador of Republic of Belarus...19th ASEAN University Games conclude successfully...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat receives French ambassador...Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint meets British Ambassador to Myanmar...Myanmar, China consult cooperation on border management...Golden honeydew cultivation declines in Sagaing Region on seed shortage...Fishery exports fetch $173 mln in current fiscal year...Private traders help boost exports of manufactured goods...Dr. Pe Myint holds separate meetings with Yunnan Media Group Vice Chairman, Korean Film Council Chairman...Myanmar, Bangladesh conduct coordinated patrol along border...Myanmar National Airlines to start flights between Yangon and Chengdu...Myanmar star Aung Thu joins Thailand’s Muangthong F.C...Win Naing Tun named best player in Viet Nam football tourney.....OPINION: "Need for eliminating malaria, dengue".....ARTICLE: "Roundtable Discussions on the Reform Program in connection with Social Security Benefits (Part Two)" - By Khin Yadanar Photo: May Oo Moe (Continued from the previous day)