HLUTTAW SESSIONS:-PYITHU HLUTTAW: 7th day meeting of 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 6th regular session_a question on systematic arrangements made for collection of full commercial tax and the ease with which tax payers could pay tax. In response to the question Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Maung Maung Win said commercial entities that are required to pay commercial tax are fined progressively upon violations such as failure to affix a commercial tax stamp on the receipt, not affixing the proper value of commercial tax stamp and failure to issue a receipt.....AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 6th regular session holds its 7th day meeting_Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications replied to the question raised by Dr Zaw Lin Htut of constituency 9, Mon State, ?Myanma Post and Telecommunication Enterprise has no plan to provide monthly fees for hiring land for the construction of telephone tower pillars at the Gawt Taw Ya village, in Thaton township for the development of rural area as it was built with the permission of Mon State Government.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Work for inclusive peace building...300,000 bamboo plants to be distributed nationwide next year...Efforts stepped up for Kanyinchaung Economic Zone in Maungtaw Tsp...AICHR workshop on Rights-based Approach ...CICS (Lower Myanmar) department head management course No. 1...Market, shops see normalcy in Maungtaw...Muslim villagers receive medical care in Maungtaw...Investment office opens to boost Rakhine?s economy...Quarter-finals of U-13 Boy?s States & Regions Tournament 2017 today.....EXTERNAL RELATION: State Counsellor receives Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand...Chairperson U Myo Nyunt leaves for ROK...Sino-Myanmar international Marathon competition in December...Advanced purchase of Myanmar?s mango from China?s merchants ...New company is preparing to enter Yangon Stock Exchange...Four cargo ships dock in Yangon ports; rice shipment is nearly ready...VP U Myint Swe receives Viet Nam delegation...Union Chief Justice attends CACJ Special Meeting in Philippines...Union Minister Dr Pe Myint meets Minister of MIC of Viet Nam...Czech Republic Day reception...94th Turkey Republic Day reception...SG Min Aung Hlaing receives Thailand Foreign Minister and Indian C-in-C separately...Group?s second positioner Myanmar to meet Thailand in 2017 AFF Futsal Semifinal....."OPINION": "The green-eyed monsters" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "Fire in the sky — the Taunggyi balloon festival" - Maung Lu Aye