LOCAL NEWS: Election turnout higher than 1990; Hotels prepare for next emporium; Swiss balloonists to make 13th Myanmar flight; World AIDS Day marked nationally; Prominent monk helps upgrade toilets at monasteries; Yangon monastery hosts Shan New Year festival; Hotels prepare to celebrate Xmas and New Year; WikiLeaks letting it all hang out; Manaw Festival scheduled for January; Shwe Thanlwin launches satellite television service; ICRC complains over logo misuse; UN agency to distribute food in Rakhine State; Hibernating bird numbers in decline this year; South Korea institute provides training on organic farming; Twante Canal upgrade work continues; Companies offer holiday tours; Outbound leisure travel market booming; Pyae Ti Oo provides grants to students; Group to support disabled children; Ignoring disability can harm a child?s future; ?Active? approach needed to stop TB...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: Massive loan from China to fund gas investment; Rag trade orders boost local garment sector; Bank to up capital; Community doing its bit to replenish stale notes with crisp currency; Local tyre market slowly deflating; YCDC pledges to continue road building; City construction on the increase...TIMEOUT: Hip-hop star earns right to celebrity; Artist Kin Maung Yin revealed; Bands to play in New Delhi festival...SPORT...INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Information Technology Filipino gamer mixes work with play; Redlink secures ISO certificate; MCPA exams to be held on Dec 19...TRAVEL: Scoping celebrities at LA eateries...CLASSIFIEDS...MEDIA ROUNDUP: Company to produce CDMA handsets; Movies use silicon ?special effects?; Fibre optic cables to be exported ...EVENTS FLASH: Contemporary art exhibition; 5th Indonesian Culinary and Culture Fair; Hip-hop 10th anniversary concert; Pyin Oo Lwin music festival; Golden oldies concert; Miss Christmas contest...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES.....N.B. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS NO INDEX PAGE, NAVIGATE FROM "LOCAL NEWS" TO THE OTHER SECTIONS