DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win to attend ASEAN summits in Laos; 2. USDA Annual General Meeting (2004) continues [4-page report]; 3. Myingyan Sayadaw?s remains to convey to Sankyaungdaw; 4. Monks and laity pay obeisance to Myingyan Sayadaw; 5. Invitation to final rites for Myingyan Sayadaw; 6. A & I Ministry offers Kathina robes; 7. Kathina robes offering ceremonies of PPE, IPRD, MMPE, MRTV held; 8. Ministry of Science & Technology offers Kathina robes; 9. Kathina robes offered; 10. Tawwin Thante Monastery in Mandalay to be renovated; 11. Ministry of Health holds Special course No 2/2004; 12. Bago Division (East) USDA members donate blood at Bago People?s Hospital; 13. Bilin Sugar Mill to produce 3,500 tons of sugar opens; 14. Winners of National Literary Award announced ; 15. Foreign Wushu teams arrive... "PERSPECTIVES": "Strive for extended cultivation of oil palm, rubber and new crops" (Page 2).