DOMESTIC NEWS: Union-level Peace-Making Committee holds talks with Panhsan Special Region-2 group...Oil workers, Moe & Moe Co yet to reach agreement...BEMS branch upgraded to BEMS...Police officers, local authorities meet in discussions...2012 Science Film Festival held...Candle light breaks out fire in Lashio...Industry Ministry honours victorious Women Volleyball Taekwondo athletes...CRC Day observed in Mandalay...Gangaw sees public service book corner...Law Library put into service...Installation of seven-digit landlines carried out free of charge in Taunggyi...55th blood donation...Station hospital in dire need of doctors, equipment...Basic paddy cultivation work demonstrated...Cash for construction of Home for the Aged...Rural fund spent on milch cows...Psychological support given to victims in Myebon, Pauktaw, Maungtaw and Sittway in Rakhine State...Specialists giving prompt treatment to inpatients...Ministry of Information Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise Invitation for open tender of Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise (branch office, Dawei) to build two storey RC building...42nd Maha Kathina robe offering ceremony held...Yangon Living & Car Show, Chinese Industrial Products Expo Myanmar opened...Slight earthquake jolts near Thabeikkyin...Summary of observations at 09:30 hr M.S.T. on 6-12-2012..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein receives UN USG for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator...Illegal trading blocked at borders...Chin traditional dance at India-ASEAN Car Rally...Border Affairs Ministry, UNDP hold workshop on ICDP, CDRT, new programme of UNDP...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker meets UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator...UNICEF?s new representative, FM discuss future cooperation process...The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release [on forthcoming Aljazeera programmes on the Rohingya]...Speaker of Pyidaungsu, Amyotha Hluttaws holds talks with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Reform in basic education"..... ARTICLES: "The 65th Sacred Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examination in the year of 2013" Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)..."Trust in reform" Min Ba Htoo