DOMESTIC NEWS:Vice-President visits utility jade, gems and pearl sales...Talks on traffic rules given...First year (Hons) courses rejuvenate Mandalay University...Tatkon Township marks 92nd Anniversary National Day...Cash donated to quake victims...Prizes awarded in Inter-Region/State Aerobics Contest...Workshop on anti-modern human trafficking 14 Dec...Books donated to village library...Tax educative essay and cartoon contests held...13th National Badminton Tournament held...Narcotic drugs seized in Pyay...Environment-friendly tea plantation nurtured in Mount Popa reserve...Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida selection exam opened...Statement (8/2012) of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission on the International Human Rights Day, 10 December, 2012...Multiplier librarian course opens...Tachilek Dhamma Thiri Hospital handed over to the State to meet expectations of national races in border areas for health care...92nd Anniversary National Day and opening of No. 3 BEHS centennial ceremony celebrated in Bago...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker attends opening ceremonies of upgraded schools in Pyawbwe Township...Completion of sports grounds, gymnasiums in Nay Pyi Taw inspected...Kyaikhtiyoe Shuttle Bus Line Service shuttles 39600 pilgrims free..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 12th Myanmar-China Border Economic and Trade Fair opened in Myanmar...FIFA-MA Grassroots Festival 2012 kicks off...SR International College to run MBA course...MAI extends domestic flights with two Embraer 190s..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Patriotism of a heterogeneous society"