EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office Notification No 99/2012 1st Waxing of Nadaw, 1374 ME (14 December 2012) Formation of Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Leading Authority..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Mandalay to reduce traffic congestion with digital help...Mandalay Mayor?s mini-marathon contest on 7 January...Turtles and tortoises rescue centre handed over to Bantbway Nursery...Two men arrested with herd of cows...Winter fire engulfs three houses in Taunggyi...Mawlamyine to observe 65th Anniversary Independence Day-2013...A failed suicide bid occurs in Mandalay...A car destroyed in blaze...YMBA organizes respect-paying, prize awarding...Displaced households in landslides resettled...Cultivation of quality onion explained...State Chief Minister?s shield football tournaments in Rakhine State...Cash donated to displaced families, quake victims...Offertories donated to nunnery in shwepyitha Township...Plan to build incinerator in Nawngkhio...Talks on rural development...Literary talks win hearts of local people in three towns of three districts...FIRE DRILLS EXERCISED (photo]...DSTA holds graduation for Intake No. 15...General Soe Win attends graduation dinner of 15th Intake of DSTA...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister enjoys talent show of students...Abolishment of censorship expands press freedom, drive for active participation of men of letters to reach nation?s goal of democracy - Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham honours writers..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, India to promote sector-wise development, bilateral relations...Myanmar-Thai Joint Coordination Committee holds 2nd meeting on Dawei SEZ - More investors invited to work in Dawei Special Economic Zone...Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs to meet in business meeting...Myanmar wants to establish better relations between two countries and two Armies...Union Education Minister holds talks with Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd of Japan...ICRC to visit prisons in Myanmar...Union Minister for Defence receives Chairman of Myanmar-Japan Friendship Association...Myanmar, US to make cooperation in combating human trafficking...National Consultation on Overarching Communications Strategy on Child Survival and Development, Myanmar opens..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Professionalism".....ARTICLE: "Let?s pledge make supreme sacrifices for Independence" Padaung Than Kywe