DOMESTIC NEWS: Forging of unity among national races...Three Himalayan vultures caught in Hinthada Township...5% of tax payment handed over to DAC fund...Tax educative essay, cartoon contests held...Sales of motorbike soar in Pakokku...National races entrepreneurs office opened in Muse...Water purifier for BEMS in Kyauktan Township...Course for sports photographer organized in Mandalay...Thuta Htetlin Library and Dragon traditional boxing gymnasium put into service...Myanmar selected keeper Thiha Sithu joins Yadanarbon FC...Forest fire destroys four acres of mung bean...Overheat of TV, regulator starts fire...Cash and kind donated for quake victims...Graduation parade of Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences Intake No.10 held...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services attends graduation dinner for 10th Intake of Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences...New ward administrator elected...Daily private newspapers get green light..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Russian Ambassador to Myanmar...Myanmar, Japan sign Exchange of Notes...Union FM sends congratulatory message to Japanese Counterpart...KOICA donates 100 footballs to the Sports Ministry...Union FM meets Russian Ambassador to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein sends congratulatory message to Japanese PM... Indices to be set to measure real profitability of projects to society..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Public participation and administrative capacity".....ARTICLE: "Essence of independence and course of actions for true democracy" Aye Chan Thu.....INTERVIEW: "Interview with Deputy Minister U Than Swe on President?s Ratnagiri trip" Interviewer: Mg Tway Htet Photos: Ko Htwe