DOMESTIC NEWS: New Ngamoyeik (Parami) Bridge put into service...Mobile book-borrowing system introduced to students in Mandalay...Roofing for Mandalay football stadium in preparation...Twelve houses reduced to ashes in Dagon Myothit (South) Tsp...Makeshift bridges emerge along Sittoung river...MCPA to hold AGM on 29 December...New harvest ceremony held in Kyaukme of Shan State...Loikaw Township has formed cooperative societies in 10 villages...BGG golf tourney on 30 Dec...News on 3G phone cold sales of mobile phone market...Motorbike without light hits man on roadside...Talks on solar system (sic) given in Dawei...Free English proficiency course concludes...Drought in Katha may reduce paddy production...Local people satisfy (sic) transport services in Yesagyo...Myanmar Gazette...National Objectives of 65th Anniversary Independence Day for 2013...Coordination meeting on Relief and Rehabilitation in Rakhine State held...Coordination meeting on Ayeyawady River conservation and multi-purpose development tasks held...Public Notice [re suspension of natural gas from MOGE]..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vietnam to invest in Hoang Anh Gia Lai Myanmar Centre project...Monuments for fallen Japanese soldiers in WW II...Vietnamese delegation concludes visit...Pyithu Hluttaw International Relations Committee receives Israeli, Turkish ambassadors separately...Union A&I Minister meets Korean guests...Imported publications scrutiny ceased, registration required...Three-month extension period for Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Our creative future" [eduation]..... ARTICLES: "Public service newspapers to prioritize ?prestige and profit? Moe Thuza Soe..."New independent democratic state and Independence Day?s resolution" Theint (Institute of Economics).....POEM: "CHERISH OUR INDEPENDENCE" Maung Swe Ngae