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1.  MILITARY OFFICIALS IN MYANMAR SAY THEY'LL PURSUE OPERATIONS AGAINST DRUG WARLORD KHUN SA. THEY SAY THEY'LL SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN HIS UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. THE OFFICIALS HAVE REFUSED TO GIVE DETAILS OF THEIR TALKS WITH KHUN SA ALTHOUGH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS SAY THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE MOVED BEYOND THE PRELIMINARY STAGE. THEY BELIEVE AN ACCORD MAY BE EXPECTED. THE U.S HAS REPEATEDLY CALLED ON YANGON TO HAND OVER KHUN SA ON DRUG CHARGES. NARCOTICS AGENCIES BELIEVE KHUN SA CONTROLS ABOUT HALF OF MYANMAR'S ANNUAL OUTPUT OF MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND TONNES OF RAW OPIUM.

2.  IN RESPONSE TO DEMANDS FOR WELL DESIGNED AND FUNCTIONAL HOUSING, THE HDB ANNOUNCED TODAY A NEW DESIGN FOR FLATS TO BE BUILT AT BUKIT PANJANG. OUT:..AREA AS WELL. DUR: 1.11"

3.  THE GPC CHAIRMAN FOR COMMUNICATIONS SAYS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE AND SPREAD OUT THE NEED FOR TRAVEL. MR HENG CHIANG MENG SAYS THIS CAN BE DONE BY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR HOURS OF WORK AND STUDY. HE WAS ADDING TO SUGGESTIONS GIVEN IN THE WHITE PAPER ON IMPROVEMENTS TO LAND TRANSPORT. OUT:..AND BUS FARES. DUR: 2.20"

4.  THE SINGAPORE ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER SLOW-DOWN THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A NEWS-5 POLL OF 11 ECONOMISTS. THEY PUT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH AT AN AVERAGE 7.8-PERCENT FOR 1996, NEAR THE HIGH-END OF THE OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS DOWN FROM 1995'S 8.9-PERCENT GROWTH, A FIGURE HIGHER THAN MOST PREDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT'S. PUT:...WITH LITTLE INFLATION. DUR: 2.38"

5.  THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL THAI ARMED FORCES GENERAL VIROJ SANGS-NIT, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG THIS MORNING. GENERAL VIROJ, WHO ASSUMED HIS APPOINTMENT IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, IS HERE ON A TWO-DAY INTRODUCTORY VISIT. GENERAL VIROJ ALSO CALLED ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR DEFENCE, DR TONY TAN KENG YAM. VT 33 SEC.

6.  AND STILL NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT FOR THE U.S BUDGET CRISIS. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MET FOR ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS TO DISCUSS A PLAN TO RE-OPEN THE GOVERNMENT.....BUT AN AGREEMENT REMAINS ELUSIVE. ENDS:...THE PRESIDENT'S HEART. DUR: 59". THE U.S EMBASSY HERE HAS ADVISED STUDENTS WHO HAVE YET TO OBTAIN A VISA TO CHECK THE REPORTING DATE OF THEIR I-20 FORMS IMMEDIATELY. I-20 FORMS ARE ISSUED TO STUDENTS BY AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES CONFIRMING THEIR ADMISSION INTO A SCHOOL. IF THE REPORTING DATE HAS PASSED, STUDENTS ARE ADVISED TO WRITE IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISORS TO GET A NEW FORM WITH A LATER REPORTING DATE.

7.  THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY-ORGAN HAS CALLED ON TOP CADRES TO UNITE BEHIND CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN. THE APPEAL CAME IN THE FIRST MAJOR EDITORIAL OF THE PEOPLE DAILY PAPER. MR JIANG, WHO'S THE COMMUNIST-PARTY GENERAL-SECRETARY, IS THE ANOINTED SUCCESSOR OF PARAMOUNT LEADER DENG XIAO PING. THE EDITORIAL ALSO SAID IT WAS NECESSARY TO UNIFY THE THINKING OF HIGH-RANKING CADRES. ANALYSTS INTERPRET THIS AS A WARNING TO THESE CADRES NOT TO ENGAGE IN FACTIONAL FIGHTS AT A TIME WHEN CHINA IS UNDERGOING A POLITICAL TRANSITION.

8.  THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE HAS OUSTED ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE MICHAEL LAWRENCE, SAYING IT HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN HIM. ENDS:....EUROPEAN EXCHANGES. DUR: 28"

9.  A GRUESOME FIND WAS DREDGED UP BY THE POLICE TODAY. NINE DECOMPOSED BODIES WERE RECOVERED BY THE POLICE COAST GUARD FROM WATERS OFF SINGAPORE BETWEEN 8AM AND 3.45PM TODAY. POLICE SAY THE BODIES, ALL FOUND INTACT, ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MORTUARY. IT'S NOT KNOWN WHAT THE NATIONALITY OF THE NINE ARE, NOR THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

10.  CONVICTED MURDERER, JOHN MARTIN SCRIPPS HAS DROPPED HIS APPEAL AGAINST HIS DEATH SENTENCE. HIS LAWYER, EDMUND PEREIRA SAID HE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM SCRIPPS NOT TO APPEAL. 35-YEAR OLD SCRIPPS WAS SENTENCED TO HANG LAST NOVEMBER FOR MURDERING SOUTH AFRICAN TOURIST, GEORGE GERARD LOWE. BUT MR PEREIRA SAID SCRIPPS COULD STILL APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY FROM PRESIDENT ONG TENG CHEONG. SCRIPPS WAS ALSO LINKED TO THE MURDER OF TWO CANADIANS IN THAILAND.

11.  THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION, OR SASA SAYS IT WILL BE REVISING ITS INCENTIVE AWARDS-SCHEME FOR OVERSEAS COMPETITONS THIS YEAR. OUT:...AND LOH SENG CHOY.

12.  CHINA SAYS IT HAS ACHIEVED ITS MAJOR ECONOMIC TARGETS IN 1995, WITH INFLATION SLOWING TO 14.8 PERCENT. PRELIMINARY 1995 FIGURES PUT ECONOMIC GROWTH AT OVER 10 PERCENT - HIGHER THAN THE TARGET OF 8 TO 9 PERCENT. THE GROWTH IS, NEVERTHELESS, DOWN SOME ONE-AND-A-HALF PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT FIGURES SHOW PROBLEMS PERSIST AT THE MICRO LEVEL WHERE ENTERPRISE REFORM HAS LAGGED BEHIND IN THE TRANSITION FROM A PLANNED TO A MARKET ECONOMY.

13.  THE SENIOR MINISTER SAYS UNLESS INDIA SPEEDS UP ITS REFORMS AND OPENS UP TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, IT WILL CONTINUE TO LAG BEHIND. SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW WAS SPEAKING TO LEADING BUSINESSMEN AT A JOINT-MEETING OF INDIA'S 3 NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS IN NEW DELHI. ENDS...IN NEW DELHI.

14.  JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER TOMIICHI MURAYAMA HAS RESIGNED. MR MURAYAMA AND HIS ENTIRE CABINET SAY THEY'LL FORMALLY STEP DOWN ON MONDAY PAVING THE WAY FOR A POWER SHIFT. THE THREE-PARTY RULING COALITION HAS AGREED TO KEEP THE CURRENT ALLIANCE INTACT SO THAT A SNAP ELECTION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. ENDS:...STEP DOWN. DUR: 1.31"

15.  IMPROVING THE PROFESSIONALISM OF LAWYERS, THROUGH COMPUTERISATION, PROFESSIONAL COURSES AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWS-5, THE LAW SOCIETY'S NEWLY RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT SPOKE OF HIS ORGANISATION'S PLANS FOR THE LEGAL YEAR, WHICH OPENS TOMORROW. OUT:..FOR THE NATION. DUR:1.24"

16.  INDIAN POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SINGAPOREAN BUSINESSMAN SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN A MYSTERY AIR-DROP OF WEAPONS OVER EASTERN INDIA. STATE-RUN TELEVISION IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS DEEPAK MISRA. POLICE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A LONDON-BASED DANISH NATIONAL, NAMED ONLY AS "SAM". A LOAD OF WEAPONS WAS DROPPED FROM A TRANSPORT-PLANE LAST MONTH. ONE BRITON AND FIVE LATVIANS WERE ARRESTED, AFTER THE PLANE WAS FORCED DOWN IN BOMBAY. THE SIX WERE CHARGED WITH SEDITION WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF DEATH.

17.  THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS U.S VISAS FOR TAIWANESE LEADERS WILL REMAIN RARE. ...AND AS PART OF WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS UN-OFFICIAL-RELATIONS WITH THE ISLAND. THE RESPONSE CAME A DAY AFTER TAIWAN ASKED FOR A TRANSIT-VISA FOR ITS VICE-PRESIDENT. CHINA, WHICH SEES TAIWAN AS A RENEGADE PROVINCE, HAS URGED WASHINGTON TO REJECT THE APPLICATION. LAST JUNE, WASHINGTON GAVE THE TAIWANESE PRESIDENT A VISA, AND THAT SOURED SINO-U.S RELATIONS.

18.  THE H.D.B LOST 242-MILLION DOLLARS ON ITS UPGRADING PROGRAMME LAST YEAR, UP FROM JUST 1.3 MILLION PREVIOUSLY. BUT REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF SHOPS HELPED THE H.D.B GAIN A NET-SURPLUS OF 942-MILLION, TO BE SET ASIDE AS RESERVES, ACCORDING TO ITS ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1994/95. OUT:...LAST FINANCIAL YEAR. DUR: 49"