DOMESTIC NEWS: Presidential Scholarship Programme attracts candidates close to 5,000...Yangon plans to establish traffic control centre with installation of computerized traffic signals...Locals believe share prices of Thilawa SEZ projected to rise...New asphalt streets put into service in Thabyegon of Zabuthiri Township...Gems and Jewellery Shop opens in Mahaaungmye Tsp...Mandalay Region Government offers Kathina robes and donations to members of the Sangha...Football tournaments for residents of Sagaing District...Capacity of police enhanced in on-job training...Yamethin Township celebrates 80th anniversary of collective communal Kathina festival...Journal, newspaper donated to self-reliant library...Three-storey building completed in Mohnyin...New school building handed over in Taungtha Township...Staff quarters to be rented to service personnel at fair rate...Palethwe hybrid paddy plantation harvested on model plot...Letter to the Editor...Journalists attend book promotion about Australia at City Star Hotel...Winners in National Literary Award announced...Winners in Sarpay Beikman Manuscripts Award announced.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President has telephone conversation with Obama...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Beluras...Thai Royal Family donates Kathina robes...Industrial Bank of Korea to build four-storey building for monastic education school...Implementation of South Korea-funded Myanmar Development Institute project to begin before year?s end...Free audio guide services available in National Museum (Yangon) as of 30 Oct..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Loans to those to whom loans are due" by Kyaw Thra.....ARTICLE: "Reckless Spitting" by Khin Maung Myint