DOMESTIC NEWS: Second Myanmar arts show to be held in mid-November...Maha Arnthtoo Kantha Pagoda consecrated in PyinOoLwin...Mandalay officials lecture students on safeguarding environment...Rural development works gaining momentum in central Myanmar...Dengue fever prevention measures taken in Mandalay...Mindset change important for democratisation process, says Thura U Shwe Mann.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President holds talks with China?s Xi; meets NPC chairman, PM...Air Mandalay to receive technological assistance from Boeing...President sends messages of felicitations to Cambodia...Union FM sends message of felicitations to Cambodia...2nd FIFA training course turns out 24 trainees in Mandalay...President U Thein notes importance of infrastructure in regional development at summit...Ambassador U San Myint Oo concurrently accredited to Timor-Leste...Ambassador U Tha Aung Nyun accredited to South Africa...U Zaw Myint appointed as Ambassador to Malaysia....."PERSPECTIVES": "Peeping at Myanmar?s political gridlock through the lens of history" by Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Riverine Ferry Service" by Khin Maung Myint..."MOVING FORWARD IN UNITY TO A PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY: OUR COMMITMENTS AND OUR ACHIEVEMENTS" by Nanda Hmun