"Puja ca pujaneyyanam, to honour those worthy of honour; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. MAEU & MMU facilitated with international level syllabuses, modern teaching, learning aids - Efforts to be made for ensuring universities to be prominent among international communities; 2. Teachers to actively participate in education promotion tasks with new outlooks - Special Refresher Course for Basic Education Teachers concludes; 3. Work under way for boosting annual iron and steel production; 4. Yangon-Thilawa diesel engine rail bus launched; 5. 130th World Post Day observed Prizes presented to winners in letter writing competition; 6. Official inspects development tasks; 7. Third batch course of Myanmar Canaan Farmers' Training Centre concludes; 8. Shwemanthu Highway Bus Line launched in Myingyan; 9. NDCG holds annual general meeting; 10. Closing date for entries to Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Contest extended to 31 Oct; 11. PBANRDA Minister back from Singapore; 12. CSSTB Chairman leaves for Brunei; 13. ASEAN Agriculture and Forestry Ministers leave; 14. Delegations to AMAF Meeting visit Shwedagon Pagoda, Drug Elimination Museum; 15. New Shwehtidaw to be hoisted atop SoonU Ponnyashin Pagoda; 16. Myanmar women's team emerges champion; 17. Triple wins of Ma Chit Su Yi in Karachi tennis... "PERSPECTIVES": "Preserve and safeguard traditional performing arts" (Page 2)... FEATURE: "Those who daren?t show their face" — 63 (Page 11).