DOMESTIC NEWS: Paddy output well exceeds domestic consumption, surplus exported, thereby contributing to world food sufficiency - Myanmar has abundant resources to keep good balance among Food-Feed-Fuel without infringing crop cultivation patterns in producing bio-energy - Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends ceremony to mark World Food Day 2009...One-day nourishing ceremony held in Mental Health Hospital...CPT Minister inspects communication stations...Inter-School New Recruit Tournament continues...Work Proficiency Course for Auditors concludes...Mawlamyine marks World Teachers' Day...Dip in Banking course opened...Cultural troupes from States, Divisions arrive in Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar delegation arrives back from Thailand...201 drug-related cases exposed in September...Corrigendum...H&T Minister receives Filipino Ambassador...Eye Specialists' Conference to be held in Yangon...Earthquake Report..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Pay serious attention to eye health for better future"..... ARTICLES: "An Engineering Feat of the 19th Century" Thet Han Soe (continued from yesterday)..."Making Kyaukdaga Township on a par with urban areas" Article & Photos: Reporter Peinzalok Thein Nyunt