"Appamado ca dhammesu, to be deligent (sic) in laws; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt receives Thai Minister; 2. Myanmar has concentrated on care of women and children since 1992; 3. Pabedan Township USDA holds annual meeting 2004; 4. Textbooks are to be sent to remote areas in open season Printing and distribution of school textbooks coordinated; 5. Anti-money laundering course opened; 6. PBANRDA Minister tours Nyaunglebin, Pyu, Toungoo, Tatkon townships; 7. Balar bridge will provide better transport services to locals Commander inspects agriculture, livestock breeding, construction tasks in Yangon North District; 8. Exhibition and competitions on traffic rules in December first week; 9. Paper-reading session to mark International Day of Older Persons held; 10. Thai Health Minister visits downtown Yangon; 11. Myanmar-Thailand Collaborative Health Meeting held; 12. Education Minister receives Indian Ambassador; 13. UMFCCI officials meet Japanese guests; 14. Cash and kind donated to MMCWA; 15. Facts about MWAF explained at Supreme Court; 16. Workshop on health development of youth held; 17. Myanmar hockey team leaves for Bangladesh; 18. Heroin seized in Pangsai... "PERSPECTIVES": "To increase revenues of the State through gems trading" (Page 2)... FEATURES: "Libraries built to disseminate knowledge" (Page 7); "From the policy ?live and let die” to the policy ?live and let live”" (Page 10).