DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (2-10-2011)...Decoration of religious edifices inspected at Shwedagon Pagoda...International Day of Older Persons, MPF Day observed in Kachin State...Star brand motorcycles donated to SWD...Mandalay Region inter-basic education school cricket tourney held...National Hockey Championship continues...KIA mine injures innocent woman...36th Inter-Region/State Chess Tourney from 28 Oct to 7 Nov...Painting contest commemorates International Year of Forests...47th MPF Day, International Day of Older Persons observed...Plan underway to grow 5000 acres of sunflower in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Bago Region Chief Minister addresses MPF anniversary and International Day of Older Persons ceremony...Yangon Region honours victorious athletes...SWRR Ministry?s English Proficiency Course concludes..... FOREIGN RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to President of ROK...President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to German President...President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Prime Minister of ROK...President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to German Chancellor...Arbiter Seminar on 7 Oct...Union Foreign Affairs Minister sends felicitations to ROK...Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates German counterpart..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Broaden horizon of farmers through various ways ".....ARTICLES: "New vehicles to be swapped for the outdated" — Article: Soe Min (MNA)..."Bogale River Bridge completed by over 45 per cent" Article: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA) Photo: Tha Nyan (MNA)..."A tale of two towns, PyinOoLwin and Mogok" Byline: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Kyaw Moe Lwin