"Tapo ca, ascetic practices; this is the way to auspiciousness"... DOMESTIC NEWS: Third Annual ASEAN-China Business Council Meeting, 16th ASEAN-CCI Conference & 61st Council Meeting open; Prime Minister attends third convocation of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University; Coord meeting of NCC Commission, Work Committee, Management Committee held; Proposals read, meeting of panel of chairmen held; Gifts for Ministry of Health; Third Meeting of Task Force on ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanism held; Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs arrives back; Drug traffickers sentenced... "PERSPECTIVES": "Speed up efforts for total elimination of narcotic drugs" (Page 2)... FEATURE: "Railroad of sweat and train of smiles" (Page 10)... POEMS: "O, what goodwill"; "To U Par Chaw" (Page 11)... SLOGANS: "The National Convention is the concern of all our national races"; "With hands linked firm around the National Convention".