DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Gov?t, NCA Signatory EAOs hold special meeting Attaining basic principles for forthcoming Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong among issues discussed...Union Gov?t, NCA Signatory EAOs hold special...State Counsellor, Commander-in-Chief, KNU Chairman hold sideline meeting...State Counsellor: Good results must emerge from this meeting and all leaders are to strive towards this with courage and determination...Dinner hosted in honour of Ethnic Armed Organization leaders...Commander-in-Chief: Any attempt to make unilateral demands in the name of peace talks poses a hindrance to the peace process...Future infrastructure development...KNU Chairman: We need to find practical solutions for issues which are political as well as directly connected to the establishment of the Federal Democratic Union...President?s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...71st Independence Day to be observed with five objectives...Union Supreme Court sits to pass judgment and hear cases...Border Affairs Ministry holds coord meeting...Border Affairs Ministry holds coord meeting...30th Myanmar Ophthalmological Conference held.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar Snakebite Project (2014-2018) completed...Union Minister attends ASEAN agriculture,forestry ministers meeting in Viet Nam...UNSG Special Envoy meets with communities in Buthidaung, Maungtaw in Rakhine State...Deputy Minister meets with officials from Myint & Associates Telecommunications Ltd...CBM Governor attends 2018 Annual Meetings of IMF, World Bank Group Boards of Governors...Union Minister U Han Zaw receives 14th Annual JICA President Award...Myanmar to demonstrate warm-up against Bahrain on 16 October...FIFA Programme Workshop held in Myanmar...Myanmar to participate in Jimo International Futsal Cup 2018.....OPINION: "Restoration of peace through all-inclusiveness".....ARTICLE: "World Food Day 2018" - By Maung Maung (FAO, Retired)..."The role of government servants in effecting change" - By Lokethar