LOCAL NEWS: Yangon Mayor predicts USDP win; CANDIDATE Q&A: ?We can improve people?s lives?; Tea Party populism could derail Southeast Asia?s future growth; ELECTION KNOWLEDGE: What are the ?national race? constituencies?; Parties open Bago offices on October 7; ?Friendship? group established; USDP makes democracy pledge on state media; Up to 11,000 prisoners to get chance to vote; 88 Generation party sweeps Sanchaung township; Immigration department issues ID documents to Nay Pyi Taw residents; Business associations ease way for members to enter parliament; A respected Mandalay resident throws hat into election ring; Economic expertise needed in hluttaws: analysts, politicians; Shwe FM marks first anniversary; Thousands sit five-hour meditation test; Mandalay businessmen offer to host multi-party speaking event; Delta boat accident leaves 19 dead, three missing; Job agencies hit by approval letter denials; Hotel expansion underway for Nay Pyi Taw gem emporium; With some success, ministry appeals for ancient artifacts; No scientific evidence to support traditional HIV ?cures?, say NGOs; For journalists and sources, trust remains an issue...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: Customers undecided on new shopping malls; New cotton strain could yield exports; Toyota Tsusho exits Myanmar JV; Fisheries bank to offer more loans to good clients; Trade to increase on back of ASEAN-South Korea accord; Rammar to sell Chariots by end of October; Fake electronics still proliferate in market; Thingangyun property market bounces back; Real estate sector hopes for introduction of home loans...TIMEOUT: Old news revealed afresh; Portrait of an artist as an older man; Sai Kham Lynn recognised in global photo competition; Caricature exhibition at Pansodan Gallery; Listen to the voice of Reason...SPORT...INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Media firm introduces satellite TV, internet and phone services; Mandalay journals sign up to news portal; Japan technology fair offers glimpse of future lifestyles...TRAVEL: As tourism soars, China?s govt urged to protect Great Wall...CLASSIfIEDS...MEDIA ROUNDUP: Malaysian group to enter auto market; Trading company gets ISO certificate; Tourism ministry calls for comments...EVENTS FLASH: Photo exhibition and poetry launch; Solo art show; Art exhibition; ?Knight and Day? screening...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES.....N.B. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS NO INDEX PAGE, NAVIGATE FROM "LOCAL NEWS" TO THE OTHER SECTIONS