DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Prime Minister attends opening of Exhibition on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Activities (Mandalay); 2. Government adding new momentum to public health care services, fulfiling everything to polish skills of medical practitioners - Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt tours Sagaing; 3. Only talented citizens can better serve interest of the nation Secretary-2 inspects hospitals, nurses training school, degree college in Kengtung; 4. Management Staff Grade-2 Course opened; 5. Sixth anniversary of U Hla Tun Hospice (Cancer) Foundation commemorated; 6. Coord meeting for greening 30-mile radius of Yangon International Airport; 7. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Activities exhibition continues; 8. Sanitation Day for school and its environs on Oct 23; 9. Provisions donated to monasteries, nunneries, Muslim Home for the Aged; 10. Message of the FAO Director-General for World Food Day/TeleFood on Biodiversity for Food Security; 11. 12th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions go on for fourth day; 12. Ramayana Drama Contest goes on... "PERSPECTIVES" "Fight against hunger and ensuring food security"... POEM: "A wish is thus made" (Page 7) ... FEATURE: "Towards Peaceful Development" (Page 11)