HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Losses of state-run industries dominate Pyidaungsu Hluttaw discussion: "Regarding the situation of privatization and state-owned factories and industries that have been making losses, U Thein Aung, Deputy Minister for Industry blamed the rise in production costs on the practice of the market economic system, saying it has brought with it changes in trade policies, the uniformity of foreign exchange rates, increased salaries for state service personnel and high electricity and fuel bills."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Cultivable lands reclaimed for farmless people to help reduce poverty: Lower House: "Virgin lands, wetlands and marshlands have been allocated to farmless people in a bid to reduce poverty in rural areas, with the land management committees turning shifting plantation into ladder farming in hilly regions, the deputy minister for Agriculture and Irrigation has told the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House). U Khin Zaw told the Lower House on Friday that permits have been granted to individual farmers to work on 50 acres of land in line with the rules and regulations by management committees. Lack of funds has made some regions and states difficult to reclaim cultivable lands, despite a vast stretch of virgin lands, wetlands and marshlands there."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Labour ministry says setting minimum wage is time-consuming process: "Steps are being taken by means of conducting seminars and meetings and distributing questionnaires with a view to collecting data that can help set the minimum wage, the deputy minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security has told the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House). Daw Win Maw Tun, Deputy Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, told the Amyotha Hluttaw on Friday that discussions relating to the calculation of living costs are under way based on research works, adding that comparison should be made between outcomes of research and current salaries. According to her, the information about the proposed minimum wage will be made public 60 days before approval."..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Eid Day on 6 October... UPWC, NCCT to hold next round of talks in October...MCDC to renovate Clock Tower of Zaygyo Market...Over 30,000 overage vehicles handed over to DRA in Mandalay...Monsoon paddy in Myanaung Tsp to get irrigated water...Authorities expanding culverts, bridges on road sections...Telenor SIM cards available anywhere in Mandalay District...Equipment, rice, edible oil donated to older persons...Cattle insemination techniques shared to local farmers...Winners in aerobic contest awarded in Nay Pyi Taw...Vendors urged to sell fresh foods to students...FSWG launches photo contest to mark World Food Day...New school building, duplicate tooth relic, chamber donated to Natmauk Tsp.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar armed forces will strengthen ties with Japanese Self-Defence Forces: Senior General...Myanmar, South Korea step up efforts to boost business-to-business relations in SME sector...Myanmar, PRC agreed to accelerate momentum of cooperation in potential sectors...Dinner to mark seminar on Germany?s tax system hosted...ASEAN Plus Three civil service organizations meet...Health development discussed at ASEAN Health Ministers? meetings...Ministers of ASEAN, dialogue partner countries tour farmlands in Nay Pyi Taw...SWRR Ministry organizes meetings on ASEAN Disaster Preparedness and Response Simulation Exercise...U Myint Naung accredited to Italian Republic...European Film Festival launched....."PERSPECTIVES": "Good news for Yangonites" by Myint Win Thein.....ARTICLES: "A Welcome Boost for the Cultural Heritage in Myanmar" by Maung Phyo..."Best ways to develop children?s head, heart and hands" by Khaing Thanda Lwin