Dr
Pe Myint, Union Minister for Information, took part in the ceremony for
awarding of prizes in the colour photo contest in commemoration of the 69th
anniversary Independence Day under the sponsorship of the information and
public relations department of the Ministry of Information held at the Sule
Shangri La Hotel in Yangon yesterday morning.
Before
U Pe Myint presented the prizes to the winners, he reminded the gathering of
the importance of photographers and their work to disseminate knowledge of
Myanmar’s natural beauty throughout the world.
“Contestants
and winners include neo-photographers of new generation, so the present contest
can be regarded to help young photographers emerge. As a picture is worth a
thousand words, veteran photographers are the ones who exhibit our natural
beauties and landscapes of nature that inspire love and admiration of our land
and our people, through their photography.
Only
if unity is built based on love for the country can we defend our independence
we attained through our collective efforts. And we can develop to the level of
keeping up with other countries. For doing so, photographers play an important
role.”
The
Union Minister presented first prize to Zaw Maw Oo, the second prize to Pyi Soe
Tun (artist) and third prize to Kyaw Win Hlaing (University of Culture),
followed by special prizes from U Pe Myint Oo, chairman of the Myanmar
Photographer’s Association and U Maung Pe, director-general of information and
public relations department to Pyi Soe Tun (artist), Thant Zaw Oo, Khaing Zar
Mon, Zaw Zaw Tun and Kyaw Kyaw Win (university of cooperative).
Afterward, U Pe Myint Oo explained the
selection of prizes and Zaw Maw Oo spoke words of thanks on behalf of the
winners. At the end of the ceremony, Union Minister inspected the pictures of
winners. The title of the colour photo contest of the 69th anniversary
Independence Day is Myanmar is The Peaceful Land. Participants in the contest
were 320 photographers with 1,228 photos.
Ye
Ye Myint
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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