Union Minister for Information attends 27th anniversary of IPRD

 January 24, 2018

The 27th anniversary of the Information and Public Relations Department was commemorated at the Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Attending the ceremony were Union Minister for Information Dr. Pe Myint and Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun.

The Union Minister gave a speech to the civil service employees in attendance on the importance of working hard during challenges in one’s career. He also said everyone should adapt to the changing technology.

The Union Minister highlighted some of the processes and workings of the IPRD such as converting their offices to community centres, facilitating children’s literary festivals, coordinating public talks, curating museums for traditional ethnic handiworks and history, and facilitating literary festivals for ethnic literature in Hpa-an, Kayin State and Taunggyi, Shan State.

Next, the Union Minister awarded the first, second and third prizes to outstanding individuals from district-level community centers.

Afterwards, Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun awarded first, second and third prizes to outstanding individuals from township-level community centers. He also handed out awards for other achievements from State and Regional Governments.

The Director General of the IPRD U Ye Naing handed out awards for outstanding students and literary works from their staff members. This was followed by a screening of a documentary video on the community centres.

Later in the afternoon, the Union Minister met with officials from the IPRD and State, Regional and District authorities to give further instructions on facilitating community centres, handling public libraries and children’s reading corners, facilitating literary seminars, book clubs and book reviews, holding public talks and encouraging the reading and writing of more ethnic literature.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar