The Diamond Jubilee ceremony of Sarpay Beikman of Printing and Publishing Department under Ministry of Information was held at the Sarpay Beikman Hall of Kyauktada township in Yangon. The Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn, ministers of regional government, departmental heads, the Myanmar Press Council chairman, literary scholars and guests.
First, the video message sent by the Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was played, and the documentary video of the history of Sarpay Beikman.
Then, the Union Minister U Maung Maung Ohn said the following points:
- The SAC government presented Lifetime National Literary Award, National Literary Award, Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award to ensure the social status of literary scholars.
- Moreover, it awarded honorary titles and medals. It also arranges to provide healthcare services to the lifetime national literary award winners.
- Arrangements are being made to construct an Art Centre to carry out artworks of literary, film, theatrical performances and music industries keeping abreast of international countries.
- Similarly, it is nearly to build the Sarso Beikman to support creations of great writers and literary scholars, ensure the collective work of people of the literary world, lifelong existence of Myanmar literature development activities and chances for book lovers to be able to study.
- All literary scholars are exhorted to participate in building a Union based on democracy and federalism.
- He also urged literary scholars to keep supporting the processes as they supported the country’s development with the power of the pen.
Then, respective officials received cash donation of Ks221.5 million and presents donated by donors of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air) families, and the Yangon Region chief minister U Soe Thein and gave gifts to the service personnel who served at the Sarpay Beikman.
It is reported that Sarpay Beikman published People’s Light periodicals, People’s pocket-sized periodicals, People’s University periodicals, translations of school textbooks, Myanma Encyclopedia year books, 50-year periodicals, Sarpay Beikman magazine, People’s handbook series, nine treatises of People’s Science, upported people’s lives by publishing school textbooks, People’s Handbook Series, Myanma Encyclopaedia synopsis, Shwe Thway or Children Journal and Thuta Padetha periodicals and so on, and those have supported people’s lives.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar Newspaper (27.8.2022)
- The SAC government presented Lifetime National Literary Award, National Literary Award, Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award to ensure the social status of literary scholars.
- Arrangements are being made to construct an Art Centre to carry out artworks of literary, film, theatrical performances and music industries keeping abreast of international countries.
- Respective officials received cash donation of Ks221.5 million and presents donated by donors of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air) families, and the Yangon Region chief minister U Soe Thein and gave gifts to the service personnel who served at the Sarpay Beikman.