22 July

DEPUTY MINISTER for Information U Aung Hla Tun inspected the Photolitho Printing Press under the Printing and Publishing Department, and met the editorial team of the English-language Global New Light of Myanmar at Nga Htet Gyi Pagoda Road in Bahan Township yesterday. 

At the Photolitho Printing Press, the Deputy Director-General of Printing and Publishing Department explained the printing machines, preparation for printing ballot papers for the 2020 General Election and security measures at the factory. 

The Deputy Minister coordinated the discussions and inspected the workplace. 

The Deputy Minister visited the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper and held a meeting with the management and the editorial team. 

At the meeting, the Deputy Minister discussed that the Global New Light of Myanmar is the only English language newspaper that conveys the government policy to international readers, and that both the editorial team and the management need to promote quality of the newspaper which can attract more interest from foreign audience with the news of multi-party democracy elections. 

He emphasized following foreign policies of the country in covering international news,while local and national news need to draw the interest of local readers in terms of quality and contents.

MNA (Translated by Ei Phyu Phyu Aung)