MIRI: Pustaka Miri and its partners joined about 1 million others 
nationwide to take part in a record-breaking ‘Let’s Read Together for 10
 Minutes’ (Jom Baca Bersama Untuk 10 Minit) programme with the Council 
of Directors of Public Libraries Malaysia.
All public libraries in
 the state participated in the event held simultaneously from 10am based
 on the Earth Hour concept held successful every year.
Held also 
in conjunction with this year’s World Book Day and World Copyright 
Programme, the main objective was to instil an interest in reading among
 the people.
Assistant Minister of Early Childhood Education and 
Family Development Rosey Yunus, Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau, and
 Pustaka Miri manager Salina Zawawi were among those who attended the 
programme. Others included government officials, community leaders, 
teachers and students, and two local writers – Jaya Ramba and Sudan 
Ajang – whose books were launched as part of the event.
Rosey 
meanwhile commended Pustaka Miri and others for holding the event, 
saying that reading would open up new horizon for advancement in life.
“Readers
 can also travel the world through their readings. They can also feel 
the happiness and sorrow through the characters in the books they read.
“A
 reading society, which must start from a young age, augurs well for 
Malaysia to become a progressive, industrialised and developed nation,” 
she said, adding that village headmen, for example, could play a role by
 setting up modest reading corners in the village to encourage fun 
reading.
Salina meanwhile said that based on the books borrowed 
from the library (Pustaka Miri) the reading habit among the people here 
was still rather low.
“Last year, 149,428 books were borrowed from
 Pustaka Negeri (Kuching) while in Miri it was 120,452, a very small 
figure taking into account the population.
“Library membership too is very low in the state – 102,133 – including 24,151 in Miri,” she said.
Salina
 said the reading programme was part of ongoing programmes to encourage 
the reading culture and the sharing of knowledge among the people. 
Several other programmes were also organised and last year alone Pustaka
 Miri held 160 events to encourage knowledge sharing among the people.
Among
 them were ‘Friends of the Library” specifically for students, 
‘Knowledge Sharing with Youth Icons’, ‘Youth Community Works’, ‘Memoir 
Kemerdekaan’ and book exhibitions.
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