KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian-Indonesian Journalists’ Association (Iswami) held a gathering with Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa on Monday (Jan 24) to talk about media cooperation programmes involving the 2 nations.
The assembly was attended by Iswami Malaysia president Datuk Mokhtar Hussain, deputy president Datuk Zulkefli Hamzah, vice-president Ashwad Ismail and advisor Datuk Zakaria Abdul Wahab.
The one-hour lengthy assembly from 4pm mentioned Iswami’s participation within the “Hari PERS Nasional” or National Press Day (NPD) in Indonesia, which can happen in Kendari, Sulawesi on Feb 9.
Traditionally, NPD is held yearly in several cities within the republic, officiated by the Indonesian President and attended by Cabinet ministers, ambassadors, company figures and greater than 5,000 media practitioners.
Also mentioned on the assembly was the National Journalists’ Day celebrations, that are anticipated to be held from May 26 to 29 in Melaka.
On Nov 30 final 12 months, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob introduced that the federal government has agreed to recognise May 29 as National Journalists’ Day.
“The authorities will proceed to help programmes which can be appropriate to be applied,” he mentioned.
The first and final National Journalists’ Day celebration was held on April 11, 2018. – Bernama
