Forty Two Schools Get Books From Language Literature Bureau

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Language Literature Bureau yesterday presented books to 42 government and non-government secondary schools throughout the country.

The books and magazines consisting of 200 different titles were published by the bureau and ASEAN COCI.

Acting Permenant Secretary at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, Dato Haji Matussin, presented the books to the principals of schools and colleges.

To date, the Language and Literature Bureau has published 900 titles of books. Among them entitled "Meniti Gugusan Rasa" was given away yesterday. It is a compilation of 16 short stories written by 12 local writers and use as a literature text book in secondary schools.

According to the bureau, at present there are 150 local writers who are actively engaged in authorship.

As a government agency that is responsible in publishing reading materials aimed at upgrading education and knowledge of the citizens and people of this country, the Language and Literature Bureau assured that all reading materials are made available to the public.   -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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