PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government was appreciative of the role played by writers in the country’s journey to achieve a high income status.
He said a country’s progress and development could not be gauged through per capita income, economic growth rate or exports, but it should also be based on the creativity and innovation of its people, as reflected in their literary works.
“We will always give enough room for writers. We will help them, especially the young people, to develop their talent,” he said at the launch of 30 book titles published by the National Institute of Translation and Books (ITBM) at Seri Perdana here yesterday.
Najib said local writers should expand their ‘tasawur’ (imagination) by venturing into the outside world to acquire knowledge which could be shared with others in the country. — Bernama