KOTA KINABALU: Local writers should take Sabah’s cultural and ethnic elements as inspirations for their works.
State Special Tasks Minister Datuk Arifin Arif said Sabah was rich with cultural heritage, ethnic elements and nature.
He said the ministry supports all forms of creative writing and literature, as long as they were able to develop the cultural scene in the state. "The government, my ministry as well as the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry of Sabah will try their best to help local writers through exposure in schools, associations and other avenues," Arifin said.
He said the existing platforms were through the Language and Literature Council, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka and the state libraries where efforts to bring writers together to promote their works were ongoing.
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