SIBU: Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) is aiming to make it into the Malaysia Book of Records by collecting the greatest number of unity short stories from all over the state.
YPS chief executive Datuk Aloysius Dris said the minimum requirement set by MBR was 1000 stories but currently, the organiser had only received less than 50 submissions.
“We still have some time till the deadline of June 15, 2019, so we would like to seek the support and assistance of all who are present here to share and promote this project to help us showcase our Sarawak’s pride,” he said during a briefing on the “Sarawak Pride-Most Number of Unity Short Stories” Project held at the Sibu Resident Office today.
Aloysius said that the idea of the project was mooted because Kuching would be celebrating its 31st anniversary as a city this year.
This year is also 4th year since Kuching was declared the City of Unity.
Aloysius explained, “The aim of this project is to collect short stories on unity from all walks of life in Sarawak and then share them with everyone (within and outside Sarawak) so that they understand why unity is our pride and how unity may also be further enhanced.
“Stories that are selected will be showcased at an exhibition (walk in maze) that will be organised in August 2019 at the Kuching Waterfront in conjunction with the Kuching City Day celebration,” he said, adding that the exhibition would also be held in Sibu, Bintulu, and Miri.
Added Aloysius, “There are special prizes for the top three best stories, chosen by a panel, namely Grand Prize (Apple MacBook Pro 13), Second Prize (Apple iPhone X R 128GB) and Third Prize (Apple Airpods).”
He said so far, all members of parliament and state assemblymen from Sarawak, all Resident’s Offices, District Offices, local authorities, councils and ethnic associations had been informed of the project.
Secondary schools in Sarawak, religious bodies and organisations would also be informed, he added.
On the briefing, Aloysius said, “It can be a good platform to share and exchange some ideas on how we can push the promotion for this project.
“A suggestion we have received from the briefing in Kuching is that the different associations or groups can share information on the project with their members in their social messaging app like WhatsApp,” he said.
Another suggestion was to share the project with the organisers of upcoming events and ask them to consider promoting it during their events.
