Myanmar Media Publishing liberalization phase control stage

 Myanmar will be phased opening up the media publishing management phase, will begin formal consideration, without giving a number of private publications and magazines, have done before, the information ministry official at a press conference Wednesday.

In the past, all publications must be allowed prior to publishing and news monitoring and Registration Board under the Ministry of Information Industry of the review.

Start on Friday, five types of such media publications identified as the first stage to the 8296 journals and magazines on health, technology, arts, culture, sports and children that ü leaf colors, managing director of printing and publishing companies.

ü leaf colors emphasize that it is the first open announcement to the media with the new Constitution and the Guidelines for the President ü release Thein Sein, continue to strengthen the new government is installed.

Other types of print media published procedures are still like before, he remains the same, but added that, if the first phase of the operation successful, more liberalization will follow.

At the press conference, U Tint Swe, who is the Deputy Director of Public Relations Department, called on publishers to comply with 12 points under the new guidelines replace the old one down the Ministry.

According to the Ministry, about 200 more than 200 journals and magazines published regularly in Burma, and now nearly 7,000 representatives of some publishers.

Myanmar Ministry of Information is the legal administration of the media, press and publishing of all kinds.

In the print media industry, four newspapers - Myanmar Alin, mirrors, Myanmar and Myawaddy new light is being published daily.

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