Mastera Aims To Elevate Status, Quality Of Malay Literature.

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The 14th Conference of Literature Council of Southeast Asia (Mastera) held an adjournment and its final session yesterday morning at the Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong after a three-day deliberation to lift the Malay literature to a higher level and status.

Chaired by Dr Mataim bin Bakarr, the Director of Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) and the chairman of Mastera Brunei Darussalam, heads of missions from member nations of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Indonesia inked the resolutions at the final session. Delegates from Singapore attended the event as the observers.

The resolutions were meant to elevate the status and quality of Malay literature to world standard by carrying out various programmed and activities such as literature comparison lectures at member countries. The council also agreed for Mastera Indonesia to continue organizing literature writing programmed.

The next Mastera secretariat meeting will take place in March 2009 while the 15'h Conference of Mastera will be held in October 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mastera was formed in 1995 to elevate the Malay language literature to a level of international standard.
Nama sebenar ialah Puasa bin Kamis. Antara lain dia juga pernah mengunakan nama pena Awang Puasa, Yasa Kamis, P. B. Kamis dan Puasha dalam bidang penulisan sajak, cerpen, novel, rencana umum dan skrip drama televisyen. Mula menulis pada tahun 1985, dan kebanyakan karya terbit di Majalah Mekar, Juara, Bahana, Dewan Sastera (Lembaran Mastera), URTV, Pelita Brunei, Media Permata dan Radio Televisyen Brunei. Pernah memenangi Hadiah Kreatif Bahana DBP - Shell, Brunei pada tahun 1995 (sajak), 1999 (cerpen) dan 2002 (haiku). Dia adalah penerima Hadiah Penghargaan Sasterawan Muda Majlis Sastera Asia Tenggara (MASTERA) bagi Negara Brunei Darussalam pada tahun 2010 di Jakarta, Indonesia.

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