HAWANA: M'sia Games Festival For Media Practitioners To Be Held In November

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia Games Festival (FPM) is set to take place in early November to promote traditional games and foster cooperation among media practitioners.

Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), Arul Rajoo Durar Raj, said the FPM will be organised by Bernama as the Secretariat of National Journalists Day (HAWANA), with the festival expected to take place in the federal capital.

"We hope many media organisations will send teams to participate in the games," he said after attending the Malaysia Games Festival@Putrajaya 2025 (FPM@Putrajaya 2025) here today.

He said the FPM will also feature sports events such as football and netball.

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil had previously said that the organisation of the media games will be incorporated into the HAWANA calendar from this year.

The minister added that the event will be conducted on a larger scale, involving numerous media practitioners from various states, and will feature traditional games such as carrom, checkers, and more.

HAWANA, which was first celebrated on April 11, 2018, with Bernama as the implementing agency, seeks to recognise the contributions and sacrifices of the media community, elevating the professionalism of national journalism, and serving as a platform for them to gather and discuss current issues faced by the industry.

The date May 29 was designated as HAWANA Day, in conjunction with the publication of the first edition of Utusan Melayu on this day in 1939.

-- BERNAMA