Vice-Senior General Soe Win emphasized that plans are underway to promote the festival’s preparation through media campaigns, showcase the event’s preparation activities, and interview participating teams on their training progress.
Patron of the Leading Committee for Organizing the Fifth National Sports Festival 2024 Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win said so at the fourth meeting of the Fifth National Sports Festival 2024 held at the assembly hall of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Senior General underlined that upon completion of the festival, victorious medallist athletes representing ministries, regions and states who showed off their excellent skills and talents must be deservedly awarded and promoted their ranks in the workforce as part of encouraging their efforts.
He continued that the selected athletes from the coming festival will be provided systematic foods with the calculation of calories plus traditional medicines as sports nutrition without using dopes in cooperation with the Ministry of Health.
Starting from early November, one month ahead of the festival, to spark public interest and anticipation, he highlighted that plans are underway to promote the preparation of the festival through media campaigns, showcase the event’s preparation activities, and conduct interviews with participating teams on their training progress.
Moreover, he elaborated that new sports-themed songs, short educational stories, and humorous skits are being created to captivate audiences. Social media, print media, and broadcast media have to feature these promotions in a fun and engaging way through short formats to generate excitement among the public in advance, he added.
Aimed at competing in the XXXIII SEA Games to be held in December 2025 and other international sports competitions, the Vice-Senior General stressed that those who are skilful in sports techniques must be assigned systematically to select the actually qualified athletes from the athletes who competed in the 5th National Sports Festival, following the set standards.
He urged relevant subcommittees to arrange thorough services of food and accommodation, health and administration measures for sports teams from regions and states.
Chairman of the Leading Committee Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs U Min Thein Zan reported on the accomplishment of the previous meeting’s decisions and competitions for the festival.
Union ministers, the Auditor-General of the Union, the Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman, regional and state chief ministers, and deputy ministers reported on the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival, plans to hold the festival on a grander scale, and competition of the athletes in the festival.
Officials from relevant subcommittees also clarified their plans for the festival and the progress of measures.
Later, the Vice-Senior General fulfilled the needs of relevant committees, and the meeting ended with his remarks.
The National Sports Festivals have so far been held four times. The first time was held from 3 to 16 May 1992 in Yangon with 22 sports events, the second time from 25 January to 6 February 1994 in Yangon with 24 sports events, the third from 11 to 24 January 1997 in Yangon with 29 sports events and the fourth from 13 to 28 February 2015 in Nay Pyi Taw with 27 sports events.
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