What We Have Is a Deteriorating Habit of Book Reading

Juan P. Dayang, President of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. and governor of the National Book Development Board, recently posed a challenge to the Filipano nation to increase a love of reading. With well over a 97% literacy rate, a high percentage of those people just don\’t want to read.
\”Sadly, we say that we have today a deteriorating habit of book reading which has resulted in lesser quality of education … The relevance of books and, of course, readership, could not perhaps be equated with anything else in the making of civilized societies. Books are the fundamental tools of man in acquiring new and wider experiences to enrich his existence.\” [more…] from Manila Bulletin.