GANGTOK, 19 May: The Press Club of Sikkim today felicitated Editor, Sikkim Express, Amit Patro, and Yishey Doma Bhutia, Copy Editor at Sikkim Express, on being conferred the Sikkim Sewa Samman on State Day. The felicitation ceremony had PCS advisor, CD Rai, as chief guest.Mr. Rai congratulated the two journalists on their sterling recognition and remarked that journalism has come a long forward in Sikkim and congratulated the gathered journalists on their professionalism.
Speaking about Sikkim Express, two journalists from which were honoured on State Day, he highlighted how Ram Patro had started it and how the initiative was carried forward by his wife Mala Rana Patro and how the legacy is being sustained by their son Amit Patro. He also commended the entire team at SE for the hard work they have invested in the paper and pulled it up to its present level.
The gathering was also addressed by the two persons to be felicitated, Amit Patro and Yishey Doma Bhutia, both of them thanked the PCS for felicitating them and that it was a matter of pride to be honoured for the work by the State.
