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[5] [6] Myanmar Book Centre supplies books and educational materials to 98% of the country's libraries, schools, and universities. [6] After the 2008 Cyclone Nargis, Thant Thaw Kaung succeeded his father to become head of the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, which seeks to preserve Burmese manuscripts and books. [7]
Tha Myat was a member of Thukhamein team of the Burma Translation Society. [5] In 1953, he was vice president of the Burma Science Association. In 1958, he became president of the Burma-India Culture Association and a member of the council of University for Adult Education.
Its collection used to have about 618,000 books and periodicals as well as 15,800 rare and valuable manuscripts. However, in 2006, the military government announced a plan to move a large part of its collection to a new National Library in Nay Pyi Taw , and to auction off its 8-story building and 10-acre (4.0 ha) lot in Tamwe Township . [ 3 ]
Yangon: Myanmar Yadana Sarpay, 2002. Revenue in Konbaung Period (ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ် အခွန်တော်ရေးရာ). Yangon: Myanmar Book Centre, 2009. Selected Writings of Daw Kyan (ဒေါ်ကြန်၏ လက်ရွေးစင်စာတမ်းများ). Yangon: Yangon Universities Press ...
The book includes the author's eyewitness accounts of hardship and struggles at the makeshift hospital as well as several key people of the era that were treated there, including: Aung San, Ne Win, Bo Letya, Bo Setkya, Thakin Than Tun, Thakin Mya, Ba Cho, Kyaw Nyein, Thakin Po Hla Gyi, Lanmadaw Po Tok, S. C. Bose, and J. R. Bhonsle. [2]
Myint Swe, Wunna Kyawhtin Dr. (2014), The Japanese Era Rangoon General Hospital: Memoir of a Wartime Physician, translated by Zarny Tun (1st ed.), Yangon: Myanmar Book Centre, ISBN 978-99971-852-9-7 Nay Aung (2 May 2017), "Oil field workers, others celebrate Workers' Day in Chauk" , The Myanmar Times , retrieved 2020-05-30
The Burmese Translation Society did not only translate books but also encouraged many other forms of Burmese culture and literature activities. [5] The Society established a free library in Rangoon 1956. By 2011 the library had 50,000 book titles in the main section and another 12,000 book titles in the reference section.
Professor Daw Yin May: Mother of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Myanmar, Myanmar Medical Association, OG Society; Myint Swe, Wunna Kyawhtin Dr. (2014), The Japanese Era Rangoon General Hospital: Memoir of a Wartime Physician, translated by Zarny Tun (1st ed.), Yangon: Myanmar Book Centre, ISBN 978-99971-852-9-7