February 26,
2017
Union Minister
Dr Pe Myint of the Ministry of Information, Yangon Mayor U Maung Maung Soe and
Chairman of Yangon Book Plaza and Daw Thet Thet Naing cut the ribbon yesterday
that officially opened the Yangon Book Plaza yesterday. The ceremony was held
on the fifth floor of Than Zay Market in Lamadaw Township, Yangon.
Author Maung
Thway Thit read a poem during the opening ceremony.
Union Minister
Dr Pe Myint said book lovers enjoy the environment of bookshops, and that the
Yangon Book Plaza has a similar feel reminiscent of international bookstores.
The minister’s wish is for the Yangon Book Plaza to inspire Myanmar Literature
and lift Myanmar’s book world to the next level. Yangon City’s Mayor U
Maung Maung Soe also spoke at the gathering before, the Union Minister and
others posed for photos and visited the displays in the Yangon Book Plaza.
Yangon Book
Plaza is the first and biggest book shop in Myanmar and is open from 10 am to 9
pm daily. It has a playground for children, a coffee shop, a souvenir shop, a
restaurant, two big book shops, book stalls from 30 publishers, an
entertainment platform, old book stalls, an English-language bookshop and
public spaces. In celebration of its opening, those who buy books from 26
February to 7 March receive a discount of between 10 and 50 per cent.
The committee of
Yangon Book Plaza will select the best 12 books of the year and offer an
honourable prize to the authors.
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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