The Printing and Publishing Department under the Ministry of Information and the Indian government signed an agreement for the construction of Sarsobeikman building, a literary centre, at Lotte Hotel on Pyay Road in Yangon on 18 March.
It was attended by the Union Minister for Information, the Yangon Region Chief Minister, the Yangon Mayor, the Minister of Social Affairs of the Yangon Region Government, the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Vinay Kumar and relevant officials of the Indian Embassy in Myanmar, departmental heads, Chairmen of Myanmar Press Council and Myanmar Music Association, Vice-Chairman of Myanmar Motion Picture Organization and invited guests.
During the event, the Union Minister for Information made clarifications on the construction of “Sarsobeikman” building while the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Vinay Kumar expressed gratitude for the bilateral cooperation projects. The project agreement was then signed by Director-General of the Printing and Publishing Department and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy.
In the Sarsobeikman building, historical, literary materials that everyone can study the history of Myanmar literature, palm-leaf inscriptions (Pe and Parabaik), hand-written scripts of famous Myanmar writers, their photographs and biographies, rare books, literary prize medals, and photographs of various types of printing presses that have been used for generations throughout the history of Myanmar printing will be showed as a gallery. Likewise, literary events such as literary conferences and seminars, literary award ceremonies, literary talk shows, writers-readers discussions, and book launching ceremonies will also be allowed in this building.
Source: GNLM (19-3-2024)
- The project agreement was signed by Director-General of the Printing and Publishing Department and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy.
- In the Sarsobeikman building, historical, literary materials that everyone can study the history of Myanmar literature, palm-leaf inscriptions (Pe and Parabaik), and photographs of various types of printing presses will be showed as a gallery. Likewise, literary events will also be allowed in this building.