(10 April 2015) In the past few months, the National Library Board of Singapore, the Library Association of Singapore, the National Library of Myanmar and the Library Association of Myanmar have been working together to bring 50,000 used library books from Singapore libraries to libraries in Myanmar. 40,000 of these books were presented to the National Library while 20 public and university libraries received 500 books each. The books are on general topics including business, art and recreation, health, family and parenting, and fiction for adults, young people and children. The book donation ceremony was held on 4 April 2015 at the National Museum of Myanmar in Yangon.
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