Feature: Typewriters business still in demand in Myanmar's Yangon

Description: 

"Clickety-clack sounds coming from typewriters are heard along a busy old street in downtown area of Myanmar's Yangon, bringing vibes back from bygone golden era of typewriters. Along the sidewalk Maha Bandoola Park street, typists, mostly in middle ages, are seen busy hammering their fingers down on buttons of manual typewriters at stalls while their customers are sitting beside them, telling the typist what they want to type out or fill in the legal documents. In past half-century before computers took over in Myanmar, typewriters ruled the market and clack-clack-clack sounds from the writing machines can be heard anywhere -- in government offices, courthouses, companies and so on. But, such old writing machines still provide a modest living for typists who still cling stubbornly and affectionately to them, a far cry from today's modern computer age. Their customers cover from individuals who want to fill out marriage certificates, documents to lawyers for legal papers in both Burmese and English typescript. "Works to type up the pieces of writers and individuals become less in numbers, but on the other hand, filling out legal contracts and other notary works are enough to earn my living and to keep the business operating as well," Daw Myint Myint Oo, a typist running her own shop for more than 20 years, told Xinhua..."

Creator/author: 

xuxin

Source/publisher: 

"Xinhua" (China)

Date of Publication: 

2019-10-08

Date of entry: 

2019-10-10

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Yangon

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good