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Saving Yangon's Precious Colonial Buildings

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Mar 21, 2012
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Although they stand as a daily reminder to a time when the sun never set on the British Empire, the legions of colonial-era buildings in Yangon, formerly Rangoon, have suffered from neglect and mismanagement for more than 50 years.

But last week the crumbling collection of architectural treasures, which represent the largest remaining stock of such build…

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