Bangkok--Apr 21--SET
The Maruey Knowledge and Resource Center (MKRC) at The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Family Know-How Co. Ltd. (FKH) have hooked up with Jamsai Publishing, a leading publishing house of youth books. A greater variety of books will be added to the MKRC’s “Literature and Bestseller Corner”, including romances, comedies, classical literature and miscellaneous categories. Booklovers can now visit the MKRC until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays staring from April 29.
Mr. Punsak Vejanurug, SET Executive Vice President, announced that the Maruey Knowledge & Resource Center at the SET and Family Know-how, which is a SET subsidiary, have joined forces with Jamsai Publishing to promote better reading habits amongst Thai youths. Jamsai Publishing is the fifth alliance that will regularly provide its best-selling books to the Center.
“On average, the MKRC has nearly 20,000 visitors each month. And, starting from Friday April 29, 2005, it will be open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Other than that, the Center is open from 8:00 — 23:00 daily.
The Center currently provides a wide variety of books. It has been visited by people of all age groups including youngsters and the general public. The SET regularly holds activities for students and other youth groups. Therefore, the decision to join with Jamsai Publishing, which is strong in youth books, is good since it will provide us with reading materials that will help us better serve the needs of one of our core groups of visitors.”
The bestselling books in the “Literature and Bestseller Corner” will be available at the MKRC for one month. After that they will be donated to the educational institutions participating in the University Networking Program, both in Bangkok and nationwide, as well as to public and community libraries. These books will give Thailand’s youth, and its general public, more opportunities to read good books.
Meanwhile, the publications of Jamsai Publishing will be distributed to a wider range of readers, through the FKH’s ‘SET in the City’ Program on UBC7 and its radio program on FM101.
Mr. Kriengkrai Suesuwan, Managing Director of Jamsai Publishing said, “We are very pleased to join the SET in promoting better reading habits amongst Thai youth. We will provide our bestsellers to the MKRC from this month onwards.”
Jamsai Publishing publishes a variety of books including romance novels, comedies, how-to books, classical literature, and miscellaneous categories, as well as translated Korean and Japanese love stories. According to ‘The Best in Publishing Business 2004’, Jamsai Publishing has the highest number of bestsellers among the Top 20 hits.”
The MKRC has hooked up with several leading publishing houses, and Jamsai Publishing is its fifth alliance. It has already joined hands with Praphansarn, DMG Books, Nanmee Books and Siam Inter Multimedia Pcl., and expects to join with an additional two more publishing houses this year.
The Maruey Knowledge and Resource Center (MKRC) is open daily. From Sundays to Thursdays, the service hours are from 8:30 — 23:00 hrs. On Fridays and Saturdays, the service hours will be extended to midnight starting from April 29, 2005, onwards. For more information, please call 0-2229-2061-66
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