Bangkok--May 25--SET
SET’s Maruey Knowledge & Resource Center Collaborates with C.U. Books & C.U. Publishing to More Widely Distribute Academic Knowledge on Economics, Finance, and Management for Booklovers
The Maruey Knowledge and Resource Center (MKRC) at The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joins hands with C.U. Books and C.U. Publishing to offer readers a wider selection of academic books on economics, finance, and management. The most popular academic books will be supplied to the library, and the 22nd ‘SET Corner’ will be set up at the C.U. Bookstore so as to mutually distribute these valuable reading materials.
SET President Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong said after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with C.U. Books and C.U. Publishing today (May 24) that the SET’s Maruey Knowledge & Resource Center continues to create ties with educational institutions to help promote better reading habits and a greater understanding of finance and investment. The organization emphasizes helping people realize the importance of the relationship between the financial & capital markets and the economic system as well as the internal and external factors affecting the overall system.
The President noted, “The cooperation between the SET and C.U. Books and its Publishing House, which produce numerous academic publications on economics, finance, and investment, will help promote amongst the general public a greater understanding of those topics as well as increase the resources of the MRKC. The nearly 20,000 users per month of the MKRC will benefit greatly from this cooperation. These users include students as well as the general public.”
Under this collaboration, each month C.U. Books and C.U. Publishing will supply the MKRC with at least 10 copies each of 3 best-selling or popular books on economics, finance, and investment. After a month, the books will be donated to 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.
Furthermore there’ll be activities held by the two institutions to continually promote better reading habits. Meanwhile, the publications of C.U. Books and C.U. Publishing will be promoted to a wider range of readers through the ‘SET in the City’ Program on UBC7.
Mr. Kittiratt also added that: “On this special occasion, the SET is also pleased to deliver the 22nd ‘SET Corner’ to the C.U. Bookstore.
“At the SET Corner, there is a collection of books, magazines, finance & investment information as well as the SETSMART system, which is an online information system that focuses on the SET’s listed companies. Users of this corner will be able to access, conveniently and quickly, essential information relating to the financial and capital markets.”
Vice President of Chulalongkorn University Asst. Prof. Dusadee Sanguanchart, talked about the collaboration, saying, “C.U. Books and C.U. Publishing are pleased to be collaborating with the MKRC and the SET in promoting better reading habits and a greater understanding about economics, finance and management. This is in line with our commitment to produce quality medias based on appropriate academic principles that can be applied effectively to daily living.”
The MKRC has hooked up with several leading publishing houses. C.U. Books and C.U. Publishing are the first two alliances having their strengths in academic publications. Previously the MKRC has signed MOUs with Praphansarn, DMG Books, Nanmee Books, Siam Inter Multimedia Pcl. and Jamsai Publishing
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