"U Ko Gyi, secretary of local environmental conservation association Sein Lan Pyin Oo Lwin, urged that the five colonial-era buildings be renovated to showcase the town’s rich historical past. The group submitted the list to U Tin Latt, deputy minister of Hotels and Tourism, during his visit to the town last week. Included on the list were the People’s Hospital and All Saints Church. Aside from the General Hospital, built in 1900, and All Saints Church, built in 1912, other buildings on the list were the Survey Training School, the Thaw Ka Myaing, and Basic Education High School No. 1 in Pyin Oo Lwin. U Ko Ko Gyi said the buildings are the best examples of Pyin Oo Lwin’s colonial heritage. “This could also boost tourism in the town.” He added that there are many more colonial heritage buildings in Mandalay that need conservation. The May Myo Heritage Trust, Hotel Entrepreneurs Association of Pyin Oo Lwin, Elders of Pyin Oo Lwin, and Sein Lan Pyin Oo Lwin are cooperating to include the five buildings on the heritage list. Pyin Oo Lwin, a distinct hill town in central Myanmar, was a centre of British colonial rule. Its strategic location in the Shan hills, easily reachable from the ancient city of Mandalay, made it an ideal location for British colonial offices. The city was founded after the Third Anglo-Burmese war as a vacation spot for the ruling British elite. Due to its cool climate, government offices were moved to the area in the summer to give civil servants a reprieve from the blistering heat in southern Myanmar..."