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Typewriters, telegrams cling to life in Myanmar

By Esther Htusan in Yangon, Myanmar ( China Daily ) Updated: 2014-06-06 07:09:44

Perched on a stool on a bustling sidewalk in Myanmar's biggest city, an elderly man pecks away on a clunky manual typewriter.

"It's a will," Aung Myint says, barely looking up as his fingers rise high over the keys and hammer down with a steady sense of purpose.

He points with his chin to a stack of about 30 papers he needs to get through before he heads home, many of them legal documents hastily delivered by lawyers who work at the nearby courthouse.

Typewriters, telegrams cling to life in Myanmar

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