Abstract

• Nowadays, one of the most interesting tourist attractions is siteseeing of Heritage Colonial Buildings. Thus, not only European countries but also Asian countries give priority to preserving heritage buildings. This paper describes how to preserve colonial buildings in Yangon. Among Asian countries Myanmar has a huge number of colonial buildings, because Myanmar had been under British Colonial rules for many years. These buildings feature as heritage colonial buildings and many tourists today that are greatly interested in them. In 1996, The Yangon City Development Committee was guided to list of colonial heritage buildings officially and 189 colonial buildings were listed. There are many organizations which are supervising 189 colonial buildings in Yangon, the number today that includes nineteen Ministries, trustee organizations and the Yangon City Development Committee. In this paper, two out of six colonial buildings which are supervised by the YCDC in Yangon are studied, namely the City Hall and the Bogyoke Aung San market which are in downtown Yangon. The City Hall building is still in use by YCDC’s offices and the Bogyoke Aung San market has not changed much. The distinct feature of the two buildings is that age of both are over a hundred years without much need to make major repairs or renovation. It shows that the preservation work done by responsible persons concerned were efficient and effective. Furthermore, the preparations on future preservation of these buildings will be made in accordance with the guidance given by the government.