Set Hmu Thadin Zin

Set Hmu is used to refer to RIT (as in Set Hmu Tekkatho). It is used to refer to Mechanical Engineering (as in Set Hmu InGyinNiYa).

It was founded by U Win Thein (M67, GBNF) in the 1964-65 Academic Year.
The weekly newsletter was sold by volunteers [mostly along the corridors] for ten pyas.
The Thadin Zin not only covered the news, but was a fertile breeding ground for poets, essayists, authors and cartoonists.
I wrote a few short notes for the Thadin Zin using my pen name “Tekkatho Ga [Nge] Ga [Gyi] Na [Nge] Na [Gyi]”.
I saw the dexterity with which U Win Thein cut the Stencil (also known Gestener and Wax paper) with his meticulous handwriting.
During my visit to Yangon in 2012, I received a CD of Mechanical Newsletters (for 1968-69 to 1973-74). They were compiled by an alumni couple (U Kyaw Thein and Daw Than Than Mu).
U Tin Maung Swe (Cartoon) and U Khin Maung Toe received copies for re-distribution to interested sayas and alumni.

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