Saya Moe

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Brief Bio

• Matriculated from St. John’s Dio
• Enjoyed playing soccer (mostly as goalkeeper)
• Attended Yankin College, RU Faculty of Engineering and BIT
• EC of RU Literary Committee & RUESU Magazine Editor
• Joined Electrical Engineering Department after graduation

• EC of RIT EE Association; Editor of Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
• Editor. (and later Chief Editor) of RIT Annual Magazine

• Worked in Singapore
  Organized Alumni events (e.g Thingyan, SPZP)

• After retirement, moved back to Yangon
  Writing articles & poems
  Courses at Electrical Inspectorate

Activities & Accomplishments

• Pen name : Tekkatho Moe War
• Mentor : Daung Nwe Swe
• Editor, RUESU Annual Magazine

• Member, RU Ka Laung Ah Phwe

• Chief Editor, RIT Annual Magazine

• Chief Editor, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
• Chief Editor, Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 & SPZP-2010
• Chief Editor, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for ShweYaDu-2014 & SPZP-2016

• Author of Books, Articles & Poems

• Contributor, Poetic Art Series
• Zat Saya & Manager, RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thin
• Chair, SPZP-2002

• SPZP-2007

• Chair, SPZP-2010
• SPZP-2012
• Entertainment, SPZP-2016

• Patron, Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
• Patron, Alumni Association
• SDYF Song
  Composed with U Than Po (GBNF, M75)

Memories

• Birthday

• Pu Zaw Pwes

• Discussion

Presents

• Saya gave me Magazines, Books and a Pasoe (from his daughter’s company)

My Translation

Saya’s Poems

• Shwe YaDu Lann

• Poem Gift
• The Power of Poem
• Computer in my heart
• Search for beauty
• Heritage of Bagan
• To the Shwe Duo
  …

Saya’s Articles

• Sea of Men
• History told by a Thousand Kyat Note
• My heart aches & Tears well in my eyes

Feedback

Saya U Moe Aung wrote :

Thanks, Ko Hla Min, for your endeavours, not to mention that they wouldn’t be possible otherwise. Realistically speaking, archiving is not as easy as one thinks.

My reply to Saya Moe Aung :

• I am paying back to my alma mater, mentors, alumni and benefactors.
• I have completed 25 years as a messenger, organizer, archivist and disseminator for the RIT Community.
• The smiles on my sayas and colleagues give me Second Wind to keep me going the extra mile.
• I hope and pray that we will be able to have some publications to celebrate the Centennial of Engineering Education in Burma / Myanmar & the Silver Jubilee of my RIT Volunteer work.
• My dream of getting the sayas and alumni get connected electronically and physically was materialized in 1999 and 2000 with RIT Alumni Newsletter & Website and SPZP-2000.
• My dream of compiling the Oral and Written History of our alma mater and alumni has only been partially completed. I was a member of HMEE project and compiled a CD Supplement for the book with U Ohn Khine (M70). I have 2500+ articles in my website hlamin.com. I broadcast 220 short talks between August 2020 and January 2021.
• It needs Passion and Perseverance to maintain Projects. Several of my early Collaborators and Supporters no longer have time and resources to help me.

U Aung Min (M69) wrote :
Be healthy and long live Saya.
Please keep going on with your pen.

Saya’s reply :
Yes, Ko Aung Min.
And thanks for all your encouragements which will definitely be a driving force for me, especially for my longevity.