Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

World Wide Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

Beginning

The first RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe was held in San Francisco, California, USA in October of 2000. I am honored to be a member of the RIT Alumni International that hosted SPZP-2000.

I founded the RIT Alumni International Newsletter in 1999 and have served as its Editor and Content Provider for 26 years. I have repaid the metta and cetana of my mentors.

Seven SPZPs

There have been seven RIT Grand Reunion and SPZPs (also known as World Wide SPZPs). They are

• SPZP-2000 : US in October 2000
• SPZP-2002 : Singapore in December 2002
• SPZP-2004 : Yangon in December 2004
• SPZP-2007 : Singapore in April 2007
• SPZP-2010 : Singapore in December 2010
• SPZP-2012 : Yangon at the Gyogone Campus in December 2012 (True Home Coming). The Reunion dinner was held at MICT Park
• SPZP-2016 : Yangon. A free All Day Event at the Gyogone Campus with exhibitions, and two stages.

Note : SPZP-2020 was canceled due to the pandemic.

Publications

For SPPZ-2000, I served as Chief Editor for the commemorative issue of “RIT Alumni Newsletter”.

For SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010, Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) served as Chief Editor of the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung”. Saya also served as Chief Editor of the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Magazine” for Shwe YaDu 2014 and SPZP-2016.

U Saw Linn (C71, GBNF) served as Chief Editor of “Swel Daw Yeik Magazine” for SPZP-2012.

Other special publications for SPZP-2012 are

• HMEE-2012 (History of Myanmar Engineering Education) by Saya U Aung Hla Tun & team. I was a member.
  U Ohn Khine and I compiled a CD supplement for the book.
• Selected RIT Cartoons
  by U Myint Pe (M72) and fellow cartoonists
• @hmin3664

Posts

• Noble Tradition
• RIT Alumni Newsletter
• Souvenirs
• SPZP-2007 Diary
• SPZP-2012
• SPZP-2016