by Hla Min

Update : July 2025

U Paing & Siblings

ဦးပိုင် ညီအကိုမောင်နှမများ

• Daw Ma Ma Tin ဒေါ်မမတင်
• U Saing ဦးဆိုင်
• U Hlaing ဦးလှိုင်
• U Paing ဦးပိုင်
• Daw Ma Ma Lay ဒေါ်မမလေး
• U Chan Maung Kun ဦးချမ်းမောင်ကွမ်း
• Bogyi Hla Maung ဗိုလ်ကြီးလှမောင်
• U Sein Yoe ဦးစိန်ရိုး
• U Yan Way ဦးရန်ဝေး

Family

Father : ICS U Paing

Mother : Daw Oo Yin (daughter of Sir Po Tha & Lady Tha)

Sons : Myo Paing, Soe Paing, Win Paing, Kyaw Paing

Dr. Myo Paing (SPHS54)

• Medical doctor & researcher (at BMRI)
• Early assignment was Malaria Campaign
• Champion golfer.

U Soe Paing (SPHS56)

• In the Matric exam of 1956, he stood 13th in Burma and won a Collegiate Scholarship.
• In 1958, he received two Gold medals : one for Highest Total Marks for I.Sc (Combined) & another for Joint Highest Marks in Maths for I.Sc (Combined).
• While attending Engineering classes at RU, he received State Scholarship to study Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in the USA.
• Received BS and MS in EE (Electrical Engineering) from Stanford University.
• Upon his return, he joined the EE Department at RIT as Assistant Lecturer. He helped Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe with the UCC project.
• Transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division.
• After reorganization, he also managed the Operations Division.
• Received M.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Southampton, UK.
• Taught CS courses at UCC. He co-authored Programming Texts, Lecture Guides and Manuals with U Aung Zaw and me.
• Worked for UN projects in several countries.
• Wrote “Computer Ah Sa UCC Ga” and his experiences as a States Scholar and UN Advisor. They can be read from SCRIB-D
• After retirement, Saya spent time playing golf & practicing vipassana meditation.
• During his UCC days, he served as a Golf Correspondent. I helped him type about the competition at RGC (Rangoon Golf Club) and BGC (Burma Golf Club) and submit to the English newspapers.
• Visited RUCL. Compiled material for HMEE Project & prepared a Draft. Translated Section 1 of the HMEE book and summarized Section 2.
• Gave an interview to MASTAA

U Win Paing (SPHS64)

• Won Golf Championships with his younger brother U Kyaw Paing.
• After finishing the finals for ChE (Chemical Engineering) exam in 1970, he became a monk.
• Served as Taik Oke for about four decades before becoming Chief Resident Monk of Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw.
• Known as Sayadaw U Wara.
• He is now GBNF.

U Kyaw Paing (SPHS67)

• Represented Burma in the Putra Cup.
• Lawyer and entrepreneur.

U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) wrote :

For number of years, I was the carrier-cum-postman to bring Saya U Soe Paing’s typed golf news to the WPD, Working Peoples’ Daily at Theingbyu Street! Just one of the chores I had in those days.

I remember jokingly asked Sayadaw U Wara how he felt seeing the (18th??) hole over the fence from the Sunlun Kyaung’s “Thein”. The new golf course was built for VIPs inside Kabaaye, and that particular hole was seen from the “Thein” less than 40-50 yards, of course over the fence.

Updates

• Nyi Lynn Seck created a family tree for Sir Po Tha

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