Talk — Twins

by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Video Broadcast on January 31, 2021

• Heavenly Twins
  Castor and Pollux
  Gemini
• Twin Cities
  St. Paul and Minneapolis
• Twin Towers
  World Trade Center
• Twin Blades
  Razor
• Twinning Program
  Rangoon University and USA Universities
  Proposed by Sayagyi U Ba Hli (Dean of Engineering)
• Fraternal Twins
  Maung Maung Win (Maung Yit, Cartoonist, Moemaka)
  Mi Mi Win (Junior Win, Bilingual author)
• Identical Twins
  Navy Commanders Win Thein Maung and Lin Thein Maung
  Director A1 Than Htut and Actor/Director A1 Thein Htut
• Conjoined Twins
  “Siamese Twins” Chang and Eng Bunker (Born in Siam, Died in USA)
  Ma Nan Soe and Ma Nan San (Burma / Myanmar)

First Operation on Conjoinedo Twins in Burma

• Dr. Pe Nyun, Dr. Htut Saing and team operated on Ma Nan Soe and Ma Nan San
• Dr. Pe Nyun and Dr. Htut Saing are Past Captains of Rangoon University Boat Club (RUBC)
• Dr. Pe Nyun passed away in Canada
• Dr. Htut Saing passed away in Hong Kong

Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi in 1948

• Dr. Pe Nyun, Dr. Pe Thein, U Khin Maung Wint, U Tin U and Cox represented Rangoon University Boat Club (RUBC) at the Independence Day Regatta held at Kandawgyi in 1948.

Professor Pe Nyun Award

• Award given to Young Pediatric Surgeon
• First established in 2012
• The award for 2021 will be presented via Zoom Meeting