Mg Mg Kyi & Rimon Than

by Hla Min

Updated : Nov 2025

Mg Mg Kyi

• Eldest son of Dr. Mg Mg and Daw Kyi Kyi
• Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1963. Stood 11th in the whole of Burma and won Collegiate Scholarship.
• Joined Rangoon Universities’ Boat Club. Our Paulian crew — Mg Mg Kyi, Hla Min, Kyaw Win, Willie Soe Mg and Myint Thein (cox) — was Senior Novices Runners-up in the Monsoon Regatta. All became RUBC Full Green.
• Rangoon University was closed citing security concerns after the protests of the 1st Anniversary of 7th July. Mg Mg Kyi and Kyaw Win applied for Government Scholarship to study Engineering at Dresden University.
• Mg Mg Kyi received the Masters (equivalent) in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Pulp and Paper.
• He worked for PPIC (notably Sittang and Yay Ni Paper Mills).
• He found his love Khin May Than (Che72). They raised two sons — Rimon Than & Khemar Than.
• The family moved to Wales, UK.

Dr. Rimon Than

• Elder son of U Maung Maung Kyi and Daw Khin May Than.
• Medical Doctor / Specialist
• Experienced Mountain Climber
• Squadron Leader in Royal Aut Force
• Accomplished “Rescue Team Leader”.
• Sadly, he passed away on February 15, 2013 during a mountaineering training in Scotland due to an avalanche.

See BBC news at

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-214690…>.

• Mg Mg Kyi and Khin May Than were visiting Yangon at the time. They had to fly back to Wales to attend the funeral service with military honors.

Ogmore by the sea

• Mg Mg Kyi and Khin May Than were deeply hurt by the untimely loss of their elder son.
• Their younger son (Dr. Khemar Than) moved back from Japan to be close to his parents.
• MMK and KMT gave their house to Khemar, and moved to Ogmore-by-the-sea.
• MMK invited me to see his new home.

Visit to Wales

In 2017, we visited UK.

My cousin nephew Dr. Khin Tun (Peter) drove us to Wales to visit Mg Mg Kyi and Khin May Than at their new home Ogmore-by-the-sea.

See the posts about the mini-gathering.

Updates

• Dr. “Peter” Khin Tun (MRCP, Former Associate Dean of Oxford University) was a victim of Covid-19 and the lax Guidelines of NIH. He passed away on April 13, 2020. The news and TV coverage about the sad story led to reevaluation of procedures and support for NIH doctors and staff combating Covid.
• Maung Maung Kyi passed away peacefully in November 2024. His younger sisters — Dr. Kyi Kyi Hla, Daw Khin Thitsar and Dr. Khin Sabai — performed Soon Kwyay Dana for the 1st Anniversary of Maung Maung Kyi’s demise.

Memories