HlaMin

Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

  • Architecture (64 Intake)

    Most of them graduated with B.Arch in 1970.

    • U Khin Maung Maung
      Organized the gatherings for Architecture Alumni visiting Yangon
    • Christine (Phyu Phyu Latt)
    • Pamela Myo Min (Min Thet Mon)
    • Tin Tin Hla
    • Han Kyu Pe (SPHS, GBNF)
    • Kyaw Win Hman (UTC, Sailing, Guitarist, Motorcyclist, GBNF)

  • RUESU Magazine 1951 – 52

    Feedback from U Aye (M62) : Class of some members

    Sitting L-R :
    Ko Maung Maung (M54), Ko Maung Maung Aye (C52), Mr. V. P. Khetrapal, Ko Hla Aye (ES52), Ko Win Maung (EE52)

    Standing L-R :
    Ko Ohn Kyaing, Ko Aung Ban, Ko Thaung Sein (M55), Ko Myint Wai, Ko Oak Soe

    U Aye (M62) wrote :

    Sitting, second from left- Ko Mg Maung Aye (C52)
    Sitting second from right, Ko Hla Aye (ES 52).

  • Kabyar

    • Saya U Thein Han (Zawgyi) and Saya U Wun (Minthuwun) co-founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with ICS U Sein Tin (Theikkpan Maung Wa, first Honors graduate from the Burmese Department).
    • Saya Zawgyi’s Kabyars are recited by young children in events (e.g. Literary Talks) all over the world.
    • His Beda Lann Kabyars are classic.
    • Dr. Lyn Swe Aye and his translation of Beda Lann was featured in a documentary by PBS (Public Broadcasting Service).
    • Saya Minthuwun’s “Su, Tu, Pyu” inspired many poets.
    • Saya’s friends and colleagues are distinguished writers.
      They translated Saya’s poems and his short story “Bagyi Aung Nyar Dei”) into English, and published the bi-lingual book.
    • There is a post on “Khit San Kabyar“.
    • A collection of Kabyars was published by former EC members of RU Ka Laung Ah Thinn to commemorate the RU Centennial.
    • Dr. Maung Maung Nyo has written some poems.
    • One is about the “empty nest syndrome” of the parents (which can be extended to sayas and sayamas).

  • Financial Aid

    *** Financial Aid ငွေ ကြေး အ ထောက် အ ပံ့

    ** နေရာ ဒေသ အချိန် ပေါ် မူတည်

    * Stipend စတိုင်ပင်

    1960 ဝန်းကျင် — တလ 75 ကျပ်

    ကျောင်းလခ — 15 ကျပ်

    အဆောင် နေရင် တောင် ငွေ နည်းနည်း ပို

    * Free Tuition

    ကျောင်း လခ ငြိမ်း

    * Teaching Assistant

    စာသင် / Assignment လက်ထောက်

    * Research Assistant

    သုတေသန လက်ထောက်

    * Resident Assistant

    အဆောင် လက်ထောက်

    * Full / Complete Package

    ကျောင်းလခ၊ နေစရိတ်၊ သုံးစရိတ်

    * Scholarship

    ပြည်တွင်း — Collegiate Scholarship

    ပြည်ပ — အစိုးရ ပညာတော်သင်

    * Grant

    မူတခု အရ ထောက်ပံ့

    —-

    ** ဆက်နွယ်

    ဌာန တခု က ပေးတဲ့ ထောက်ပံ့ကြေး

    ဖို့ ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Ford Foundation

    အာရှဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Asia Foundation

    ကိုလံဘို စီမံကိန်း Colombo Plan

  • U Tet Tut

    • U Tet Tut is a close relative of Oway U Nyo Mya.
    • His friends include Ludu U Hla and Saya U Wun (Minthuwun).
    • Ludu U Hla regularly sent his books to U Tet Tut.
      For some time Ludu U Hla was restricted to write serious books, so he chose to compile Folk Tales of the indigenous races.
    • U Tet Tut hosted U Htin Kyaw, who was then studying at the Institute of Computer Science in London.
    • We visited U Tet Tut’s house several times.
      There were some antiques (e.g. a pot from ancient China), many books (including “Buddhistic Logic” by a Russian scholar & Ludu U Hla’s collection).
    • I tried to pay respect to U Tet Tut.
      He asked me to wait.
      He would recollect the virtues of the Triple Gems, before he said, “It’s now OK to Gadaw”.
    • He was a Scholar.
      He also advised some museums.
      He requested the British Museum to return some artifacts to Burma to be displayed at the “Maw Gun Daik”.

  • Pioneers

    Sayagyis

    • U Pe Maung Tin
      First native Principal of Rangoon College
    • Dr. Htin Aung
      First native Rector of University of Rangoon
    • U Ba Hli
      First native Dean of Engineering, University of Rangoon
    • Dr. Mya Tu
      Founder/Director of Burma Medical Research Institute
    • Dr. Chit Swe
      Founder/Director of UCC
    • …

    Early Burmese Scholars in the UK

    • Dr. Hla Myint
      Economics
    • Dr. Tha Hla
      Geology
    • Dr. Maung Maung Kha
      Meteorological Physics
    • …

    Recipients of the Twinning Program

    • Dr. Aung Gyi
      BS, MS from MIT
    • U Min Wun
      BS from MIT, MS from Cornell
    • U Maung Maung Than
      BS from Clemson, MS from Lowell
    • U Khin Aung Kyi
      BS, MS from MIT
    • U Aung Khin
      BS, MS from Lehigh
    • U Sein Hlaing
      MS from MIT
    • U Tin Swe
      MS from Michigan
    • U Sein Win
      BS, MS from Michigan
    • …

    Founders of Khit San Sar Pay

    • Theikpan Maung Wa
      ICS U Sein Tin
    • Zawgyi
      U Thein Han
    • Minthuwun
      U Wun

    There were the early students at the then newly established “Burmese Department” at the University of Rangoon (per request of Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin, Pali and Burmese Scholar).

    Founders of UCC

    • Dr. Chit Swe
      Founder Director
    • U Soe Paing
    • U Myo Min
    • U Ko Ko Lay

    Sayadaws

    Early Burmese Sayadaws in the UK

    • U Thithila
    • Dr. Rewata Dhamma

    Early Burmese Sayadaws in the USA

    • U Silanandabhivamsa
      Dhammananda Vihara, Northern California
    • Penang Sayadaw
      Southern California
    • U Kelasa
      East Coast

    Early Non-Burmese Sayadaws in Burma

    • U Lokanatha
      Former Chemist in the USA
      Italian Buddhist Monk
    • Ashin Ananda
      Formerly Reverend F. Lustig
      Buddhist Archbishop of Latvia

  • Civil Sayas

    • Allen Htay (USA)
    • U Aye Win Kyaw
    • U Ba Hli — First native Dean of Engineering
    • Daw Khin Aye Maw
    • U Kyaw Thein
    • U Myint Soe
    • U Ngwe Tun
    • H. Num Kok (USA )
    • Daw Thein Thein Nwet
    • U Tin Win
    • Dr. Win Thein
    • U Win Maung
    • Daw Yin Myaing

  • 1946

    Education

    Rangoon University

    Reopened.

    Students include

    • U Tin U (Dio)
      Captain and Gold, RUBC
      BS in Civil Engineering at Oregon State
      MS in Civil Engineering at Yale
      Part-time Lecturer at the Civil Engineering Department
      Director, Clark and Grieg
      Consultant, Interkiln
      Consultant, PWD
      Captain, RGC
    • U Sein Hlaing
      Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) in 1952.
      Joined Faculty as Assistant Lecturer
      MS in Electrical Engineering at MIT
      Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering
    • Dr. Pe Nyun (Dick San Pe)
      Pediatric Surgeon
      Leader of team to operate on Ma Nan Soe / Ma Nan San (conjoined twins)
    • Dr. Pe Thein (Tom San Pe)
      Professor
      Minister of Health and Education

  • Cost of Living

    In our days at RIT and some time after graduation

    School fees

    • 15 kyats per month
    • Paid 30 kyats every two months

    Collegiate Scholarship and Stipend

    • 75 kyats per month
    • Net 60 kyats after paying the school fees

    Remuneration

    • Poem 15 kyats
    • Article 15 kyats
    • Translation of short story (a) 50 kyats to the translator (b) 50 kyats to the author
    • Artist 50 kyats for doing the background

    Bus fare

    • 10 to 15 pyas (for short and medium distances)
    • 30 pyas (whole route)

    Mohinga

    • 15 pyas (without ah kyaw)
    • 25 pyas (with ah kyaw)

    Bananas

    • 15 pyas for one banana
    • 25 pyas for two bananas

    Meal

    • 50 pyas for a plate of rice
    • K 1.50 – 2 kyats (with Hin)

  • Education Systems

    • The following are examples of the Changing Education System.
    • The terms “Old”, “New” and “Newer” depend on the context.

    Old System : Options for Matriculation students

    In the old system, Matriculation students can take

    • Burmese
    • Lower Burmese (for a restricted time)
    • Optional Burmese
    • English
    • Optional English
    • Mathematics
    • Additional Mathematics
    • Physics, Chemistry, …
    • History, Geography, …
    • Usually five Subjects (not restricted to Science only, or Arts only)
    • One extra subject (as insurance)

    Old System : Options for University Students

    In the old system, University students can

    • switch from one discipline to another
      e.g. Engineering back to Medicine, Pure Science, Arts …
    • take Double Maths (Pure, Applied)
    • take Triple Maths (Pure, Applied, Statistics)
    • join B.L, B.ED, … (after their Bachelors)
    • 3-year Special Honors (after Intermediate)
    • 2-year General Honors (after Intermediate)
    • …

    New System : Options for Matriculation students

    In the new system, Matriculation students

    • take six prescribed subjects based on Science or Arts option
      e.g. Burmese, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (for Science option)
    • 5-year Law degree
    • 5-year Education degree
    • can apply for Science Scholarship (SS)
    • bypass the Intermediate and are admitted directly to the Institutes using the controversial Intelligence Level Aggregate (ILA)
    • …

    Newer Systems

    The newer systems tried

    • Regional College
    • Moving some disciplines to the Ministry of Science and Technology
    • “Compressed” academic terms [to make up for school closures]
    • Proliferation of Colleges and Technological Universities [without the needed resources]
    • “Hybrid” nomenclature :
      Professor
      Associate Professor
      Lecturer (instead of Assistant Professor)
    • Multiple Professors in a Department
      One designated as Head of the Department
    • Having high percentage rate of success in examinations [without maintaining the quality and integrity]