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Category: Old Burma

  • Female Scholars

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    ကနဦး အမျိုးသမီး ပညာတော်သင်များ

    ပညာရေး Education

    • ဒေါ်ခင်ခင်ကြီး Khin Khin Gyi
    • Dr. ခင်မြ Khin Mya
    • Dr. စောရီ Saw Yi
    • Dr. ကေ မြရီ K Mya Yi

    သမိုင်း History

    • ဒေါ်မြစိန် Mya Sein
    • Dr. သောင်း Blackmore / Thaung
    • Dr. ရီရီ Yi Yi
    • Dr. ခင်လှဟန် Khin Hla Han
    • ဒေါ်ခင်ခင်ကြီး Khin Khin Gyi

    ပထဝီ Geography

    • Dr. သင်းကြည် Thin Kyi
    Dr. Daw Thin Kyi

    ဘောဂဗေဒ / ဝါဏိဇ္ဇဗေဒ Economics / Commerce

    • Dr. ခင်ညိုညို Khin Nyo Nyo
    • Dr. ခင်အုန်းသန့် Khin Ohn Thant
    • Dr. ရီရီချစ်မောင် Yi Yi Chit Maung
    • Dr. ကြည်​မေကောင်း Kyi May Kaung
    • Dr. ခင်စန်းရီ Khin San Yi

    စာကြည့်တိုက်ပညာ Library Science

    • Dr. ခင်သက်ထား Khin Thet Hta
    Daw Khin Thet Hta

    နိုင်ငံရေးသိပ္ပံ Political Science

    • Dr. Emma Ba Yoke ညွန့်ဟန် Nyunt Han

    စာပေ Literature

    • Dr. ခင်မြကြူ Khin Mya Kyu
    • Dr. ခင်​လေးမြင့် Khin Lay Myint

    သတင်း ဂျာနယ် ပညာ Journalism

    • Dr. Majorie တင်ညို Tin Nyo

    ရုက္ခဗေဒ Botany

    • Dr. ရီရီ Yi Yi
    • Dr. မြမြသန်း Mya Mya Than
    • Dr. ခင်စိန် Khin Sein

    သတ်တဗဒေ Zoology

    • Dr. Lynsdale
    • Dr. မြမြနု Mya Mya Nu

    ရူပဗေဒ Physics

    • ဒေါ်ငြိမ်း Nyein
    • ဒေါ်မေစု May Su
    • Dr. ခင်မြမြ Khin Mya Mya

    သင်္ချာ Mathematics

    • Dr. လှလှစိန် Hla Hla Sein

    ဘူမိဗဒေ Geology

    • Dr. ရင်ရင်နွယ် Yin Yin Nwe

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    ဆေးပညာ / ကျန်းမာရေး Medicine, Surgery …

    • ဒေါ်မမခင် Nutrition / Ma Ma Khin
    • Dr. Saw Hsa FRCS, Surgery
    • Dr. ရင်မေ FRCS, FRCOG, FRCP / Yin May
    • Dr. ခင်ကြည်ကြည် Pharmacology / Khin Kyi Kyi
    • Dr. ခင်ကြည်ကြည် Microbiology / Khin Kyi Kyi
    • Dr.ခင်မကြီး Physiology / Khin Ma Gyi
    • Dr. စန်းရီ Physiology / Khin San Yi
    • Dr. မာလာမောင် Marlar Maung

    * Credit: Dr. သိမ်းအုပ်ကျော်မြင့် Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

  • Book Presents

    From Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

    TOKM

    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS 60, IM1 67) mailed me a copy of the book “Tribute to Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint : The Journey of a Peripatetic Paediatrician”. Thanks.

    There are almost a hundred articles covering 600 pages.

    • 5 articles on “Lest we forget”
    • 6 articles on “Tributes”
    • 33 articles on “Family and friends”
    • 52 articles on “Words of tribute by friends, colleagues, and former students

    From Nga Kyan Pyan Sasana Yeiktha

    Received a copy of the Centennial Celebration of “Nga Kyan Pyan (Dawei) Sasana Yeiktha”.

    It contains my article on the importance of time.

    From Ko Wint Khin Zaw

    U Khin Zaw

    Received an autobiography of Saya U Khin Zaw (“K”) sent by Ko Wint Khin Zaw (A 79).

    It was originally titled “Burma in my Life-time”, but had to be renamed “Myanmar in my Life-time” for the reprint.

  • Daw Myint Thwe (GBNF)

    Daw Myint Thwe (Seated 3rd from Right)
    Daw Myint Thwe (Center)
    Daw Myint Thwe (2nd row; 3rd from Left)
    Daw Myint Thwe (Seated Center)
    Daw Myint Thwe (Seated 2nd from Right)

    She passed away peacefully in Sydney, Australia.

    Spouse : Saya Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (GBNF)

    Fourth of nine siblings : Saya U Tin U (C), Saya U Ba Than (M, GBNF), Dr. Daw Win Hlaing (Ruby), Dr. Myo Tint (GBNF), U Tin Htoon (A60), Saya U Myo Min (UCC), U Thaung Lwin (EC66), Daw Cho Cho Hlaing

    Children : Ma Tin Tin Hlaing (UCC) & Ko Htay Aung (EC80, UCC), Ko Tha Hlaing (EC83, UCC), Min Thet Tun (GBNF)

  • Swel Daw Yeik

    Origin

    According to Saya U Moe Aung (EE 63, Tekkatho Moe War), the term “Swel Daw Yeik” was first accepted as a synonym for RIT in 1970 (Golden Jubilee of the establishment of Rangoon University). Saya is an outstanding writer/poet, editor/publisher, “Ah Nu Pyinnyar Shin”, …

    Swel Daw Yeik Ah Nyeint

    It is a premier feature of the RIT-related gatherings (e.g. Singapore Thingyan, World wide SPZPs).

    Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung

    It was issued for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007, and SPZP-2010 held in Singapore.

    Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung) served as Chief Editor of the SDY Sar Saungs.

    My poem “SAYA PU ZAW PWE” was reprinted as Back Cover of the SDY Sar Saung for SPZP-2002.

    My poem “SWE DAW YEIK” was published in the SDY Sar Saung for SPZP-2007.

    My article “A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas” was published in the SDY Sar Saung for SPZP-2010.

    Swel Daw Yeik Magazine

    It was issued for SPZP-2012, Shwe YaDu 2014 and SPZP-2016.

    Swel Daw Yeik Foundation

    It evolved from brain storming sessions for helping past, present, and future Burmese/Myanmar engineers.

    The initial scope was to provide (some) health care to eligible sayas and sayamas (60+ years, 7+ years of service) using only the interest money of the Health Care Fund.

    The balance of “Steeve and Helen Kay Health Care Fund for RIT Sayas” was transferred to SDYF.

    U Khin Maung Tun is a Big Donor to SDYF. He also served as President and hosted lunch meetings.

    Some alumni groups (e.g Swel Daw Thway) have provided funds to supplement (e.g. K50,000 per saya/sayama) the dana offering by SDYF.

    “Swel Daw Yeik Bulletin” was published by Saya U Moe Aung and team.

  • SPZP Organizers

    SPZP-2000

    • RIT Alumni International
    SPZP-2000

    SPZP-2002, 2007, 2010

    • Alumni in Singapore

    SPZP-2004, 2012, 2016

    • Alumni in Myanmar

    RIT : placeholder

    RIT stands not only for Rangoon Institute of Technology, but all preceding and succeeding Engineering Schools in Burma / Myanmar

    • Engineering Department, RU
    • BOC College of Engineering, RU
    • Faculty of Engineering, RU
    • Burma Institute of Technology (BIT)
    • Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT)
    • Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT)
    • Yangon Technological University (YTU)

    …

  • Athletes

    2nd SEAP Games

    Tun Naung (Noel Tin)

    • Star sprinter
    • Represented RU and Burma in the First SEAP Games in Bangkok in 1959, and the Second SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961
      Won Bronze in 1959 and Gold in 1961 for 4x 100 m Relay
    • Team mates include Tun Mra (Sprint), Kyaw Mra (Hurdles) and Soe Mra (Pole Vault).

    Mra Brothers

    Mra Brothers
    • Sons of U Shwe Mra (ICS; Chief Secretary, Union of Burma; UN)
    U Shwe Mra & Tun Mra
    • Tun Mra
      Represented RU and Burma in the First SEAP Games in Bangkok in 1959, and the Second SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961
      Won Bronze in 1959 and Gold in 1961 for 4x 100 m Relay. Full Green, Old member and Patron of RUBC. Appeared in Saya Nyein’s program for RU Diamond Jubilee.
    RU Athletic Club
    • Kyaw Mra (GBNF)
      Represented RU and Burma in the First SEAP Games in Bangkok in 1959, and the Second SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961
      Won Silver for Hurdles at the Second SEAP Games. Retired as National Coach for Track and Field. Full Green, Old member of RUBC.
    RU Athletes
    • Soe Mra won Gold for Pole Vault at the Second SEAP Games. He won Gold in subsequent Games.
    Inter-Varsity Sports
    • Win Mra was a Medalist in Burma Pole Vault before doctors asked him to retire.
      He is an excellent guitarist and vocalist.
      Taught English at RIT. Retired as Myanmar Ambassador to the United Nations. Chair of Myanmar Human Rights Commission.
    • Maung Maung Mra succeeded his elder brothers as Burma Pole Vault Champion.
      Won Bronze at the Fifth SEAP Games.
      Also competed for RASU in High Jump at the Inter-Institute Tournament.
    • Dr. Aung Mra represented IM(1) in Track and Field. Pole Vault seems to be the favorite for the Mra brothers.

    Kyaw Khin (GBNF)

    • Represented SPHS, RASU and Burma in Track and Field.
    • Events include 800m, 1500m, 110m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles
    • Became National Coach in Track and Field

    Richard Yu Khin (GBNF)

    • Won Gold in Yachting with U Maung Maung Lwin (Commodore of Rangoon Sailing Club)
    • Trained with Burma Selected Swimmers, but he could compete in two sports at the SEAP Games.

    U Aye (M62) wrote :

    Mg Hla (Badminton), was from Moulmein. We were together at Moulmein College (1956-58). He was selected as a National player even at that time.

    Aye Kyaw (Swimming) was from Mudon. He joined Navy after graduation.

  • 1960 B.O.C College of Engineering Students

    သံလျင် မှာ Training ဆင်းခဲ့

    • 1962 နဲ့ 1963 မှာ B.Sc. (Engg) ဘွဲ့ ရ ကြ
    • Credit ပုံပေးပို့သူ — ဦးမြင့်သိန်းလွင် (M62)

    General အထွေထွေ

    • ဥပစာသိပ္ပံ နှစ်နှစ် အောင်ပြီး မှ
      အင်ဂျင်နီယာသင်တန်း လေးနှစ် တက်ရ။

    Classes သင်တန်းများ

    • I.Sc(A)
    • I..Sc(B)
    • 1st year Engg
    • 2nd year Engg,
    • 3rd year Engg
    • Final year Engg
  • PPBRS

    PPBRS

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    I attended PPBRS (Private Primary Boundary Road School) located at 109 Boundary Road (now known as Dhamma Zedi), Rangoon. After passing Third Standard, I moved to Sr. Paul’s High School.

    PPBRS was founded by Daw Tin Tin Aye, elder sister of Daw Yi and Daw Khin Khin Aye.

    Daw Khin Khin Aye (Teacher Ah Mar) succeeded Daw Tin Tin Aye as Principal. She later added classes for Middle School and High School and renamed the school as PBRS (Private Boundary Road School).

    PPBRS has a Boy Scouts Troupe with Ko Bo Ni (Min Kyaw Min) as the Scout Master.

    • I did not like to attend classes.
    • Teacher Ku Paw (who was my class teacher in Infant (C) / Lower KG) was nice, but she decided to join her spouse in their armed struggle.
    • My mother credited “Teacher Kywe” (who was my class teacher in Infant (B) / Middle KG) for transforming me into a Life Long Learner. My mother asked me to pay respect to Teacher Kywe every year. Teacher Kywe would proudly introduce me to her students.
    • Sad to note that most of my teachers have passed away.

    There is P.B.R.S. Group in Facebook. It is a private group with Aye Maung Thann as Admin.

    Myint Sein (Bobby)

    Myint Sein

    Ko Myint Sein (Bobby) made his name as Principal of BARB (Burma Astro Research Bureau) and later as Founder of Idea Astrology.

    He attended PPBRS. He matriculated from SPHS (St. Paul’s High School). He studied B.Com at IE (Institute of Economics).

    He had some business, but his passion was to study and teach Medical Astrology. Several medical doctors studied astrology with his guidance. Some asked for his second opinion about serious medical cases.

    Many years ago, Myint Sein asked if I could help do Veda computations on calculators and computers. And also teach his assistants and senior students at BARB. Under my supervision, Win Latt wrote Win Horo to prepare Zartar (Natal Horoscope). Zaw Tun wrote a program to perform basic analysis of the Zartar.

    A few years back, I visited Myint Sein at his house. He was consulting close friends at home. He had prepared a book on Medical Astrology and taught at the School of Indigenous Medicine as a Visiting Professor.

    Sadly, he passed away.

    His elder brother U Myint Kyi and his younger sister had passed away earlier.

    According to Myint Sein’s son, who was back in Yangon to prepare and take his examination for Master Mariner, Myint Sein seemed to have no serious medical problems. He passed out after watching TV.

    Ko Myint Swe (Monty) added that Myint Sein had brunch at Okkalapa before he headed home.

    PPBRS Concert

    I was dressed up as a sailor.

    We sang, “When I was a sailor …”.

    I do not remember what others wore or sang.

    Aye Aye Myint wrote :

    When I was a sailor boy …when I was a sailor boy …..when I was a sailor boy…..sailing on the sea ..

    Khin Maung Oo wrote :

    I remember Tin Maung Thant (son of UNSG U Thant) as husband of Winnie Cho (daughter of Teacher Cho) in one concert.

  • Engineering Schools

    ကနဦး အင်ဂျင်နီယာ ကျောင်း များ

    1924 — ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် အင်ဂျင်နီယာ အတတ်သင်ဌာနခွဲ

    Department of Engineering, Rangoon University

    Photo 1

    ရန်ကုန်ဆေးရုံကြီး — အဆောက်အဦး

    * နောက် — အဆုတ်နာကု ဆေးရုံ

    1927 — ဘီအိုစီကောလိပ်

    BOC College of Engineering

    1946 — အင်ဂျင်နီယာမဟာဌာန

    Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University

    1950s — လိပ်ခုံး

    Leik Khone / “Turtle” Dome

    1961 — Burma Institute of Technology (BIT)

    1964 — Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT)

    With Rector

    နောက် အမည် ပြောင်း Name Changes

    • Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT)
    • Yangon Technological University (YTU)

  • Dean, Faculty of Engineering, RU

    အင်ဂျင်နီယာ မဟာဌာနမှူး များ

    ဦးဘလှီ U Ba Hli

    Interim Deans

    * Dr. ထင်အောင် Dr. Htin Aung

    * Dr. သာလှ Dr. Tha Hla

    * Dr. မောင်မောင်ခ Dr. Maung Maung Kha

    * ဦးဖိုးသာ U Po Tha

    ဦးရုံးမို U Yone Mo

    Dean, BIT

    နောက် — ပါမောက္ခချုပ်၊ Rector, RIT