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  • Faculty Members

    Faculty Members

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    EE Sayas

    Positions

    The early Engineering departments have

    • Professor
    • Lecturer(s)
    • Assistant Lecturer(s)

    The then new Education System created

    • Instructor(s)

    The newer Education System created

    • Associate Professor (s)

    Pay Scales

    Professor

    1300+ Kyats

    Lecturer

    800 – 50 – 1200 Kyats

    Starting pay 800 Kyats; annual increment of 50 Kyats; Maximum of 1200 Kyats

    Assistant Lecturer

    350 & CLA – 25 -700 Kyats
    where CLA (Cost of Living Allowance) was 89 Kyats (or so). The adjusted pay was 439 Kyats (or so).

    The CLA was later dropped. Then, Assistant Lecturer’s pay scale became : 450 – 25 – 700 Kyats

    Instructor

    450 – 25 – 700 Kyats
    The pay scale is the same as Assistant Lecturer, but it takes much longer to become a Lecturer.

    Terminology

    Selection Grade

    Those who earn 800+ Kyats can buy 10% of salary at “Staff Shop”

    Gazetted Officer

    Those who earn 350 & CLA or higher in the old system or 450+ (Base Pay) in the newer system

    Promotion, deputation, transfer, leave … are published in the [Burma] Gazette

    Head of Department

    Large departments are headed by a Professor.

    Sub-departments are headed by a Lecturer.

    Supporting departments may be headed by an AL.

    Demonstrator / Tutor

    Early days : 200 (and CLA) => 297 Kyats (or so)

    Later : 320 Scale

    Supervises lab and/or tutorials

    Lecturing Tutor

    Receives 100 Kyats extra

    Ad hoc Tutor

    Early days : 100+ Kyats

  • PBRS Alumni

    PBRS Alumni

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    U Myat Hla Sein (GBNF)

    Myat Hla Sein
    • Former Head of Movie Production Development at Regional College 2
    • Father : Director U Chin Sein / Shwe Nyar Maung
    • He passed away in a traffic accident

    Dr. Mya Than

    Dr. Mya Than 1
    Dr. & Mrs. Mya Than, U & Mrs. Thane Myint
    • Taught at PBRS before going abroad for his doctorate
    • Taught at the Institute of Economics
    • Worked in Singapore and Thailand
    • Spouse : Daw Yee May Kaung

    U Thane Myint

    • Elder son of U Kyaw Zaw (GBNF) and Sayama Daw Khin Khin Aye (GBNF)
    • Retired from Air Force & MOFA; former member of Myanmar Delegation to UN
    • Led Myanmar Olympic Team to Seoul Olympics
    • Spouse : Daw Khin Than Nu (EC70)

    Daw Kyi Kyi Tin

    • Taught Chemistry at Workers’ College and Assumption University
    • On behalf of PBRS Alumni, she offered Garawa money to Saya Dr. Mya Than
    • Siblings : U Saw Oo, Daw Tin Tin Aye
    Dr. Mya Than and Kyi Kyi Tin

    A1 Siblings

    • Daw Aung Si
    • A1 Than Htut
    • A1 Thein Htut
    • Thamankyar Ko Myint (U Aung Myint)
    • Sai Wunna (GBNF)
    • The four brothers were involved in the production of Thamankyar movie. A1 Than Htut was Director. A1 Thein Htut was Cinematographer. Ko Myint and Sai Wunna were Actors. The movie was funded by Sayama Daw Khin Khin Aye.
    A1 Thein Htut & Thamankyar Ko Myint

    PBRS Class Photos

    Credit : PBRS Group

    PPBRS 1
    PPBRS 2
  • Boundary Road School

    Boundary Road School

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Background

    • PPBRS (Private Primary Boundary Road School) was opened at 109 Boundary Road by Daw Tin Tin Aye. She was succeeded by her younger sister Daw Khin Khin Aye (Teacher Ah Mar) as Principal. Daw Yi Yi (second sister) taught Infant (A) / Higher KG. They are all GBNF.
    • The school was renamed PBRS (Private Boundary Road School) after it opened classes for Middle School and High School.

    Daw Khin Khin Aye

    U Kyaw Zaw & Daw Khin Khin Aye
    Obituary
    • Siblings : Daw Tin Tin Aye (Founder of PPBRS), Daw Yi Yi, U Thin Tu
    • Spouse : U Kyaw Zaw
      Studied Motion Pictures Industry as a States Scholar in the US
    • Children : Thane Myint, Kyaw Thein, Mo Mo
    • Taught at PPBRS. Became Principal
    • Extended the school to teach Middle School and High School. School was renamed PBRS.
    • After nationalization, she worked as Township Education Officer for Bahan.

    Students

    Most students were from nearby places : Windermere, Inya, Golden Valley / Lowis, Myenigone, San Chaung

    Among the alumni are

    • Tin Maung Thant (son of UNSG U Thant)
    • Francis Ohn Maung (son of Arzani U Ohn Maung)
    • Dr. Flora Aye & Shirley Aye
    • Bonzo, Bonnie, Ruby & Pearl Kun alone
    • Elizabeth Kyaw Tun (Ph.D. in English, daughter of Saya U Kyaw Tun)
    • Kenneth San & Margaret San (moved from Taung Gyi)
    • Ma Pyone Khin (daughter of U Ba Yoke)
    • My siblings and cousins
    • A1 Family Members

    A1 Family Members

    The movie pioneers in Burma include four brothers : A1 U Tin Nwe, U Nyi Pu, U Maung Maung Soe, and A1 U Tin Maung.

    A1 was earlier known as “Myanmar Ah Swe“.

    U Tin Nwe

    • U Hla Bu (son-in-law)
      Children : Margie (Ma Aung Si), Stanley (A1 Than Htut), Freddie (A1 Thein Htut, Sat Su), Bobby (Aung Myint, Thamankyar Ko Myint), Sai Wunna (GBNF)
    • U Thein Zaw (actor)
    • U Hla Myo (directed several movies with Nyunt Win)

    U Nyi Pu

    • Founded Ma Weik Za Do Films (produced “Thamankyar”)
    • Daughter attended PPBRS.
    • Sayamagyi Daw Khin Khin Aye (Teacher Ah Mar) supported her former students to direct and produce “Thamankyar“.
      Twin brothers Than Htut and Thein Htut were Director and Cinematigrapher. Toe Nyunt, Aung Myint and Wunna were Actors. Than Win was the author.

    U Maung Maung Soe

    • Real name : U Tin Pe
    • Actor, Director and Producer
    • Son-in-law : U Maung Maung has his own Studio.
    • Children : Rosalind (Ma Pyi Aye), Richard, Glory (Khin Than Nu)

    U Tin Maung

    • Was Actor before he turned Director and Producer.
    • Children : Phylis, Eileen

    Daw Khin Myint

    • Sister of U Tin Nwe, U Nyi Pu, U Maung Maung Soe and U Tin Maung
    • Spouse : J Maung Sein
    • Son : U Tin Yu (Director); Grand Children : Zelma Yu, Zaw Min Yu, Zin Thi Yu
    • Daughter : Daw Marlar (spouse of U Mya Maung);
      Grand Children : Peggy, Winnie (Win Mar), Ted (Toe Nyunt). Rosebelle (Sandar, Sar Oo), Mya Zaw (Fuji)

    Some members

    Since A1 extended family is huge, I do not know all members.

    • Ma Pyi Aye graduated in 1966 with Architecture.
    • Aung Myint (Thamankyar Ko Myint) graduated in 1970 with Mining Engineering.
    Thamankyar Movie Poster
    Thamankyar Ko Myint 1
    Thamankyar Ko Myint 2
    • Than Win graduated in 1970 with Textile Engineering. He married Zelma Yu.
    • Win Mar won the Academy Award for her role in “Pho Pyone Cho”. She became a doctor, and did not pursue a career in movies.
    • Sar Oo won the Academy Award for her role in “Hne Hmar Ah The”.
    • Toe Nyunt became known as “Shwe Gaung Byaung”.
    • Thein Htut became known as “Sat Su”.
    • Aung Chein, nephew of U Hla Bu, was selected Luyechun. He graduated in 1972 with Mechanical Engineering.

    Other PPBRS Alumni

    • Patail Clan
    • Arif Clan
    • Myat Hla Sein (GBNF) & Chit Mya Sein (children of U Chin Sein)
    • Myo Set (GBNF, son of Thar Gaung Gyi)
    • Han Tun (SPHS63, DSA), Nyunt Shwe, Hlaing Mi Mi, Sein Hlaing (GBNF), Myo Hlaing & Htoo Hlaing
    • Nay Win (GBNF, MEHS63, M69)
    • Saw Oo, Kyi Kyi Tin & Tin Tin Aye
    • Pansy & Tommy San
    • Robert & Dolly Gale
    • Freddie & Sonny Maung
    • San Aung, Mya Aung, Than Aung & May Aung
    • Aye Maung Than (Admin, PBRS Group)
    • Mya Hlaing (Admin, PBRS Group)

  • Families on Boundary Road

    They owned lands on Boundary Road (some surrounding PPBRS) and Windermere Road.

    • U Maung Maung Patail
    • Charlie Patail
    • Yakub Patail
    • Ariff (married to the sister of the Patails)

    Several of their children attended PPBRS.

    U Maung Maung Patail

    • Brian (USA)
    • Marion (Daw Mya Sein, Retired History sayama)
    • Harry (Kyaw Zaw, GBNF)
    • Sheila (USA)
    Sheila

    Charlie Patail

    • Alfred (USA)
    • Lily

    Yakub Patail

    • Freda
    • Farook (worked in the Middle East)
    • Osman

    Ariff

    • Pilot
    • Ahmed
  • May

    May

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Background

    • 3rd month of old Roman Calendar
    • 5th month of Gregorian Calendar
    • It has 31 days

    Events

    May 1

    • May Day (in several countries)

    Mother’s Day (USA)

    • Second Sunday of May
    My mom

    Matric exam in May 1963

    • Final exams are usually held in March.
    • However, the Matric only exam was held in May 1963. It was partly due to the second HSF exam for Rangoon Division in August 1962.
    • In the Matriculation exam in 1963, the students from St. Paul’s High School had five in the Top Five, seven in the Top Ten, and ten in the Top Twenty
    HMS 1

    The standings were

    • Khin Maung U (George) : First in the whole of Burma
    • Min Oo (Kenneth) : 2nd
    • Myo San (Freddie, GBNF) : 3rd
    • Nyunt Wai (Victor) : 4th
    • Thein Wai : 5th
    • Hla Min : 7th
    • Aung Kyaw Zaw (Johnny) : 9th
    • Maung Maung Kyi (GBNF) : 11th
    • Aung Thu Yein (Brownie, GBNF) : 13th
    • Khin Maung Zaw (Frank) : 17th

    Of the ten,

    • Six chose Medicine
    • Three choose Engineering
    • One chose Mathematics

    The scholarship holders were

    • presented with certificates and awards at the Assembly Hall of SPHS
    • invited by the Old Paulians’ Association to attend the Annual Dinner††
    HMS 2

    Name of a Girl / Woman

    • May Saw Lwin
    • May Win Maung

    Saying

    • April showers bring May flowers.

  • Paing Brothers

    ICS U Paing and Daw Oo Yin (daughter of Sir Po Tha & Lady Tha) have four sons.

    Dr. Myo Paing (SPHS54)

    • He is a medical doctor and researcher (at BMRI).
    • His early assignment was Malaria Campaign.
    • He is a Champion golfer.

    U Soe Paing (SPHS56)

    U Soe Paing
    • In the Matriculation exam of 1956, he stood 13th in Burma and won a Collegiate Scholarship.
    • In 1958, he received two Gold medals : one for the 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.
    • He 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.
    • He transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division.
    • After reorganization, he also managed the Operations Division.
    • He received an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Southampton in the UK.
    • He taught CS courses at UCC. He co-authored Progrsmming Texts, Lecture Guides and Manuals with U Aung Zaw (GBNF) and me.
    • He worked for UN projects in several countries.
    • He wrote “Computer Ah Sa UCC Ga” and his experiences as a States Scholar and UN Advisor.
    • 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.

    U Win Paing (SPHS64)

    U Wara 1
    U Wara 2
    U Wara 3
    • He won several Golf Championships with his younger brother U Kyaw Paing.
    • After finishing the finals for ChE (Chemical Engineering) examination in 1970, he entered monkhood with his friend U Aung Min.
    • He served as Taik Oke for about four decades before becoming the Chief Resident Monk of Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw.
    • He is known as Sayadaw U Wara.
    • He is now GBNF.

    U Kyaw Paing (SPHS67)

    • He represented Burma in the Putra Cup.
    • He is a lawyer and an 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.

  • Methodist

    • Methodist was founded as a revival movement of the Church of England.
    • Methodist became a Protestant Denomination, and spread world wide.

    Church and Schools

    Burma had three kinds of Methodist Churches and schools.

    • English Methodist
    • Burmese Methodist
    • Chinese Methodist

    MEHS

    • MEHS stands for Methodist English High School. It was rebuilt after the War with the donation from the American Methodists.
    • It is recognized as “Yangon Heritage Building”.
    • MEHSA is an alumni association. The web site used to have a validation process to vet members.
    • Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attended MEHS before she left Burma to accompany her mother Daw Khin Kyi (Burmese Ambassador to India). Her elder brother U Aung San Oo matriculated in 1959 from SPHS.
    • Myo Min siblings
      Patricia, Pamela, Uno, Beauty
    • Tan siblings
      Yu Sein (Selwyn), Yu Beng (Benny, M70), Kwan
    • Teoh siblings
      named alphabetically from A to O) : Cecil (C63), Edward (M64) are RIT alumni.
      Kenny was web master of the MEHS Alumni web site
    • Wun siblings
      Edgar (Nyan Soe), Peter (Htin Kyaw) and Rosalind (Htar Cho)
    • Yu Khin siblings
      Marie (GBNF), Richard (GBNF)
    • MEHS 61
      Richard Yu Khin, Selwyn Tan, Hla Yee Yee, Winsome Ba Thike, Victor (Kyaw Sein Koe)
    • MEHS 63
      Kenny Wong (M69), Tint Lwin (Danny, M69), Nay Win (M69, GBNF), Kyaw Min Thein (Kenneth, C69), Saw Yu Tint (Alice, T69), Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69) are RIT alumni.
      Myo Shin (Robert), Zaw Mon (Glenn), Swe Aye (Lynston), Khin Nyo Thet (GBNF) became medical doctors.

  • TTC

    Names

    • TTC stands for Teachers’ Training College.
    • In the early days, TTC had its own curriculum, which was different from those used in the
      [mostly all] English schools,
      [mostly all Burmese] Vernacular schools, and
      [mixed] Anglo-Vernacular Schools.
    • TTC had a Practicing School.
      Some refer to “TTC Practicing School” simply as TTC.
      U Kyaw Ngwe, Daw Mabel and Daw Tin Tin Aye served as Principals.

    Training Centers

    • During our younger days, Teachers’ Training for SAT (Senior Assistant Teacher) was done mostly at Kanbe.
    • There were regional centers for training JAT (Junior Assistant Teacher) and PAT (Primary Assistant Teacher).

    Alumni of TTC Praticing School

    • Dr. Myo Tint (TTC) stood 3rd in Burma in the Matriculation of 1952. Dr. Nyunt Tin (SPHS) stood first.
    • Dr. Tin Myo Than (TTC), stood 2nd in the Matriculation of 1954. Koon Yin Chu (Philip, SPHS stood first.
    • U Tin Htoon (A60) moved from TTC to SPHS.
    • U Phone Myint (Workshop Superintendent) is an alumnus of TTC.
    • Ko Win Aung (M70) was selected High School Luyechun. Represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo.
      Served as Secretary of the RIT Swimming Association
    • Ko Soe Win (EC70), Ko Kyaw Zaw (EC72, GBNF) and Ko Khin Zaw are TTC alumni
    • Ko Kyaw Zaw was selected High School Luyechun. His spouse is a sayama at TTC.
    • My sons
    • Three nephews and two nieces
    • Ko Aung Kyaw Win

  • Education System

    Good Education System

    • Does not endorse that “Some professions are above others”.
    • Several SPHS matriculates who stood First and Second in Burma chose to study Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
    • Does not promote “Rote Learning”
      Re: “Brother Clementian“
    • Encourages students to be “Life long learners”
      Re : “Library”, “Librarians” and “Life Long Learning:
    • Leads students to be “Ethical citizens”.
    • At St. Paul’s High School (SPHS), there was a class period where the Catholic students had to take Catechism or go to the Chapel to pray.
    • Students who profess other religions, had to study “Morals and Manners”, “Sar Nar Kya Ni Ti” and other prescribed texts.

    Decline of Education and Ethics

    • Destroying the revered Students Union on July 8, 1962 is incomprehensible.
    • Destroying a working education system is unbearable.
    • Destroying the good will and ethics of people is atrocious.

    Wishes

    • Discourage “rote learning” system
    • Get back to our days of Decent Education
    • Reintroduce subjects such as Ethics.

  • Old Paulians Association (OPA)

    OPA Dinner in 1963

    • OPA invited ten of us to attend the Annual Dinner
    • Khin Maung U (First in Burma)
    • Min Oo (2nd)
    • Myo San (Freddie, 3rd, GBNF)
    • Nyunt Wai (Victor, 4th)
    • Thein Wai (5th)
    • Hla Min (7th)
    • Aung Kyaw Zaw (Johnny, 9th)
    • Maung Maung Kyi (11th, GBNF)
    • Aung Thu Yein (Brownie, 13th, GBNF)
    • Khin Maung Zaw (Frank, 17th)
    OPA 1
    OPA 2

    OPA PZP in 2018

    • Saya Uzin Beatson is the only saya left from our Paulian days.
    OPA 3
    OPA 4
    OPA 5
    OPA PZP 1
    OPA PZP 2
    OPA PZP 3
    OPA PZP 4
    OPA PZP5
    OPA PZP 6
    OPA PZP7
    OPA PZP8
    OPA PZP9
    OPA PZP10
    OPA PZP11