Category: GBNF

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Naing Win (M70)

Passed away in Yangon in January, 2011. His spouse Polly Win (Polly Ba San) represented Burma in swimming. I met her at A Lo Daw Pyie Kyaung, Apache Junction, Arizona.

Kyaw Nyein (UCC)

Passed away in March 2011 because of heart failure. He was not feeling well and was going downstairs for the toilet when he collapsed. They took him to RGH and he passed away in the emergency room.

Yin Kyu (M/Ag67)

• Passed away on 26th April, 2011 at 8:45 am.
• Worked for Public Works (Construction Corporation) as superintending engineer and retired in 2006.
• Died of kidney failure, based on diabetes.

Chit Po Po (M69)

Win Boh (Robert, EC69) wrote :

• It is with my great sadness, to inform you that our close friend Ko Chit Po Po (M69, beloved husband of Dr. Daisy Saw) passed away at Asia-Taw Win Private Hospital YGN on 15 Jan 2011 Saturday early morning.
• I have phoned his brother-in-Law Stanley Saw (M71) in New Zealand to convey our 69ers’ condolence.
• His daughter Thiri Po in Sydney will be leaving soon to YGN for funeral.
• Kindly pass on this message to Ko Chit Po Po’s friends far and near.

Thein Swe (EP69) wrote :

• It is sad news. Ko Chit Po Po (M69, ex-irrigation, tall and smiling Yangonite) passed away.
• He and his brother (Dr ?) U Chit Ko Ko were close friends of my spouse’s brothers.
• Before he went back to Yangon he stayed in Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand, etc. After he quit Irrigation Dept he ran an engineering (medium sized) company of Installation and Services for Air-cons and refrigerators, etc. in Lanmadaw Township.
• He was a friendly classmate.
• Unwillingly or in sadness we have to lose another friend.

Tin Myint (John, M69) wrote :

• It is a shock to me in hearing the sad news of Ko Chit Po Po, who was a very close friend, co-worker and also my lunch mate in the Irrigation Department at 81/2 mile workshop location.
• He and I and another classmate rode the same Mazda car to work and coming back from work everyday.
• He and I ate our lunch everyday.
• I still remember vividly that during lunch time, after opened his lunch box and discovered fried shrimps, he would offered me his jumbo shrimps and skipped his lunch.
• I enjoyed shrimps while he had no interest in shrimps.
• He and I usually had one e-mail/year with exception of having two e-mails the most.
• This year I received his e-mail once and I tried to have more e-mails and more info from him.
• Now I received this sad news.

Aung Thu Yein (EC69) wrote :

Our Colleague/Comrade/Friend – Chit Po Po,

• We will miss you.
• Just talking about you a few days ago.
• Why so fast?
• Why so sudden !!!

True Friends – Their Top 10 Characteristics (By Martin Sawdon)

1. When you forget the song in your heart, a friend is someone who sings it back to you. (Helen Steiner)
2. A friend’s support is unconditional: when the going gets tough a friend is right there beside you.
3. A friend has seen you at your worst and loves you even so.
4. A friend is someone with whom you can share secrets in confidence.
5. You can phone a friend for help even in the middle of the night.
6. A friend is honest with you, deflates your ego and inflates your Self.
7. A friend shares your sense of humor, provides nourishment and inspiration for the mind.
8. A friend is drawn to you not for what you are but who you are.
9. When you share your wildest dreams, a friend is someone who replies, quote, How can I help? unquote.
10. Thinking about Needs and Values, once you have recognized those Needs which,satisfied, enable you to be the best person you possibly can be, a friend will help you get them met.

Sein Tin (“Omega”, Pathein, M 69) wrote :

• We are feeling very sorry like you.
• Our ages are at the sunset.
• So take care of our health first and last.

Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M 69) wrote :

Dr. Daisy Saw and family:

• Please accept my deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to you and your family.
• We will remember him forever.

Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69) wrote :

• I have a photo, which was taken at our gathering on 17 March 2010 by 69ers for KCPP’s visit to Singapore.
• We were all very happy to meet him then!!

Editor’s Notes :

• Ko Chit Po Po is an expert at playing Burmese Harp.
• I met Zeyar Po, Ko CPP’s son, in Sydney in 2006 along with his maternal uncle Ko Stanley Saw.
• Ko Chit Po Po represented RIT in rowing along with Ko Aung Lwin (Jasper Wu, Canada), Ko Aung Tun Oo (Dennis Smithers, Australia), Ko Wunna Sithu (US) and me.

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Gone But Not Forgotten

• Sein Sein (T) : 19th Feb 2015
• Myat Soe (Myint Soe, E) : 22nd Mar 2015
• Myo Thaw : May 2015
• Chit Khin (A) : 23rd June, 2015
• Htike Nyan (E) : 26th Oct 2015

Nay Win (M69)

Alumnus of PPBRS, MEHS and RIT

Taught Maritime Studies at a Polytechnic in Singapore

Win Naing (Dicky, M69)

Represented RIT in Rowing

Also played Badminton

Passed away in Singapore

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Kyaw Nyunt (M69)

He graduated with Mechanical Engineering from RIT in 1969.

He represented RIT in Tennis along with Than Htay (EP69) and James Than.

He is Patron of a Retirees Association.

After retirement, he often visited his son in East Coast and had micro-reunion with Ivan Lee and Fred Thetgyi.

He had some medical problems (diabetes, skin irritation) and had weekly visits to a hospital for treatment.

He passed away unexpectedly.

He was a regular attendee at 69er breakfast gatherings.

* David Myint Thein wrote :

Gone But Not Forgotten, dear Kyaw Nyunt. May your soul rest in peace.

Namesake

• Dr. Kyaw Nyunt : Maths Professor
• Dr. Kyaw Nyunt : BADA; Doctor
• U Kyaw Nyunt : Ambassador; Chair of Union Bank

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Overview

• An Old Paulian is a former student of St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon.
• SPHS was founded by De La Salle Brothers in 1860.
• The school was nationalized on April 1, 1965. It became No. 6 Botathaung State High School.
• There is OPA (Old Paulians’ Association). U Nay Oke (SPHS61) is the current President.
• There is St. Paul’s Museum.

GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten)

Year of Matriculation is stated wherever possible

Alphabetical Order

• Alan Khoo / Than Win : 54
• Alan Saw Mg / Khin Maung Bo : 63

• Alfred Saw Mg / Khin Maung Maung : 64
• Arthur Kyi / Aung Kyi : 63
• Aung Chaw / Victor Chaw : 63
• Aung Khin : 63
• Aung Kyi / Arthur Kyi : 63
• Aung Lwin Nyo : 70
• Aung Myint : 64
• Aung Thu Yein / Brownie Way : 63

• Aung Thwin : 63
• Aye Kyaw : 64
• Aye Ngwe / Edwin Ngwe : 63
• Brownie Way / Aung Thu Yein : 63
• Chit Po Po : 63
• Eddie Khoo / Kyi Win : 57
• Edward Tai / Kyaw Sint : 63
• Edwin Ba Hein / Yi Thway : 65
• Edwin David : 63
• Edwin Ngwe / Aye Ngwe : 63
• Freddie Ba San / Myo San : 63
• Freddie Sein : 63
• Gerald Sein / San Maung : 54
• Gilbert Thaw / Min Thaw : 63
• Han Kyu Pe : 64
• Han Shein / Hla Moe : 56
• Han Tin : 56
• Han Tun Maung : 60
• Henry Saw Naing : 60
• Hla Min / Pauk Si : 64
• Hla Moe / Han Shein : 56
• Hla Myint / Michael : 60
• Hla Myint (Snow)
• Htay Lwin Nyo : 68
• John Tin Win : 58
• John Tint / Khin Maung Myint : 66
• Khin Maung Aye : 61
• Khin Maung Bo / Alan Saw Maung : 63
• Khin Maung Lay : 61
• Khin Maung Htun : 58
• Khin Maung Maung / Alfred Saw Maung : 64
• Khin Maung Myint / John Tint : 66
• Ko Ko Lay : 56
• Kyaw Khin : 63+
• Kyaw Lwin Nyo :
• Kyaw Phone Myint / Victor Kyaw Phyo : 64
• Kyaw Sein Hla : 65
• Kyaw Sint / Edward Tai : 63
• Kyi Swan : 58
• Kyi Win / Eddie Khoo : 57
• L Shark Moon : 60
• Maung Maung Aye : 63
• Maung Maung Gyi (Dr) : 63
• Maung Maung Gyi / Henry Than Htay / Thein Tan : 64
• Maung Maung Khant : 66
• Maung Maung Kyi : 63
• Maung Maung Myint

• Maung Maung Myint Kyaw : 65
• Maung Maung Thaung : 63
• Michael Hla Myint : 60
• Michael Yeo / Oo Thwin : 54
• Micky Tan / Thein Aung : 59
• Min Thaw / Gilbert Thaw : 63
• Mya Maung : 5x
• Myint Sein / Bobby : 64
• Myint Soe : 62
• Myint Thein : 62
• Myint Thin : 65
• Myo San / Freddie Ba San : 63

• Ngwe Zoe / Peter Gale : 57
• Nyunt Tin : 52
• Oo Thwin / Michael Yeo : 54
• Peter Gale / Ngwe Zoe : 57
• Phillip Ba Maung : 63
• Raymond Ba Phyu / Sein Lwin
• San Maung / Gerald Sein : 54
• Saw Naing / Henry : 60
• Sein Lwin / Raymond Ba Hpyu
• Sein Tin : 5x
• Shwe Zan Aung : 63
• Soe Aung : 65
• Soe Nyunt : 65+
• Sonny Yone Sein : 63+
• Sydney Khant : 63+
• Than Toe : 60
• Than Win / Alan Khoo : 54
• Thein Aung / Micky Tan : 59
• Thet Tun : 58
• Tin Hlaing : 59
• Tin Nwe : 63
• Tin Tun : 63

• Tin Win : 58
• Tint Kyi : 67
• U Wara / Win Paing : 64

• Win Myint : 58
• Win Paing / U Wara : 64
• Winston Sein Maung : 65
• Victor Chaw / Aung Chaw : 63
• Victor Kyaw Phyo / Kyaw Phone Myint : 64
• Yi Thway / Edwin Ba Hein : 65

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Maung Maung Kyi (SPHS63)

• Eldest son of Dr. Maung Maung and Daw Kyi Kyi
• Siblings : Kyi Kyi Hla, Maung Maung Khant, Maung Maung Thant, Maung Maung Myint, Maung Maung San, Khin Thitsar, Khin Sabai
• 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

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

2018

• Some alumni and friends passed away in 2018.
• They are Gone But Not Forgotten.

January 2018

• Daw Khin Htwe Yi (M86) : 6th Jan 2018
• U Maung Maung Swe : Jan 2018
• U Than Naing (Saya Gyi) : 29th Jan 2018

July 2018

• U Maung Maung Than (M) : 8th Jul 2018
• Saya H Num Kok (C, USA) : 12th Jul 2018

August 2018

• U Cho Aye (M70) : 7th Aug 2018. He was a Top Student in the Class of 70. He represented RIT Hiking & Mountaineering in the All Universities and Institutes Expedition to Mt. Victoria. He is a volunteer for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
• U Thein Htun (M) : 29th Aug 2018

• Victor Win (Nay Win Myint, ChE66) : Former President and Former Board Vice Chairman (2004 to 2006) of Burma American Democratic Alliance (BADA); Spouse : Daw Jean Gale (Former President of BADAl)

September 2018

• Daw Khin Than Win (T70) : 3rd Sep 2018. Co-owner, Silver Pearl Dairy.
• U Kyaw Min Than : younger brother of Saya Dr. U Win (USA)

October 2018

• U Aye Kyaw (nickname : U Thant) 12th Oct 2018

November 2018

• U Hla Moe (U Kyin Sein, Phy) : 4th Nov 2018

December 2018

• U Khin Kyaw (SPHS 70/EP 76/ex-YCDC) : 18th Dec 2018
• Dr. Daw Kyin Yee, spouse of Saya U Kyaw Myint (M64) : Dec 2018
• Mother of Ms. Yasmin Vanya, Secretary of BAWA (Burmese American Women’s Alliance)
• Spouse of U Maung Maung Latt, President of BADA (Burmese American Democratic Alliance)

Date (unknown)

• Darren Lee (M62) : Attended NorCal RIT AA Picnic; need date of demise