Category: RIT

Engineering Schools in Burma

  • Myat Htoo

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Uni Days

    U Myat Htoo
    • Attended I.Sc at Mandalay University
    • Graduated with Civil Engineering in 1968
    • Joined Faculty
    • Moved to the USA
    • Spouse : Daw Hnin Maung Maung / Ma Ku

    Activities

    SF Bay Area Alumni Group
    • Founding member of RIT Alumni International
    SPZP-2000
    • Master of Ceremonies for SPZP-2000
    • Wrote about the SPZP-2000 experience in the Post Reunion series.
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    U Myat Htoo (Right)
    NorCal RITAA
    • Founding member of NorCal RITAA.
    • Chair of BOD (Board of Directors).
    • One of the hosts for NorCal RITAA meetings. He would invite the attendees to take a boat ride on the nearby man-made lake. Would also arrange a karaoke session.
    • Past President of Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA)
    • President of Theravada Buddhist Society of America (TBSA) for a decade. Led the procession for the scattering of ashes of Sayadaw U Silananda into the San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge.

    Lost Neikan RIT

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    • Wrote a parody on “Pyauk Sone Nay Thaw Neikban Bon” (the song by Sai Kham Leik and Sai Htee Saing).
    LA Reunion
    • Played the Ukelele and sang the song described above at the 2015 Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.
    Ukelele

    Donation

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    • Donated Life Vests to 20 teachers in the town of Paletwa in Chin Special Division, Myanmar.
    • The teachers risked their lives daily crossing Kaladan river to teach children on the other side of the town.
    • One teacher was killed in a boat mishap in surging waters during heavy rains. A life jacket would have saved her life.

    Golden Jubilee

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    On May 20, 2018, the BOD (Board of Directors) and EC (Executive Committee) members of NorCal RITAA threw a surprise party to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of U Myat Htoo (C68, Chair of BOD) and Daw Hnin Maung Maung (Ma Ku, “Nyima Lay”).

    According to Saya, he was the youngest in his family and wanted a younger sibling (preferably a sister).

    He found an innocent 9 year old neighbor (and family friend).

    Ten years later, they tied the knot.

    Memories

    Meeting
    Pon Tu
    Gathering
    Lunch meeting
    Library
    Vocalist
  • RIT Days (1965 – 70)

    by Zaw Min & Ohn Khine

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Editor : Hla Min

    Ko Zaw Min (EP70)

    Zaw Min (Standing 2nd from Right)
    • Matriculated from St. Albert’s High School, Maymyo in 1964.
    • Had a very high ILA (Intelligence Level Aggregate)
    • Admitted to the first ever 1st BE as Roll Number One.
    • Selected RIT Luyechun for the 1965 Summer Camp at Inlay.
    • His outspoken remarks about the Camp drew the ire of higher authorities.
    • Graduated with Electrical Power in 1970.
    • After working in the industry, he moved to the USA.
    • Studied Electronics in the USA
    • Added “Nawaday” to his name.
    • Shared his memories of RIT to the Google group of “the Combined Intake of 1st BE for 1964 and 1965”.

    Ko Ohn Khine (M70)

    Ohn Khine
    • Matriculated from St. Peter’s High School, Mandalay in 1964.
    • Took a combination of Science and Arts subjects
    • Had good ILA score to be admitted to RIT.
    • Graduated with Mechanical Engineering in 1970
    • Worked for Heavy Industries Corporation
    • Created and maintained the the Google group of “the Combined Intake of 1st BE for 1964 and 1965”.
    • Volunteer for SPZP-2012, SPZP-2016, HMEE-2012, HMEE-2018, Swel Daw Yeik Foundation and several RIT-related activities.
    • Gave me rides during my visits to Yangon.
    • Co-author
    • Filled the “missing pieces” in Ko Zaw Min’s accounts.

    Ko Hla Min (EC69)

    Hla Min
    • Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1963.
    • Stood 7th in the whole of Burma
    • Received Collegiate Scholarship
    • Top in the Science Option of I.Sc.(A) examination
    • Admitted to the first ever 2nd BE in November 1964 as Roll Number One.
    • Selected Luyechun for the Inlay Khaung Daing Camp in the Summer of 1965
    • Graduated with Electrical Communications in 1969.
    • Started the “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” in 1989 and have maintained it for 26 years.
    • Administrator or Moderator of selected Facebook pages.
    • Own web site
      hlamin.com
    • Had the honor to edit the draft version of “Memories by Ko Zaw Min Nawaday & Ko Ohn Khine” which was first posted as Google Docs for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
    • Published the edited document as a series of articles in “RIT Alumni International Newsletter and Updates”.

    Introduction

    Intakes in 1964

    There were three intakes at the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) when the new education system started in 1964. Eligible students were admitted to the 1st BE, 2nd BE and 3rd BE classes. They are also known as

    • Class of ’70 (1st BE Intake in 1964)
      Matriculates were admitted using the ILA
    • Class of ’69 (2nd BE Intake in 1964)
      Those who had passed I.Sc.(A) with Science Option were admitted in order of merit
    • Class of ’68 (3rd BE Intake in 1964)
      Those who had passed I.Sc.(B) with Science Option were admitted in order of merit

    The RIT Rector was U Yone Mo and the Registrar was U Soe Thein.

    The Class of ’70

    It comprised of the first year intake students in 1964. There were 494 registered students, of which 67 were female. Most graduated in 1970. Some took sabbatical for a year or two. A few left RIT before graduation. The GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten) reached 138 at the end of May 2025.

    Matriculates entered the first ever 1st BE classes. ILA (Intelligence Level Aggregate) was used for the vetting of applicants. In the system, a score of 1 to 20 was assigned to map the marks for each subject. The ILA score (rather than the raw marks) was used to determine the eligibility of the students admitted to an institute.

    Under the old education system, matriculates had to attend I.Sc. (A) classes. There were restrictions on the subjects taken at Inter classes to be eligible for Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, etc. For example, one must pass the I.Sc. with at least 50 marks in Maths, Physics and Chemistry to attend the 1st Year Engineering Classes (3rd BE in the new system).

    Under the new education system, there were no restrictions on the subjects taken in Matric exam. As such, many students who passed Matric with combined Science and Arts subjects and even those with pure Arts subjects were able to attend RIT. For example, Ko Ohn Khine passed the Matric exam with an odd combination of Maths, Chemistry and Geography.

    Posts

    • 1st BE (1964 – 65)
    • 2nd BE (1965 – 66)
    • 3rd BE (1966 – 67)
    • 4th BE (1967 – 68)
    • 5th BE (1968 – 69)
    • 6th BE (1969 – 70)
  • RIT Class of 67

    by Hla Min & Myo Myint

    Updated : Apr 2026

    • Most took Engineering courses after passing I.Sc.(B) in 1963 & graduated with BE in 1967.

    Electrical

    U Myo Myint (EC)

    • RUBC Gold
    • Member of Engineering Crew that won Inter-Institute Eights.
    • Retired from PPIC
    • Vice Chair of the Magazine Committee for RUBC 90th Anniversary Issue
    • Submitted Photos for HMEE Project

    U Win Myint (EC)

    • Member of RIT Table Tennis team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy
    • Moved to California, USA

    Daw Yi Yi Aung (EC)

    • RIT EE Association
    • Spouse : U Win Kyaing (M, GBNF)

    Nancy Hla Aung (EC, GBNF)

    • Director, Ya Tha Cho
    • Attended 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

    Maywaddy Tun Tun (EP)

    • Spouse : U Sein Shwe (M67)

    Chein Hoke (EC)

    • Also known as Kyaw Naing

    U Soe Tha (EC)

    • RIT Tennis
    • RIT EE Association
    • PTC
    • Minister

    Dr. Sann Oo (EP)

    • Editor, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
    • EPC
    • Owner, East and West Parami Hospital

    Dr. Thein Tun (EP)

    • Old Paulian
    • EPC

    U Ye Win (EP, GBNF)

    • Secretary, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung Publication
    EE67

    Photo : U Myo Myint (EC67)

    • Aung Than
    • Henry Khoo
    • Hla Aung
    • Khin Naing / Cheng Hoke
    • Ko Ko Gyi
    • Kyaw Win
    • Maung Maung
    • Myint Kyaw (GBNF)
    • Myint Myint Than / Nancy Hla Aung (GBNF)
    • Myo Myint
    • San Oo, Dr.
    • Soe Tha
    • Thein Tun, Dr.
    • Win Myint
    • Yi Yi Aung

    Mechanical

    U Win Thein (M, GBNF)

    • Founded Set Hmu Thadin Zin.
    • VP, RIT Mechanical Association
    • Co-founded Mechanical Magazine
    • Helped organize gatherings & trips (e.g for Ah Nu Pyinnya Shin).
    • Founder : Ya Tha Cho

    U Than Htut (M)

    Than Htut
    • RUBC Gold
    • Treasurer / Secretary at RUBC
    • Member of Engineering Crew that won Inter-Institute Eights
    • Retired from HIC
    • Provided a list of M67

    Stan Liou (M)

    Stan
    • Member of RIT Table Tennis team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy.
    • Moved to California, USA
    • Founding member, NorCal RITAA. Served as Chair, BOD

    U Kyaw Oo (M, GBNF)

    • Pianist
    • Rowing
    • Moved to USA

    U Win Kyaing (M, GBNF)

    • Rowing
    • Spouse : Daw Yi Yi Aung (EC67)

    U Sein Shwe (M)

    Sein Shwe (Standing 3rd from Right)
    • Old Paulian
    • RIT Luyechun in Summer 1965
    • Spouse : Maywaddy Tun Tun (EP67)

    U Tun Kyi (M, GBNF)

    • RIT Tennis : Doubles with U Soe Tha (EC)

    Dr. Chan Nyein (M, GBNF)

    Obituary
    • Saya
    • Doctorate from Imperial College, London University
    • Minister

    U Tin Myint (M, GBNF)

    David
    • David Ko
    • Sittang Paper Mill
    • Moved to California, USA
    • Entrepreneur
    • Golden Sponsor of SPZP-2000
    • Sponsor for SPZP-2012

    U Tin Maung Oo (M, GBNF)

    Tin Mg Oo (Right)
    • Saya
    • Assistant Workshop Superintendent
    • Moved to California, USA

    U Aung Myint (M, GBNF)

    • Helped U Win Thein with “Set Hmu Thadin Zin” & Mechanical Engineering Magazine.
    • Worked for UNICEF before moving to USA.
    • Passed away in November, 2017.
    • “Ah Yone Soon” in his memory was offered by the family members, relatives & friends to resident monks at Mudita Shwe Kyaung, Hayward, California on December 3, 2017.

    U Sein Yaung (M)

    • Moved to California

    Architecture

    Dr. Koung Nyunt (A, GBNF)

    • Saya
    • Doctorate from Japan
    • Secretary, RIT Photography Association
    • Pen name: Kogyi Koung
    • Wrote articles for RIT Alumni Newsletter
    • Organizer, RIT Alumni in New Zealand

    Daw Khin Khin Kyu (Ann, A)

    • Moved to California, USA
    • Brother : U Thein Han (Maths, Burma Selected in Basketball)

    U Tun Thein (A)

    • Moved to California, USA
    • Brother : U Htin Paw (EE58, GBNF)

    U Kyaw Thein (A)

    • Saya

    U Win Myint (A)

    • Spouse: Daw Pyi Aye, A66)

    Chemical

    U Htun Aung Kyaw (ChE)

    • Old Paulian
    • Saya
    • Moved to Thailand & East Coast of USA
    • Provided ChE Class Photos

    U Myat Lwin (ChE, GBNF)

    • Member of RIT Table Trnnis team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy

    Civil

    U Maung Maung (C)

    • Member of RIT Table Tennis team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy
    • Excellent Chess Player

    U Kyaw Htin (C)

    • Burma Selected in Soccer

    U Kyaw Kyaw (C)

    • Old Paulian
    • Christopher Ohn Maung

    Posts

    • Alumni
    • Class Photos
    • GBNF
    • Inter-Institute Tournaments
    • Sports
  • Paing Family

    by Hla Min

    Update : Apr 2026

    U Paing & Siblings

    ဦးပိုင် ညီအကိုမောင်နှမများ

    U Paing & Siblings
    • Daw Ma Ma Tin ဒေါ်မမတင်
    • U Saing ဦးဆိုင်
    • U Hlaing ဦးလှိုင်
    • U Paing ဦးပိုင်
    • Daw Ma Ma Lay ဒေါ်မမလေး
    • U Chan Maung Kun ဦးချမ်းမောင်ကွမ်း
    • Bogyi Hla Maung ဗိုလ်ကြီးလှမောင်
    • U Sein Yoe ဦးစိန်ရိုး
    • U Yan Way ဦးရန်ဝေး

    Family

    Father : ICS U Paing

    Mother : Daw Oo Yin (daughter of Sir Po Tha & Lady Tha)

    Sons : Myo Paing, Soe Paing, Win Paing, Kyaw Paing

    Dr. Myo Paing (SPHS54)

    • Medical doctor & researcher (at BMRI)
    • Early assignment was Malaria Campaign
    • Champion golfer.

    U Soe Paing (SPHS56)

    U Soe Paing
    • In the Matric exam of 1956, he stood 13th in Burma and won a Collegiate Scholarship.
    • In 1958, he received two Gold medals : one for 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.
    • 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.
    • Transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division.
    • After reorganization, he also managed the Operations Division.
    • Received M.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Southampton, UK.
    • Taught CS courses at UCC. He co-authored Programming Texts, Lecture Guides and Manuals with U Aung Zaw and me.
    • Worked for UN projects in several countries.
    • Wrote “Computer Ah Sa UCC Ga” and his experiences as a States Scholar and UN Advisor. They can be read from SCRIB-D
    • 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.
    • Visited RUCL. Compiled material for HMEE Project & prepared a Draft. Translated Section 1 of the HMEE book and summarized Section 2.
    • Gave an interview to MASTAA

    U Win Paing (SPHS64)

    U Wara 1
    U Wara 2
    U Wara 3
    • Won Golf Championships with his younger brother U Kyaw Paing.
    • After finishing the finals for ChE (Chemical Engineering) exam in 1970, he became a monk.
    • Served as Taik Oke for about four decades before becoming Chief Resident Monk of Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw.
    • Known as Sayadaw U Wara.
    • He is now GBNF.

    U Kyaw Paing (SPHS67)

    • Represented Burma in the Putra Cup.
    • Lawyer and 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.

    Updates

    • Nyi Lynn Seck created a family tree for Sir Po Tha

    Posts

    • Medical Research
    • Priests & Sayadaws
    • SPHS
    • UCC Founders
  • RIT 1973

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    EP73

    U Jotika

    • ဦးနေထွန်း / ဦးဇောတိက
    • Author
    • Dhamma duta missions
    U Jotika 1
    U Jotika 2

    U Ohn Kyaw

    • Pathan Lectures
    • Photo taken in Southern California
    U Ohn Kyaw 1
    U Ohn Kyaw 2

    C73

    Dennis Mackey (C73) and George Peters (C73)

    Dennis

    Dennis Mackey (Kyaw Thu, C73) and George Peters (C73) did their final year project at UCC. Their supervisor was Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF).

    George moved to Perth, Australia. I met him at the RIT Reunion Dinner in Sydney, Australia in 2006.

    Dennis moved to Auckland, New Zealand. He reported about the alumni activities in NZ along with Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67, GBNF) and Stanley Saw (Myo Lwin, M71).

    After retirement, Dennis moved to Canada.

    In late 2018, Dennis paid respect to Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi.

    EC73

    U San Lin (Robert, EC73) and Daw Hla Myint (Marina, EC73)

    • Robert’s father (Chan Boon Pin) graduated with Mechanical and Engineering Combined Degree from the Faculty of Engineering in 1948 – 49.
    • Robert studied M.Sc. (Computer Science) at UCC.
    • He worked in Singapore and the US.
    • After retirement, he moved to Dallas, Texas to be near his son and grand children.
    San Lin

    U Htun Aung Kyaw (HAK, EC73)

    • Htun Aung Kyaw (HAK) and Tun Aung Gyaw (TAG) are variant spellings of the same Burmese name.
    • Excellent golfer.
    • Worked for Schlumberger before moving to Sydney, Australia.

    M73

    Dr. Myint Thein (M73)

    • Doctorate from Georgia Institute of Technology (aka Georgia Tech) in Atlanta.
    • Pen name : Ba Thein (Atlanta)
    • Wrote several articles for RIT Alumni International Newsletter.

    Dr. L Sein Myint (M73)

    • Younger brother of L Than Myint (M63, RUBC Gold)
    • Doctorate from the UK
    • Spends time in the US, Myanmar & Australia.
    • Helped organize the first Alumni Reunion in the East Coast of the US.

    U Khin Maung Aye (MEHS67, M73)

    • Took Applications Option for his M.Sc. (Computer Science).
    • GBNF.

    U Myo Myint (M)

    He is from the Class of 73. He took sabbatical and graduated in 1974. He retired as Deputy Chief Engineer of Burma Railways.

    He has connections with the Class of 72. His spouse is a cousin of U Myo Myint Pe (ChE72). He shared a dinner table with Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72).

    He designed and drew covers for RIT Annual Magazines and the commemorative issues of Swel Daw Yeik Magazines.

    He drew Pon Tus of sayas and sayamas, and gave most of them as presents at the SPZPs or RIT gatherings. He sent via Lu Kyone some Pon Tus for the overseas sayas.

    He also drew Oil Paintings and sold (or auctioned) them and gave the proceeds to the SPZP funds.

    Sample paintings are shown here.

    U Hla Win (M)

    Veda sayas
    • He is from the Class of 73. He took sabbatical and graduated in 1975.
    • Served as Master of Ceremonies for All Mechanical Gathering; Gatherings for the Class of 73, 74 and 75
    • Core organizer for SPZP-2004, SPZP-2012 and SPZP-2016.
    • EC and Saya at MARB
  • U Soe Khaw

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Highlights

    U Soe Khaw
    • BS from UCB (University of California Berkeley)
    • MS from Minnesota School of Mining
    • Upon his return from USA, he was assigned to the Department of Mining Engineering at BOC College to teach part-time and to act as Head of the Department.
    • He was succeeded by Saya U Soon Sein as full-time saya and Head.
    • U Soe Khaw worked at the Ministry of Mines.
    • After retirement, he worked for UN assignments overseas.
    • He then migrated to the USA.
    • He was a Patron of selected monasteries in the San Francisco Bay Area.
    • He was healthy even in his early 90s.

    Last Journey

    Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) wrote :

    U Soe Khaw, (RIT Part-time Lecturer – Mining), passed away peacefully on February 14, 2018 at 4:45 pm per Michael Khaw, his son.

    Ph 408-737-0238.
    1082 Noriega Ave, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086

    Memorial Service

    Date : February 24, 2018 (Sunday)
    Time : 10:30 AM
    Place : Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC)
    1215 Lucretia Avenue
    San Jose, CA 95122
    Contact : 1 (408) 977 0300 or 1(408) 294 4536

    Soon offering : 11:15 AM
    Lunch for guests : 11:30 AM
    Dhamma talk : 12:30 PM


  • U Ba Toke

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Ba Toke (Birthday)
    U Ba Toke (Book)
    U Ba Toke & U Ba Than
    U Ba Toke (SPZP)

    Pansy Thin wrote :

    ကျမတို့ရဲ့ဖခင် သင်္ချာပါမောက္ခ ဦးဘတုတ် ဒီနေ့ ၂-၁၂-၂၀၂၀ ညနေ ၅:၄၃နာရီက လူကြီးရောဂါဖြင့်ကွယ်လွန်သွားပါတယ်။ ဖေဖေရှိစဥ်က ဖေဖေကို ဂရုတစိုက် နဲ့ ဂါရဝပြု စောင့်ရှောက်သူများအားလုံးကို ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။

    Memories of Sayagyi

    Betty Myo (Sayagyi’s eldest child) wrote :

    ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်ကြီးကိုချစ်သောကျမတို့ဖေဖေသည်တက္ကသိုလ်ရာပြည့်ပွဲကြီးကိုကြိုဆိုပြီးနောက်နေ့မှာဘဲကွယ်လွန်သွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ဝမ်းနည်းစရာကောင်းတာကသူချစ်တဲ့သခ်ျာမိသားစုရဲ့မျှော်လင့်ချက်ဆန္ဒကိုတော့ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးမသွားနိုင်ခဲ့ရှာပါဘူး။ ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထားပြီးဖေဖေ့မွေးနေ့မှာကျင်းပမဲ့ဆရာကန်တော့ပွဲကိုမပါဝင်နိုင်တော့ပါဘူး။

    ဒီပွဲကိုစိတ်အားထက်သန်စွာစီစဥ်ဆောင်ရွက်နေတဲ့သခ်ျာဌာနဆရာ၊ဆရာမများ၊မျိုးဆက်ဟောင်း၊မျိုဆက်သစ်သခ်ျာကျောင်းသားများရဲ့မေတ္တာစေတနာကိုဖေဖေ့ကိုယ်စားလှိုက်လှဲစွာ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါကြောင်းပြောကြားလိုပါတယ်။

    သခ်ျာမိသားစုအပြင်အခြားဘာသာရပ်အသီသီး၊နယ်ပယ်အသီးသီးမှမေတ္တာတရား၊ဂါရဝတရားတို့ဖြင့်‌‌ေဖ‌ေဖ့ ပိုစ် တက်လာတိုင်းဆုတောင်းမေတ္တာများပို့ပေးကြသူအားလုံးကိုလည်းအထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်။ဖေဖေ့ကိုလာကန်တော့ချင်ပေမဲ့အခွင့်အရေးမရသွားတဲ့တက္ကသိုလ်ဘောလုံးအသင်း၊ အင်ဂျင်နီယာအသင်းစသည်တို့ကိုလဲဝမ်းနည်းစွာကျေးဇူးတင်ကြောင်းပြောချင်ပါတယ်။

    ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထား၊ဂရုစိုက်ခဲ့တဲ့ဆွေမျိုး၊မိတ်သဂ်ဟအားလုံးကိုလဲ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်ရှင်။

    အားလုံးကျန်းမာ၊ချမ်းသာဘေးရောဂါကင်းကြပါစေ။

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  • Winner Inn

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    • Winner Inn is run by Saya U Ba Than’s family : son Ye Than, daughter-in-law Win Mar Oo, grandson Aung Myo Myint and granddaughter Ei Khine.
    U Ba Than
    • Before the family moved to a new residential home (a little bit further down Than Lwin Road), Saya would entertain his relatives (visiting from abroad), former colleagues and students at Winner Inn.

    Gatherings

    • An informal gathering took place at Winner Inn in January 2017.
      Attendees include Dr. Khin Tun (Peter, GBNF) & Daw Win Mar, U Hla Win, U Aung Moung (GBNF), my spouse and me
    • U Aung Moung came to see Saya U Ba Than and Daw Win Mar.
      It’s a small world. Win Mar’s older brother was a childhood friend of U Aung Moung.
    • Sadly, U Aung Moung passed away in 2018.
      He was active in HMEE, SDYF and several social and religious organizations.
      Several monks arranged their own transportation to attend U Aung Moung’s last journey at Yay Way.

    Dr. Peter Khin Tun (GBNF)

    • Peter would usually come back to Yangon before January 12 to celebrate his mother Dr. Kyi Kyi Nyunt’s birthday. His father U Tin U is the elder brother of Saya U Ba Than.
    • Peter would host some celebrations (e.g. engagement party of his elder son Min Ko) at Winner Inn.
    • Sad to report that Peter was an early victim of Covid and lax UK Hospital policies about PPE. He passed away on April 13, 2020 (which was Easter Monday & start of Thingyan). The sad news is covered in BBC and some UK newspapers.
    • His spouse Win Mar recovered after two weeks of treatment at the hospital.
    • On a bright note, Peter was given awards posthumously and the UK hospital systems adopted better procedures.
  • Khin Kyaw Nyein

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Khin Kyaw Nyein
    • Min69
    • First 69er to pass away in 2022.
    • GBNF #117

    Sad News

    U Aung Min (M69) wrote :

    Dear RIT69ERS,

    Here is sad news again.

    Our classmate/ friend U Khin Kyaw Nyein (mining 69) passed away in the evening of 5 January 2022 at Yangon.

    GBNF 117.

    May his soul Rest In Peace.

    Source: U Maung Maung (E69).

    Comments

    Aung Min wrote :

    ကိုခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်း​၏ဇနီး ဒေါ်သန်းသန်းဦးနှင့်ဖုန်းဖြင့်အားပေးစကားပြောနိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
    ၆/၁၂/၂၂ နံနက်တွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ပြီးထိုနေ့တွင်ပင်သင်္ချိုခဲ့ပါသည်။
    နှလုံး/ကျောက်ကပ်/minor stroke စသည့်ရောဂါများလွန်ခဲ့သည့် ၁၂ နှစ်ခန့်ကတည်းကခံစားနေရခြင်းဖြစ်ပြီးယခုသုခကမ္ဘာဆေးရုံတွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်ကြောင်းသိရပါသည်။

    Sai Kyaw Myint wrote :

    များစွာစိတ်မကောင်းဖြစ်ရ၊ကျောင်းတက်တုန်းကလည်းတူတူ၊အလုပ်မှာလည်းလက်တွဲမြဲနေခဲ့ကြသူတွေမို့ပါ။
    ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်ပါစေ။

    Really he’s a good man in spiritual and mental.

    Myo Min wrote :

    မော်လမြိုင် ကောလိပ် I.Sc. (A)တုန်း ကလဲအတူတူပါ၊ RIT 2nd year မှာ လည်း room partner ပါ၊
    ကိုငြိမ်း ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်ပါ စေ၊ မိသားစုနဲ့ထပ်တူကျေကွဲဝမ်းနည်းရပါသည်

    Mehm Aye Chan wrote :

    သူငယ်ချင်းခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်းဘားအံအထက(၁)ကျောင်းနေဘက်တယောက်ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်စေ။

    Saw Yu Tint wrote :

    List (of 69er GBNF) is growing, but shouldn’t be this fast!!

    Minn Aung wrote :

    May he be rest in peace. Ko Khin Kyaw Nyein is one of the best players of volley ball among RIT players.

    Ma Tin Aye wrote :

    ကျွန်မတို့ရဲ့ Volley ball ဆရာပါ
    RIP

    Aung Min wrote :

    He also plays soccer.

  • Tekkatho Moe War

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated from St. John’s Diocesan Boys High School.
    • Attended Rangoon University.
    • EC member of the Rangoon University Writers Club in 1959 – 60.
    • Editor of the RUESU (Rangoon University Engineering Students Union) Annual Magazine.
    • Graduated with Electrical Engineering in 1963
    • Joined the Faculty at RIT (Rangoon Institute of Technology).
    • Chief Editor of RIT Annual Magazine
    • Chief Editor of the Hlyat Sit Sar Saung published by the RIT Electrical Engineering Association
    • Wrote poems and articles for various magazines & journals
    • Authored or co-authored five books
    • Worked in Singapore and chaired two Saya Pu Zaw Pwes — SPZP-2002 and SPZP-2010 — in Singapore.
    • He and his team published Commemorative Issues of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for three Saya Pu Zaw Pwes — SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010 — in Singapore.
    • After retirement, moved back to Yangon.
    • Helped published Commemorative Issues of Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for SPZP-2012, Shwe YaDu (in 2014) and SPZP-2016
    • Founding member and Patron of SDYF (Swel Daw Yeik Foundation).
    • Still writes poems and articles.
    U Moe Aung

    Literary Work

    • Pen name : Tekkatho Moe War
    • Mentor : Daung Nwe Swe
    • Composed hundreds of Kabyars (poems). Some (e.g. Shwe YaDu Lann) took four days of contemplation.
      Composed some Kabyars “Let Tann” (extemporaneously)
    • Published several books.
      Some are compilation of articles and poems.
    • Editor for RUESU Magazine
    • Chief Editor of the RIT Annual Magazines, Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
    • Columnist for Weekly Eleven Journal
    • I translated some of saya’s poems and articles:
    • Search for beauty
      posted in “Poetic Art Series”
    • Bagan Heritage
      in honor of recognition by UNESCO
    • Shwe YaDu Lann
      for the RIT Golden Jubilee
    • To the Shwe Duo
      in memory of Saya U Tin Shwe (EP66) and Saya U Hla Shwe (T69)
    • Kabyar Let Saung
      A precious gift
    • Computer in my heart
    • Sea of Men

    Kabyar Let Saung

    by Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)
    Translated by Hla Min

    String of attachment — then in its infancy
    grew beyond proportion — on her birthday
    to express my deepest feelings — while courting her
    I gave “Sho Whet The Pho” (Mystery/Thriller) Magazine
    as a birthday gift to my beloved.

    We shared our metta
    with true devotion

    I presented a golden ring
    to my yee-sar as a birthday gift.

    Hand in hand we entered the “married” land
    on her birthday past the Honeymoon
    I presented Goya fragrance as a birthday gift

    Traveling together
    Often facing dark nights
    Yonder looked thick and rough

    Goal seemed distant [and not straight]
    [Tired and] weary
    [Often] look but could not see

    Struggle just to keep alive
    Despite the challenges I feel
    I owe my beloved a nice birthday gift

    But …
    Precious jewels are out of reach
    I can only offer a gift from my heart

    Kabyar
    inexpensive — not meaning to underrate her love

    Will she accept as a priceless treasure?

    ___________________________________

    RUESU

    Dear Ko Hla Min,

    Thanks to Saya U Soe Paing for his great endeavour in visiting the UCL (Universities’ Central Library) numerous times [in January 2012] to gather and record invaluable information relating to RIT (and BOC college of Engineering as well). And thanks to you for archiving all through your emails and keeping all RITians gelled together.

    Only when did Saya U Soe Paing mention Engineering Students’ Magazines, that I happen to recall one Engineering Students’ Magazine in which I was part of it. That was in Academic Year 1960-1961. I was still an Electrical Engineering Student at that time (2nd year, or, by the present calling, 4th year). At Rangoon University (Main University) they had a University Students’ Union (in Burmese, Thud Meg-ga is translated as Union), and we had correspondingly an Engineering Students’ Union as well at our Faculty of Engineering at Leik-Khone (Dome), Prome Road.

    At that time I met one Ko Hla Tin (Civil) who was my senior and several years older than me, staying at Prome Hall which was adjacent to Leik Khone, only separated by a fence. He was an avid poet (pen name Kay-tu Win Tint, from Taunggoo) and I used to visit his room at Prome Hall to talk about poems and literature during lunch or break times. I also met one senior (can’t recall his name, I think Ko Sein Hlaing) who was the Secretary of the Students’ Union. After some lively discussions, we decided to issue an Engineering Students’ Union Annual Magazine and they made me the Chief Editor. The Magazine consisted of two sections, Burmese and English, of which Saya U Aung Khin (Mech) was the English Editor.

    I still have the 1960-61 issue neatly tucked in a cupboard in Yangon.

    Now I remember that Ko Sein Hlaing (EE?) is still in Yangon, helping to look after his grand children, but not in good health. Ko Sein Hlaing’s daughter was my daughter’s very close friend since their childhood days. We met once in Singapore about 12 years back.

    Dear Ko Hla Min, this is the time to reminisce and be happy about the good old days and try to fly back with whatever time machine we could get hold of. Time really flies and we should realize that our days are numbered.

    Moe Aung

    ___________________________________

    ရွှေ နှစ် ရွှေ သို့

    ရွှေနှစ်ရွှေ…..

    ဝေတော့လည်း တူ

    ကြွေတော့လည်း အတူတူ

    ငြူစူခြင်း ကင်း

    မျှဉ်းမျှဉ်း အသက်ရှူ

    စိုက်ထူမှတ်တိုင်

    မယိမ်းယိုင်ခဲ့…..

    မနိုင်ဝန် ပိ

    အလှည့်သင့်လာ

    သောအခါ မှာ

    ခန္ဓာအမွေ

    ကြွေသာ ကြွေလည်း

    မသေ ဝိညာဉ် ဝဲပျံနေသေးတကား ….။ ။

    ( ကိုတင်ရွှေ- လျှပ်စစ်စွမ်းအား နှင့် ကိုလှရွှေ- ချည်မျှင် သို့)

    တက္ကသိုလ် မိုးဝါ

    (၂၆ ဇန္နဝါရီ ၂ဝ၁၅ – ည ၉:၅၅ နာရီ)

    To The SHWE Duo

    Poem by Tekkatho Moe War
    Translation by Hla Min

    SHWE duo
    Blossom in unison
    Disappear together
    Free from complaint
    Even with thin breath
    Showed mark [of courage and wisdom]
    Never wavered …
    Pressed by burden
    At the awaited turn [of journey’s end]
    Body — inheritance [from previous lives]
    Succumbs [to failing health]
    Yet, “Wei-nyin” is fresh, alive and hovering.

    Translated by Hla Min

    ___________________________________

    Shwe YaDu Lann

    Shwe YaDu Lann


    Shwe YaDu Lann

    Poem by Tekkatho Moe War
    Translation by Hla Min

    Shwe YaDu Lann
    Let it be rough [but it’s tough]. Flowers are blossoming again.
    Fear not the summer
    Care not the rain [drops]
    or the thick fogs & darkness
    or if winter’s not true to its form

    Shwe YaDu Lann
    Let it be rough. No gentle stream flowing
    Fear not high winds
    Care not dense clouds
    Topsy turvy [come what may]
    Can paddle upstream
    With strong mind & conviction
    Place where heroes [Thu Ye Kaungs] are produced.

    Swel Daw Myaing Dann
    Shwe YaDu Lann
    is a start [of a journey]
    To raise the Banner loftily
    to the skies, to the Zenith
    displaying our thitsar (vow of truth and integrity)

    HLA MIN (Editor, Newsletter Updates, USA)

    ___________________________________

    The (Hidden) Power of Kabyar

    Kabyar is animate
    But [it’s life is] not just a [fleeting] morn

    Kabyar is a weapon
    But not for destroying the world

    Kabyar is key
    For liberation and independence
    But not devoid of principles [and morals]

    Kabyar has power
    Hidden but efficient & effective
    Like sharp-pointed spear-head
    Can thrust into [the heart of] a power-maniac
    Cause trembling, shivering, throbbing & anguished pain

    Poem in Burmese by Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung)
    Translated by Hla Min

    Memories

    Moe 1
    Moe 2
    Moe 3