Category: Saya

Sayas at Harvard University

In the early and mid 50s, 400+ Burmese State Scholars studied in the USA. There were programs to cover several disciplines : Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, …, Sports and Physical Education, Movie Technology. Under the “Twinning Program between the Faculty of Engineering and the prestigious universities […]

Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe

Highlights Sayagyi’s Family Soon Kyway Condolences Thanks from the Family Interviews Highlights Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe is a Pioneer of Computer Systems, Education and Applications in Burma. He founded Universities’ Computer Center (UCC). He retired as Rector of Rangoon Arts and Science University (RASU). He continued teaching and […]

U Tin Htut

SPHS and RUBC Matriculated from SPHS in 1953. Won Senior Novices at the RUBC Regatta in 1953. Coxed the Old Paulian crew which won Senior Novices at the RUBC Regatta in 1954. The crew members : U Tun Shein (Willie Saing, Stroke), M Hla Min (Moosaji, No. 3), […]

Sayas : USA and Canada

The following Sayas and Sayamas were living in the United States and Canada. Some may have relocated. Architecture Mr. Bilal Raschid (East Coast) U Myo Myint Sein (Southern California) Burmese U Kyaw Hlaing (Southern California) U Saw Tun (Illinois) Chemical Dr. Chwan Peng Kyan (U Maung Maung Chwan, […]

English Teachers

I learned “British” English from Karen e.g. Teacher Kywe Burmesee.g. Daw Khin Khin Aye Chinesee.g. Ms. Amelia Kyi Irishe.g. Brother Austin, Brother Xavier Germane.g. Brother Felix Anglo-Burmane.g. Des Rodgers I later had to learn American usage and unlearn “British” English. Ms Hong Kong Ms. Amelia Kyi was known […]

U Tin Htut

SPHS and RUBC Matriculated from SPHS in 1953. Won Senior Novices at the RUBC Regatta in 1953. Coxed the Old Paulian crew which won Senior Novices at the RUBC Regatta in 1954. The crew members : U Tun Shein (Willie Saing, Stroke), M Hla Min (Moosaji, No. 3), […]

U Lin

Saya U Lin donated twice for the YTU Library Modernization Project (1) K10 Lakhs earlier (2) K5 Lakhs in 2018 Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu Nan Khin Nwe (83 Intake, Fundraiser) wrote : ေလးစားခ်စ္ခင္ရပါေသာ က်မတို႔ရဲ႕ဆရာ ဦးလင္း (Mech-66) ေက်ာင္းေတာ္ႀကီး အက်ိဳးအတြက္ ခုခ်ိန္ထိ စြမ္းစြမ္းတမံ ဦးေဆာင္ေနတဲ့ က်မတို႔ရဲ႕ Hero ဆရာ က YTU Library Upgrading အတြက္ […]

U Tu Myint

Update : April 4, 2020 U Tu Myint, son of U Tu Maung and Daw Hla Myint, graduated with a Mechanical Engineering Degree from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow in 1966. He then obtained a Masters Degree from the same University in 1967, and joined RIT as an Instructor. […]