(L to R) : U San Lin, U Thaung Nyunt, U Aung Myint Oo, Maurice Chee, Walter Tan, U Myat Htoo, Gordon Kaung, U Hla Min, U Myint Swe, U Ko Ko Zin, U Nyunt Than
Newspapers (e.g Kyemon) and TV stations (e.g MRTV) helped celebrate the RU Centennial.
There are photos of alumni (with various flavors)
by Hla Min
Updated : May 2025
Over the years, we lost three relatives during the Thingyan period.
On a bright note, there are some birthdays and anniversaries of uncles, aunts and cousins.
Ngapali Beach
69er Gathering in Yangon
There were two Auspicious Celebrations on the 69er monthly breakfast gathering at Royal Rose Restaurant (7 April, 2018)
Sad News
Gathering at iNapa Winery in April 2018
2018 Thingyan in the Bay Area
They are all Past Captain and Gold of Rangoon University Boat Club.
The following account of the Kidnapping is recounted by Dr. Khin Tun (Peter Tin U, his eldest son, UK). Was it a series of coincidences or a miracle?
He had an experience of being kidnapped by his company driver who hired “insurgents” with criminal records, to do the job. They came to his office at Lewis street, and pretended to be from military intelligence in mufti. They asked him to come along with them for questioning. They asked the office driver to drive the company jeep up to A1 compound near 9th mile and let the driver to get off at a bus stop with a letter to give to my mother.
One of them took the driver seat and continued driving out of the city passing Mingaladon airport. When their jeep went past the Mingaladon Military Intelligence Centre (Yay Kyi Ine), my father became suspicious.
Luckily, there was a road block near Hmawbi, and the kidnappers tried and overtook the battle tanks in a convoy on the road. An off duty military police stopped the car, giving my father a chance to ask for help; my father reached the car key from the back seat and threw it away. The military police asked my father to drive instead and was later freed, after being taken to the military commander and the police station.
In the mean time my mother, who was doing research at Insein Railway Hospital, received a ransom letter at 11 am to bring 60,000 Kyats in a jute bag, wearing a red longyi to a road corner, near “Ar-lain-nga-sint” pagoda in “Mingaladon”, by 3 pm the same day.
The kidnappers’ plan was to torture and kill my father whether they received the ransom or not. The grudge was for sacking the driver who took sick leave, and went to work in another company to get two salaries.
He matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1964. His friends called him Pauk Si. His father lent money to a Pauk Si vendor who would not repay back in cash, so he ate Pauk Si as time and energy permitted.
He graduated with Electrical Engineering in 1970.
He joined UCC as Chief Operator and was called CO.
He studied in the UK. He met his Daw Tin Win, who was attending Advanced Nurse Training.
He was healthy. He would often wear just sports shirt in the air-conditioned Computer Room.
He passed away unexpectedly in his mid-30s. His Paulian classmate Dr. Min Lwin examined him and found out the severity of CO’s medical condition.
When CO passed away, two government training schools (where I had lectured) thought that I had passed away and offered to send me wreaths. U Moe Hein (Ajala, ChE69) took leave from work to attend my Last Journey.
by Hla Min
Updated : May 2025
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* Credit: Dr. သိမ်းအုပ်ကျော်မြင့် Thane Oke Kyaw Myint
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