24 won Collegiate Scholarship.
Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint stood 6th in the whole of Burma in the Matriculation of 1960.
He missed the Top Five positions by a point each.
Blog
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PPBRS
by Hla Min
Updated : May 2025
I attended PPBRS (Private Primary Boundary Road School) located at 109 Boundary Road (now known as Dhamma Zedi), Rangoon. After passing Third Standard, I moved to Sr. Paul’s High School.
PPBRS was founded by Daw Tin Tin Aye, elder sister of Daw Yi and Daw Khin Khin Aye.
Daw Khin Khin Aye (Teacher Ah Mar) succeeded Daw Tin Tin Aye as Principal. She later added classes for Middle School and High School and renamed the school as PBRS (Private Boundary Road School).
PPBRS has a Boy Scouts Troupe with Ko Bo Ni (Min Kyaw Min) as the Scout Master.- I did not like to attend classes.
- Teacher Ku Paw (who was my class teacher in Infant (C) / Lower KG) was nice, but she decided to join her spouse in their armed struggle.
- My mother credited “Teacher Kywe” (who was my class teacher in Infant (B) / Middle KG) for transforming me into a Life Long Learner. My mother asked me to pay respect to Teacher Kywe every year. Teacher Kywe would proudly introduce me to her students.
- Sad to note that most of my teachers have passed away.
There is P.B.R.S. Group in Facebook. It is a private group with Aye Maung Thann as Admin.
Myint Sein (Bobby)
Myint Sein Ko Myint Sein (Bobby) made his name as Principal of BARB (Burma Astro Research Bureau) and later as Founder of Idea Astrology.
He attended PPBRS. He matriculated from SPHS (St. Paul’s High School). He studied B.Com at IE (Institute of Economics).
He had some business, but his passion was to study and teach Medical Astrology. Several medical doctors studied astrology with his guidance. Some asked for his second opinion about serious medical cases.
Many years ago, Myint Sein asked if I could help do Veda computations on calculators and computers. And also teach his assistants and senior students at BARB. Under my supervision, Win Latt wrote Win Horo to prepare Zartar (Natal Horoscope). Zaw Tun wrote a program to perform basic analysis of the Zartar.
A few years back, I visited Myint Sein at his house. He was consulting close friends at home. He had prepared a book on Medical Astrology and taught at the School of Indigenous Medicine as a Visiting Professor.
Sadly, he passed away.
His elder brother U Myint Kyi and his younger sister had passed away earlier.
According to Myint Sein’s son, who was back in Yangon to prepare and take his examination for Master Mariner, Myint Sein seemed to have no serious medical problems. He passed out after watching TV.
Ko Myint Swe (Monty) added that Myint Sein had brunch at Okkalapa before he headed home.
PPBRS Concert
I was dressed up as a sailor.
We sang, “When I was a sailor …”.
I do not remember what others wore or sang.
Aye Aye Myint wrote :
When I was a sailor boy …when I was a sailor boy …..when I was a sailor boy…..sailing on the sea ..
Khin Maung Oo wrote :
I remember Tin Maung Thant (son of UNSG U Thant) as husband of Winnie Cho (daughter of Teacher Cho) in one concert.
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Boundary 2
- Nancy Than Tin
- Myat Hla Sein
- Kyaw Soe Win and Saw Yan Lin
- Ye Soe Myint
- Khin Maung Oo
Nancy Than Tin
- U Than Tin (Saya “Tha Hee”) taught Physics at Rangoon University.
- His children Nancy and Edward attended PPBRS.
- Nancy married Dr,Nyan Htein (MOC, son of Historian Bohmugyi Ba Shin). They moved to Texas, USA.
Myat Hla Sein
Myat Hla Sein - U Chin Sein is a movie actor turned Director. He is also known as Shwe Nyar Maung. His children Myat Hla Sein and Chit Mya Sein attended PPBRS.
- Myat Hla Sein was Head of the “Yoke Shin Pyinnya” Department at Regional College (2).
- Passed away in early 2020 in an accident.
Kyaw Soe Win and Saw Yan Lin
- Bohmu Tint Swe was sent as Military Attache to Yugoslovia. His sons left PPBRS to join him.
- The elder son (Kyaw Soe Win) had a medical problem and passed away.
- The younger son (Saw Yan Lin @ Zeyar Lin) came back to Rangoon.
He married. He passed away around 1964 or 1965. Grapevine says that his cousin saw in his dream “Zeyar Lin riding a horse and bidding Goodbye”. - The medical problems of the brothers may be related.
- Their mother is a close relation of the A1 family.
Ye Soe Myint
- Son of U Chan Tha
Khin Maung Oo
- Attended PPBRS
- Took the 7th Standard Government examination from a private school
- Rejoined PBRS from 8th Standard
- Second batch of Mercantile Marine course
- Master Mariner
- Graduate studies in the UK
- Taught at Simalaik Traning School
- Retired after teaching at a Malaysian school for maritime studies
- Moved to the US
- Posted old photos from PPBRS
Aye Zaw Win
- Son of U Zaw Win (Zaw Myint Thein)
- Siblings : Kathleen Zaw Win, Kenneth Zaw Win, Bo Bo Zaw Win
- Classmate of Khin Maung Oo in Infant (B) with Teacher Kywe
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Boundary 1
Background
- Private Primary Boundary Road School (PPBRS)
- Located at 109 Boundary Road.
- Founded 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. - The school was renamed Private Boundary Road School (PBRS) after it opened classes for Middle School and High School.
Daw Khin Khin Aye / Teacher Ah Mar
- Siblings : Daw Tin Tin Aye, 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, Sayama 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
- U Tin Maung Thant (son of UNSG U Thant)
- Francis Ohn Maung (son of Arzani U Ohn Maung)
- Dr. Flora Aye and Shirley Aye
- Kun Lone family (Bonzo, Bonnie, Ruby, Pearl)
- Elizabeth Kyaw Tun (Ph.D. in English, daughter of Saya U Kyaw Tun)
- Kenneth San and Margaret San (moved from Taung Gyi)
- Daw 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 Tin Pe (Maung Maung Soe)
- A1 U Tin Maung
A1 was earlier known as “Myanmar Ah Swe“.
U Tin Nwe and Family
- U Hla Bu (son-in-law of U Tin Nwe)
Children : Margie (Ma Aung Si), Stanley (A1 Than Htut), Freddie (A1 Thein Htut, Sat Su), Bobby (Aung Myint, Thamankyar Ko Myint), Sai Wunna - U Thein Zaw (actor)
- U Hla Myo (who directed several movies with Nyunt Win)
U Nyi Pu and Family
- Founded Ma Weik Za Do Films (which 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 Directors.
Toe Nyunt, Aung Myint and Wunna were Actors.
Than Win was the script writer.
U Tin Pe (Maung Maung Soe) and Family
- Actor, Director and Producer
- Son-in-law : U Maung Maung has his own Studio
- U Maung Maung’s children : Rosalind (Ma Pyi Aye), Richard, Glory (Khin Than Nu)
U Tin Maung and Family
- Was Actor before he turned Director and Producer.
- Daughter : Phyllis
Extended Family
- U Tin Yu (nephew, son of U Tin Nwe’s sister)
Children : Zelma Yu, Zaw Min Yu, Zin Thi Yu
Half-brother : Kyaw Hein - Daw Marlar Myint
Brother : U Tin Yu
Spouse : U Mya Maung
Children : Peggy, Winnie (Win Mar), Ted (Toe Nyunt). Rose-belle (Sandar, Sar Oo), Mya Zaw
Since A1 extended family is huge, I do not know some members.
- Ma Pyi Aye graduated in 1966 with Architecture.
- Aung Myint graduated in 1970 with Mining Engineering.
- Than Win graduated in 1970 with Textile Engineering.
- 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
- Myat Hla Sein and Chit Mya Sein (children of U Chin Sein)
- Myo Set (son of Thar Gaung Gyi)
- Han Tun (SPHS63, DSA) and his siblings
- Nay Win (MEHS63, M69)
P.B.R.S Group
A Facebook Group for PBRS Alumni is maintained by Aye Maung Than and Mya Hlaing.
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- Daw Nge Ma Ma Than
- U Kyaw Mya Thein
- U Kyaw Myint
- U Lun (Thakin Kodaw Hmaing)
- U Than Tun
- U Han Zaw
- U Thein Oo
- Dr. Thein Htut
- Dr. Nyunt Win
- Pediatricians
- RASU Rowing
- Roll of Honor
- University Athletes
- U Wun
Daw Nge Ma Ma Than (UCC, DCS, ICST)
- She was a Prisoner of Conscience.
- She is GBNF.
- Spouse : Myint Swe
U Kyaw Mya Thein (Phy, ICST)
- Author of “Kar Ku La Thin Char” (Calculus)
- Saya passed away in Singapore.
U Kyaw Myint (Physics, DHE)
- We were Guest Lecturers at Ngapali Luyechun Camp in the late 1980s.
- Foundation established in Saya’s name.
U Lun (Thakin Kodaw Hmaing)
- Sarcastically chose the name “Maung Hmaing” (Chin Baung Ywet The in a novel)
- Known for his “Ti Ka(s)”.
- Principal, Ah Myo Tha College
- Mausoleum in Cantonment Park
U Than Tun
- English Tution Saya known for his anecdotes (e.g. overseas experience)
- Sons : U Myo Tun (Errol / Bobby, Architect turned Uzin), Harold (Soccer), Archie (Vocalist)
- He is GBNF.
U Han Zaw
- Minister
- Past President of MES
- Spouse : Thwin Thwin Aye Hmi (Olive)
U Thein Oo
- Celebrated Golden Jubilee of Graduation in 2019 with the B.Com graduates of 1969
- Taught at the Institute of Economics and UCC.
- Founder of Ace
- Spouse : Than Than Tint
- Photo taken at the Soon Kwyay for their Wedding Anniversary
Dr. Thein Htut and Dr. Nyunt Win
- Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold)
Spouse : Wendy - Dr, Nyunt Win (Eddie)
Spouse : Marie - They are in Australia
Pediatricians
- Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint had written about Dr. Tin U and several senior and junior Pediatrians.
- The following photo is from one his posts.
RASU Rowing
- In the 1950s, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering produced several RUBC Golds.
- In the mid 1960s, RASU won several Inter-Institute events.
- Photo provided by Dr. Nyan Taw (Dicky)
Roll of Honor
- There were donors — large and small, young and old, near and far — for the YTU Library Modernization Project.
- Photo provided by U Wynn Htain Oo.
University Athletes
- About twenty university athletes represented Burma in the Second SEAP Games held in Rangoon in December 1961.
- Photo provided by Dr. Richard Yu Khin (who won a Yachting Gold with U Maung Maung Lwin)
U Wun
- Minthuwun co-founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with Theikpan Maung Wa and Zawgyi.
- Headed the Translation Department at Rangoon University
- Served as Professor of Burmese
- Visiting Professor to Osaka University
- Compiler of Myanmar Abhidan
- Laureate Poet and Distinguished Author
- Children : Edgar, Ko Htin Kyaw, Ma Htar Cho
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Engineering Schools
ကနဦး အင်ဂျင်နီယာ ကျောင်း များ
1924 — ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် အင်ဂျင်နီယာ အတတ်သင်ဌာနခွဲ
Department of Engineering, Rangoon University
Photo 1
* နောက် — အဆုတ်နာကု ဆေးရုံ
1927 — ဘီအိုစီကောလိပ်
BOC College of Engineering
1946 — အင်ဂျင်နီယာမဟာဌာန
Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University
1950s — လိပ်ခုံး
Leik Khone / “Turtle” Dome
1961 — Burma Institute of Technology (BIT)
1964 — Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT)
With Rector
နောက် အမည် ပြောင်း Name Changes
- Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT)
- Yangon Technological University (YTU)
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Dean, Faculty of Engineering, RU
အင်ဂျင်နီယာ မဟာဌာနမှူး များ
ဦးဘလှီ U Ba Hli
Interim Deans
* Dr. ထင်အောင် Dr. Htin Aung
* Dr. သာလှ Dr. Tha Hla
* Dr. မောင်မောင်ခ Dr. Maung Maung Kha
* ဦးဖိုးသာ U Po Tha
ဦးရုံးမို U Yone Mo
Dean, BIT
နောက် — ပါမောက္ခချုပ်၊ Rector, RIT
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RIT Rectors
ကနဦး ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ပါမောက္ခ ချုပ်များ
ဦးရုံးမို U Yone Mo (GBNF)
U Yone Mo Dr. အောင်ကြီး Dr. Aung Gyi
ဦးခင်အောင်ကြည် U Khin Aung Kyi (GBNF)
ဦးမောင်မောင်သန်း U Maung Maung Than (GBNF)
ဦးအောင်သန်း U Aung Than
အထွေထွေ General
* (ရှေး) အင်ဂျင်နီယာ မဟာဌာနမှူး ၊ Dean of Engineering
ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် Rangoon University
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Early Rectors
ပါမောက္ခချုပ် တချို့
Dr ထင်အောင် Dr. Htin Aung
- Rector, Rangoon University
- Vice Chancellor, Rangoon University
ဒေါက်တာလှမြင့် Dr. Hla Myint
Rangoon University
Dr. Hla Myint ဒေါက်တာသာလှ Dr. Tha Hla
Rangoon University
ဒေါက်တာမောင်မောင်ခ Dr. Maung Maung Kha
Rangoon University
Rangoon Arts and Science University
University of Distance Learning
ဒေါက်တာအေးလှိုင် Dr. Aye Hlaing
Institute of Economics
ဒေါက်တာဘသန်း Dr. Ba Than
Institute of Medicine (1)
ဒေါက်တာဦးအေး Dr. U E
Institute of Medicine (2)
ဒေါက်တာမောင်မောင်ကြီး Dr. Maung Maung Gyi
Institute of Medicine, Mandalay
ဦးရုံးမို U Yone MoRangoon Institute of Technology
ဒေါက်တာအောင်ကြီး Dr. Aung Gyi
Rangoon Institute of Technology
ဦးကျော် U Kyaw
- Principal, Workers’ College
- Rector, Institute of Education
Dr ချစ်ဆွေ Dr. Chit Swe
- Rector, RASU
- Founder Director, UCC
ဦးမြညွန့် U Mya Nyunt
Institute of Veterinary Science
ဒု ဗမက စံမြင့် Lt. Col San Myint
Institute of Education
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Early Staff of Medical College
ကနဦး ဆေးကောလိပ် ဆရာကြီးများ
ကာနယ် မင်းစိန် Col Min Sein
Dr. ဘသန်း Dr. Ba Than
Dr. မောင်ကလေး Dr. Maung Gale
Dr. ကိုကြီး Dr. Ko Gyi
Dr. ခင်မောင်ဝင်း Dr. Khin Maung Win
Dr. ရွှေဇံ Prof. Shwe Zan
Credit: Dr. မောင်မောင်ညို Dr. Maung Maung Nyo
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ကျောင်း အမည်ခွဲ များ Names
- Medical College
- Faculty of Medicine, RU
- Institute of Medicine
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