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  • Ahead of Time — KMY

    Ahead of Time — KMY

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    U Kin Maung Yin (A60, GBNF)

    Kin Mg Yin 1
    • Third batch of Architects
    • Classmates include Tin Htoon, Aung Kyee Myint & Victor Pe Win
    • Loves Classical Music & Modern Art
    • Directed the movie “Hna Ma Let Shawt Nay Lay Dawt နှမလက်လျှော့ နေလေတော့” . The movie was hard to appreciate by most Burmese. It set the record for the first movie not to have Full House at the First Day First Show. Grapevine says that some foreigners tried to purchase the movie. See comments by Uzin Bobby, Nan Khaming & U Wint Khin Zaw.
    • His second movie was funded by Collegian Nay Win & Daw Khin Mar Lar. See comments by U Htun Aung.
    • He would hang around at “Architects Incorporated” (founded by U Bo Gyi, U Tin Htoon & U Aung Kyee Myint) along with fellow artists U Paw Oo Thet and Director Win Pe.
    • He was a friend of Architecture students. U Aung Khin (A69) posted a picture of him and U Tin Maung Hla (A69er, GBNF) with U Kin Maung Yin.
    Kin Maung Yin 2

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    Uzin Bobby Myo Tun (A69)

    U Kin Maung Yin was everyone’s friend – one of the most amicable individuals I’ve ever known. He was mentor to many of us student architects of the late 1960s and of the 70s. His versatile talents extended into move-making, authorship and painting. His avant-garde movie “နှမလက်လျှော့နေလေတော့” made six decades ago remains unrivaled to date in the Myanmar movie industry. He immersed himself in modern painting and writing during the last two decades of his life. An icon of the arts, indeed!

    U Htun Aung (EP70)

    In 1971, I was waiting for the governmental employment living with Demonstrator (civil) and Inlay hostel hall tutor Saya U Khin Mg Tint. One day U Khin Mg Yin came and unexpectedly invited me to accompany him as his aid in movie-making and shooting a film named “Bahman Bazan Akhyaung” (ဘမှန်ဘဇံအကြောင်း). For that film, he was the Director. I was always near him to help for everything he ordered me to do. In those days, from morning to night I was together with him at film shooting sites, especially at Collegian Nay Win and Dar Khin Marlar’s home where most of the indoor scenes of the film had been shot. Also we had to spend much time in making the film at Film upgrading [processing] Studio. The producer of the film was “Momyint Thawdar Film Production” which was owned by Daw Khin Mar Lar, Actor U Nay Win’s spouse. Time taken to shoot that film was nearly three months. Main actors were Collegian Nay Win, Khin Yu May and Aye Aye Thin.

    After that film, I was also with U Khin Mg Yin to help reading and editing the directing schedules of the film named “Thway” the Novel written by Journal Kyaw Daw Ma Ma Lay. But that script was not approved by State Film Editing Committee [Censor Board] due to the Fascism hating point of view of the country at that time.

    Nang Khaming (A70)

    Most people didn’t like the movie Hna ma let shawt nay lay dawt because there was no dialog in the movie except ‘pea pyout’. Most can’t appreciate that kind of movie, but I like that movie and appreciate.

    Ko Wint Khin Zaw (A79)

    Architect UKMY must be too advanced for the period. I think he directed another movie called “Ba Hman Ba Zan Akyaung” which was appreciated a bit more by some audience.

    Posts

    • A Nu Pyinnya Shins
    • Architecture
    • Movie Stars & Directors
  • MASTAA Interview

    MASTAA Interview

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    U Soe Paing
    U Soe Paing, U & Mrs. Hla Min

    U Soe Paing

    Note : Comments in italics are provided by Hla Min.

    • I have written many articles on the History of Computerization in Myanmar.
      ** Most can be read from SCRIB-D.
    • However many people have not read them. MASTAA has requested me do an interview.
      ** It is tentatively planned for July 19, 2020 (at 10 PM. EST). It will be morning in Yangon, Myanmar.
    • Facts are very important because there are some people who want to twist them to their advantage. Especially since the project was very successful in introducing computers and computer education in the country.
    • I was with the project right from its inception.
      ** Sad to report that Saya Dr. Chit Swe and U Ko Ko Lay have passed away.
    • I would like to go over the facts.

    When and how I got involved in UCC Computer project

    • Took programming and DP courses at Stanford University.
    • Around 1962, there was no CS Department or CS courses.
      ** Professor George Forsythe later founded and Chaired the CS Department at Standford.
    • Computer programming was given by Mathematics Department as part of Numerical Analysis
    • Introduction to Data Processing was given by Industrial Engineering Dept
    • Worked as part time computer operator for the Stanford Computation Center.
    • Joined Electrical Engineering Department, RIT as Assistant Lecturer in January 1964,
      RIT was closed.
      As part of the staff development program, I gave lectures to Elect Engg staff on computers and programming.
    • Ko Nyi Nyi (Instructor in Elect Eng Dept) told Dr Chit Swe, Head of Maths Dept at the Institute of Economics who was preparing to start a project with the assistance of the UN to install a computer.
    • Dr Chit Swe and U Hla Myint (Maths Dept) came to recruit me to assist them in the computer project.
    • Immediately agreed and joined the project preparation team.
    • Ko Nyi Nyi and Dr. Than Htaik (Chem Eng Dept) also joined the team.
    • At that time Unit Record Machines using punched cards (both IBM and ICL) were used in Burma by the Railways, Central Economics and Statistics Department (CSED), Records Office Burma Army.
    • At one point all the Unit Record Machines were centralized in one place (Burma Machines Corporation??) and then decentralized again.
      ** Per U Thein Han, IBM unit record machines were used in the first Demonatization. The machines were set up in Rangoon University (e.g. Convocation Hall).
    • Burma Railways wanted to replace their Unit Record Machines with a computer and was requesting funds from the government.
      ** However, the nationalization followed by tight control of foreign exchange caused the request to be denied.

    Preparation for the UCC project (1965 – 70)

    • The UNDP in Yangon and the Goverment agreed to explore the possibility of having a UNDP funded UNESCO executed project of installing a computer at the Institute of Economics.
    • In 1965 Dr Abou Taleb from Egypt visited Burma at the Institute of Economics for one month as a UNESCO consultant on the formulation of the project. He had discussions with the project team, the concerned persons at the Directorate of Higher Education and other government departments, UNDP personnel and managers of IBM (** U Aung Khin) and ICL (** U Kyaw Tha).
    • Dr Abou Taleb prepared a report that was submitted to the UNESCO and UNDP.
    • Around 1968 UNDP mission composed of Professor Owens of Columbia University and Mr Talbot of UNDP HQs came to Burma (Institute of Economics) to write a project proposal for the UNDP/UNESCO Computer Project.
      The mission had discussions with the project team, the concerned persons at Higher Education and other government departments, UNDP personnel and managers of IBM and ICL.
    • The report and the project proposal were submitted to UNDP, UNESCO and the Government.
    • It was agreed to implement the UNDP funded, UNESCO executed Computer project.
    • The project document for the UNDP/UNESCO Universities’ Computer Center Project was signed in 1970.

    Preparation for the establishment of UCC

    • In 1969 the project preparation team office moved to the Maths Department, RASU.
    • The Government decided to establish the Universities’ Computer Center directly under the Department of Higher Education.
    • A new building was to be constructed for the Center on the Hlaing Campus.
    • The project preparation team started to develop the organizational structure, budget, as well as the design for the building.
    • Ko Tun Aung Gyaw (UTAG) joined the project preparation team.
    • A temporary office / room was given to the project preparation team on the 3rd /top floor of the RASU Maths Dept.
      The Maths department still provided the logistics support.
      Saya U Maung Maung Tin of the RASU Maths Department was extremely helpful to the project preparation team.
    • The UCC organization structure consists of the Director at its head advised by the Board of Management.
      Under the Director are three technical divisions: Operations, Systems, Applications and an Administrative Support Section.
      One Manager heads each division.
    • Operations division consists of the Computer Operations section and the Data Preparation section.
    • Systems Division consists of the Systems Hardware section and the Systems Software section.
    • Applications Division consists of the Scientific Applications section and the Business Applications section.
    • The UCC organization structure was approved by the government and the Board of Management was formed.
    • Dr. Chit Swe was appointed Director of UCC in addition to his duties as Professor.
    • The Board of Management was formed with Dr Nyi Nyi, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education as Chairman and Dr. Chit Swe as Secretary.
      The members include U Thet Tun, DG of CSED; U Win Pe, Research Dept, Planning; U Nyunt Maung, Dy Director, Finance; Dr Khin Maung Kyi, Inst of Economics, Dr Aung Gyi, RIT; etc
    • The UCC building on Hlaing Campus was to be designed and built by the Public Works Corporation.
      It was designed by the Chief Architect U Aung Myint. The team also met my high school and Stanford friend Ko Ko Lay who was a structural engineer there.
    • Ko Myo Min returned from the UK after studying as a Charted Accountant and working (** as Systems Analyst) at IBM UK.
    • Ko Ko Lay, Ko Myo Min and other volunteers joined the project preparation team.
      The volunteers are Ko Win Myint (Gyi) etc.
    • The three managers were recruited.
    • I transferred to UCC from RIT as Systems Engineer/Manager of the Systems Division of UCC on April 1971.
    • Ko Ko Lay transferred from Public Works/Construction Corporation as Manager of the UCC Operations Division.
    • Ko Myo Min joined as Manager of the Applications Division.
    • 1st April 1971 is considered as the start of UCC.
    • The first batch of other staff were recruited and appointed.
      UTAG and Johnny Hla Min joined as Maintenance Engineers.
    • UCC was given a temporary office on the third floor of the Mandalay Hall.
    • The project preparation team organized courses in computers, programming and applications for the staff of Universities and government departments.

    Choice of the computer

    • In October 1970, Dr Chit Swe went to UNESCO, Paris to participate in the selection of the computer for the project.
    • ICL 1900 series was chosen over IBM.
    • IBM was only willing to supply the IBM 360 and not the recently introduced IBM 370.
    • Dr Chit Swe then went on to London for discussions with ICL.
      ICL gave a more powerful version 1902S for the same price.

    Installation of the Computer and start of UCC

    • In 1972 UCC moved to its new building on Thamaing Campus.
    • The site preparation for the computer and environmental equipment started.
    • A firm from the UK was subcontracted by ICL to do the site preparation.
    • The ICL 1902S computer was delivered and moved into the computer room to start the installation process.
    • ICL resident Maintenance Engineer Gaber Khalef (Egypt) and the ICL resident Software Expert Ian Shearer (UK) arrived and took up their responsibilities.
    • Acceptance trials for the ICL 1902S started on 25 February 1973, and formally completed on 8 March.
    • Professor Huskey arrived on 4 March and took part in the acceptance of the ICL 1902S.
    • The original UCC organization was meant to be minimal and mainly for a one shift per day start.
    • However due to the Census and more than expected use, volunters were paid minimum salary wages (which can be authorized by the Director) used to do the required support work.

    Computer Use

    • The Board of Management decided to process the 1973 Population Census on the UCC computer.
    • Training of the Census Programmers conducted at UCC.
    • Alic Heinrici (UK, the ICL FILAN (ICL Census Tabulation system)) expert came from September to November to train Census and UCC Programmers in FILAN to be used in Census Tabulation.
    • The processing of the Burma Population Census started in May 1974.
    • The data entry was done in the Census Dept (old Rowe Co. Building) with over 100 rented keypunches from IBM.
    • The morning shift (8:00am – 4:00pm) was reserved for UCC.
      The evening shift (4:00pm – 12:00am) and night shift (12:00am-8:00am) were reserved for Census processing.
      At the start the Census processing did not take the two shifts.
    • Saturdays were reserved for Maintenance and the center was closed on Sundays.
    • ICL experts and UCC senior staff designed the Census Processing System containing Sequence and Completeness check (PLAN), Consistency checks (FORTRAN), Tabulation (FILAN).
    • UCC staff also supervised the processing.
    • Burma Railways, Central Economics and Statistics Department (CSED)/(CSO), Records Office Burma Army (ROBA) converted some of their Unit Record Machines applications on to the computer.
      Railways passenger and goods statistics; CSED Health and Trade Statistics; ROBA Miltary records.
    • RIT final year students implemented projects.
      Civil Engg: Structural Engineering, Astronomical Calculations,
      Electrical: Power System Analysis, Electronic Circuit Analysis.

    Computer Education

    • The project preparation team organized courses in computers, programming and applications for the staff of Universities and government departments. (1971)
    • Preparations start for the MSc Computer Science and Postgraduate Diploma in Automatic Computing (DAC) to be given under the Mathematics Department, RASU. (1973)
    • Start of the MSc Computer Science and DAC courses. (1974)
    • There were three options under the MSc course : Computer Systems, Computer Oriented Operations Research Techniques and Computational Mathematics.
      Coursework plus dissertation/thesis.
    • DAC course was 2 years part-time from 7:00 am to 9:00 am.
    • Entrance Aptitude Tests for all applicants meeting the University requirements for post graduate studies.
    • The six months part time course (the predecessor to the full time 4 months course ) was started for the staff of the government departments and universities in 1976.
      It consisted of Introduction to Programming with FORTRAN, Mathematics and Statistics, COBOL Programming, Systems Analysis & Design.
    • The UCC Staff and visiting experts taught most of the courses.
      However Maths sayas helped out in the MSc and DAC courses. U Hla Myint and Dr Kyaw Nyunt in Computational Mathematics; U Soe Nyunt and Dr Pike Tin in OR courses.
    • Paid and unpaid volunteers were expected to attend the courses according to their ability and wishes.

    Expert Services

    • The University of California at Santa Cruz(UCSC) was given the expert subcontract under the project.
      Professor Harry D. Huskey Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at UCSC and the well known pioneer in computers (in the development of the first electronic computer ENIAC at the University of Pennslyvania) was the coordinator of the contract.
      ** He co-authored the first Computer Handbook. His students include Nickaus Wirth (inventor of Pascal and Modula). He is a Past President of ACM and a Fellow of ACM, IEEE and CHM.
    • The UCSC expert subcontract was to provide four long term (4x12m) experts and a few short term (1m) experts, in addition to yearly visits by Professor Huskey.
    • Long Term Experts :
      Mr Sheldon Bachus (Systems Analysis & Design, 1973)
      Dr. Malcolm Atkinson (Computer Science Expert, 1974)
      Dr. Paul Keogh (Operations Research Expert, 1974)
      Mr. Bjorn Hustaad (Simulation, 1977)
    • Short Term Experts :
      World renowned people able to visit and give lectures for one month.
    • Professor Anthony Ralston Professor and Head of the Computer Science Department of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo, NY USA , and Past President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) came as a one month short term expert in Computer Science. He introduced Structured Programming to UCC, Burma and even to the long term expert in Computer Science. (1975).
    • Professor Foreman Acton of Princeton University, Princeton NJ USA came as a one month short term expert in Numerical Analysis and conducted training courses .(1975)
    • Professor Peter Wegner of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island came as a one month short term expert in Computer Science and conducted training courses in Automata Theory.(1975)
    • Professor Wilde of Stanford University, Operations Research (1976)
    • Professor Leon Lasdon of University of Michigan, Operations Research (1976).
    • Professor Michael Stonebraker, University of California (Berkeley), INGRES Relational Database, Database 1977)

    UN Experts

    • Dr. Shafeek Saleeb(Egypt) arrived to take up his assignment as Chief Technical Adviser of the UCC project. (1974)
    • Mr. Jan Rademaker (Netherlands) arrived to take up his assignment as an associate expert in Computer Applications under the UCC project. (1975)

    Further Development

    • More memory, 2 disk drives and card reader supplemented by the Census project.
    • For scientific and engineering applications a flat bed Calcomp plotter was acquired.
    • For teaching purposes Professor Huskey advised to get an on line time sharing mini computer system like most American Universities.
      A PDP-11/70 mini computer system was acquired.
    • Prof Huskey also lectured on micro processors and micro computers.
      UCC decided to get a microcomputer for trying out.
      Chose Cromemco (** System Three). Very good except for the 8” disk drive problems. A lot of experience gained.
    • Government relaxed on buying microcomputers for the govt departments. Many acquired Cromemco and started their applications on microcomputers.
    • Since UCC is to be used mainly for training the Board proposed the establishment of a National Computer Center for use by government departments.

    Updates

    MASAA recorded & broadcast interviews by

    • Dr. Aung Gyi
    • Dr. San Hla Aung
    • U Soe Paing

    Posts

    • Associations
    • Interviews
    • Memories of UCC
    • Paing Brothers

  • Science Scholar

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    ရူပ ချွန် နဲ့ ဓာတု ချွန် (1969 – 72) တချို့

    Physics SS & Chemistry SS

    1969

    • ကျော်ကျော်လှိုင် (P) — SS Hall of Fame

    1970

    • ခင်ဆွေမြင့် (P) — ပါချုပ် Rector
    • ကျော်ဌေး (P) — SS Hall of Fame
    • သိန်းလွင် (P) — ကျူရှင် Tuition
    • အောင်မင်း (C) — ကုန်သည်ကြီး Merchant
    • (ကို)စန်း (C) — ပါချုပ် Rector

    1971

    • တက်တိုး (P) — Thai တက္ကသိုလ် ပါမောက္ခ Professor

    1972

    • သက်ထွန်းအောင် (P) — ပါချုပ် Rector
    • ကျော်တင့် (P) — Silicon Valley
    • သိန်းဝင်း (P) — Microsoft, Munich
    • သိန်းဝေ (P)
    • သန်းထွန်း (C) — ကျူရှင် Tuition
    • ကျော်မျိုးနိုင် (C)
    • ချိုသာ (C)

    Posts

    • Education Systems
    • Scholarship
    • Science Scholar (Maths)
    • Stipend

    Updates

    • Kyemon published an article about Science Scholars. The author (Sein Win) was a Science Scholar for Maths. He was Lt. Gen & Defense Minister at that time.
    • Maths 72
      Sein Win
      Kyaw Tin
      Aung Thu were Ministers at ASSK government
    • 1970 Maths Ko Thant Sin Maung was Minister of Transport
  • Physics

    Physics

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    U Hla Moe (GBNF)

    Obituary
    Kutho Donation

    Physics Pu Zaw Pwe

    PZP

    PZP by Physics Major (1st batch : 1966) & (2nd batch : 1967)

    Centennials

    • Dr. Maung Maung Kha
    Sayar Kha Hall
    • U San Tha Aung
    U STA & Saya Kha

    RIT Physics (GBNF)

    • U Hlwan Moe
    • Daw May Than Nwe
    • Daw Nyein
    • U Nyunt Yin
    • Robert Po Yein
    • U Saw Hlaing

    Posts

    • Dr. Maung Maung Kha
    • Early Sayas
    • Early State Scholars
    • GBNF
  • UCC Soul mates

    UCC Soul mates

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    Some found their soul mates while working or studying at UCC.

    • Aung Aung & Kyin Mya
    • Aung Myint Oo & Thida Khin
    • Boe Ba Shan & Phyu Phyu Win
    • Htay Aung & Tin Tin Hlaing
    HA & TTH, SMM & KAM
    • Kyaw Zwa Than & Khin Khin Kyu
    • Myint Oo & Tin Tin Hla
    • Myint Swe & Nge Ma Ma Than (GBNF)
    MS & NMMT
    • Myint Zaw & Nwe Nwe Win
    • Ngwe Soe & Nu Nu Yee
    • Sein Myint & Sao Mon Sint
    • Sein Myint Maung & Khin Aye Mu
    • Soe Than & Wai Wai Than
    • Than Maung Maung & Khin Si Thoung
    • Than Tun & Hla Hla Win (GBNF)
    • Thaung Tin & Tin Tin Aye
    • Thein Oo & Than Than Tint
    • Win Hlaing & Thida Kyi
    • Win Myint & Nu Nu Aung

    Posts

    • Memories of UCC
    • Paying back to my alma mater

  • Visit to YTU

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    WHO, Daw Thida, U Hla Min
    • During my visit to YTU, I met U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) and Sayama Daw Thida (Physics).
    • WHO explained about the YTU Library Modernization Project. He took us to the Alumni Association Office & the Saya’s corner. He told us that Swel Daw Yeik Foundation had purchased three wheel chairs for use by sayas attending the SPZPs held at YTU. They will be maintained by the Alumni Association.
    • Daw Thida joined the RIT Physics Department in 1971. She was a core member of the team for “Saya Dr. Maung Maung Kha’s Centennial Birthday” celebration.

    Posts

    • Associations
    • BIT to YTU
    • Education Systems

    Updates

    • The pandemic caused disruption to projects. There were restrictions on travel.
    • Alumni worldwide donated to the YTU Modernization Project. Two phases were completed.
    • WHO is busy as Maung Mar Ga
    • Daw Thida & U Oo Khin Maung helped celebrate the Centennial of U San Tha Aung

  • 1st BE (Mech Engg) in 1965

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    • 164 ယောက်
    • 164 students were admitted to the 1st BE (Mech Engg) class in 1965.
    • Most graduated in 1971. Some left RIT before graduation.

    ကျောင်းသား (တချို့)
    Some Students

    • မြင့်သင်း (ကွယ်လွန်) — လူရည်ချွန်၊ လှေလှော် Myint Thin (GBNF) — Luyechun, Rowing
    • Winston လှမောင် Winston Hla Maung
    • နေဝင်း Nay Win
    • စိုးမြင့် Soe Myint
    • သိန်းအောင် Thein Aung
    • Edwin Sutherland
    • Stanley Saw — မျိုးလွင် Myo Lwin
    • Oscar Oo — ဘိုဘိုဦး Bo Bo Oo
    • နိုင်မိုး Naing Moe
    • သိန်းဝင်း Thein Win
    • ခင်မောင်မြင့် Khin Maung Myint
    • Michael Aye
    • Uttam Singh

    Updates

    • Some moved to or worked overseas.
    • Stanley Saw — New Zealand
    • Khin Maung Myint — Singapore
    • Willie Ko Shwe — Thailand
    • Michael Aye & Uttam Singh — USA

    Posts

    • Class of 1971
    • Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65
    • Exam Results of 1971
    • Intake of 65
  • Law

    Law

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    Video Broadcast on December 16, 2020

    Law Department and Professors

    • When Rangoon University was established in December 1920, it had the Department of Law.
    • U May Aung served as the first Professor.

    U May Aung

    • Barrister-at-law, LL.D
    • Professor of Law (1920 -1922)
    • Rakkhine national
    • Later : Home Minister
    • Daughter : Daw Mya Sein (Scholar)

    Sir Arthur Eggar

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    Sir Arthur Eggar
    • Professor of Law (1923 – 1937)
    • Earlier served as Lecturer in the Maths Department at Rangoon College
    • Alumnus of Cambridge University
    • Author, Egg-Bairn Rowing Style
    • Legal Advisor in UK, Middle East & Burma
    • Founder (in 1923) & Life President, Rangoon University Boat Club
    • Pledged one third of his salary for the operation of RUBC
    • Wrote his autobiography (in three installments) for the Guardian Magazine in the mid 50s.
    • Several Old Members including me reprinted his autobiography for the 90th Anniversary of RUBC.
      YUBC OMA has copies of the autobiography. It could be of interest to Law students & practitioners.

    Dr. Ba Han

    Dr. Ba Han
    • Alumnus of Sorbonne University
    • Professor Law for two terms : (1937 – 1942) and (1946 – 1950)
    • Rangoon University was closed for a period during the war
    • Compiled a dictionary
    • Dr. Ba Maw (Adipati, former English Lecturer at RU) is his brother. Both brothers are B.O.B (Brothers’ Old Boys).

    U Kyaw Myint

    U Kyaw Myint
    • First in Burma in Matric exam with distinctions in all subjects from Central. He & Dr. Ba Than were selected by Mr. Matthew Hunter (Principal of Rangoon College) to take the entrance exam of Calcutta University. His beloved mother passed away. He requested the Principal that he wanted to pay last respect to his mother. The Principal warned that he would be expelled if he did not show up at the entrance exam. He attended his mother’s last journey and was punished with the expulsion from the College. Worse still, his father threatened to disown him. The story of U Kyaw Myint can be read in a series of blogs by his son Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint and re-printed in my web site hlamin.com
    • Professor of Law & Dean of the Faculty of Law (1950 – 1958)
    • Earlier : Justice of High Court & Supreme Court, Head of the Tribunal that tried Galon U Saw, Co-founder of a political party with Dr. Ba Maw.
    • Later : founded his law firm
    • Siblings : elder brother (ICS U Tin Tut), two younger brothers (U Myint Thein & Dr. Htin Aung), and three younger sisters (Daw Khin Mya Mu, Daw Khin Saw Mu & Daw Tin Saw Mu)
    • According to Dr. TOKM, his father U Kyaw Myint had full confidence in his students (e.g. Guardian U Sein Win, Sao Hso Holm, U Mya Thein).

    Law Professors (for the later periods)

    • U Myint (1958 – 1961)
    • U Aung Khine (1961 – 1964)
    • U Hla Aung (1965 – 1971)
    • U Tin Ohn (1971 – 1986)
    • U Tin Aung Aye (1986 – 1994)
    • Daw Than Nwe (1994 – 2007)
    • Dr. Daw Khin Mar Yi (2007 – 2018)

    Law Degrees

    • BL
      Generally taken after BA or BSc; Taken by several student leaders; Requirement for senior Police and Military Police Officers; Also taken by several BCS e.g. U Khin Maung Gyi, BA, BCS, BL
    • LLB
      Under the new Education System, e.g. Daw May Thi Kha (daughter of Saya Kha)
    • Master of Law
      e.g. LLM

    Laws

    They may vary with Place and Time

    • National Law
    • International Law
    • Constitutional Law
    • Maritime Law
    • Civil Law
    • Criminal Law
    • Religious Law (in some countries)
    • Intellectual Property Law

    Miscellaneous

    • RU Centennial Celebrations
      by Law Department in March 2020
    • Law Practitioners
      Lawyers
      Advocates
      Judges
      …
      RL
      HGP
      Ad hoc (during a period of BSPP regime)

    Posts

    • Departments
    • Disciplines
  • Khin Maung Zaw (Names)

    Khin Maung Zaw (Names)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    Dr. Khin Maung Zaw (Frank Gale, SPHS63)

    Frank (Standing : second from left)
    • Stood 17th in the Matriculation exam in 1963.
    • Retired after working in the UK.
    • He visited Yangon to see his mother, elder sisters and Old Paulians.
    • His eldest sister, who was taking care of the mother, passed away unexpectedly. The mother followed soon.

    U Khin Maung Zaw (“KMZ”, SPHS70, EC76)

    KMZ (Right)
    • Attended St. Paul’s High School
    • Matriculated in 1970 from No. (6) Botahtaung SHS State High School (name of SPHS after nationalization in 1965)
    • Due to disturbances, the convocation for KMZ’s class took place in March 1977. For simplicity & consistency), we call his class as “Class of 76”.
    • Represented All Universities in Hockey and RIT in Rowing.
    Hockey
    • Played as the last defender in the RIT Hockey Team. Many played for the University & All-Institutes Team. He coached Thura Thant Zin (goalkeeper). At RUBC, Thura coached KMZ.
    • Helped Maung Maung Hnyut & brothers (major players for the Graduation Photos).
    • Volunteered at UCC. He usually brought an empty lunch box and a spoon. Several friends and some “ah ma gyis” would provide him lunch.
    • Took courses at UCC, but flatly refused to do some assignments (e.g. COBOL).
    • Worked in Singapore and then migrated to US. He has been in the Seattle region since his arrival in the US.
    KMZ in Seattle
    • When my company subsidized my vacation trip (for the successful completion of a project), we visited KMZ at his old house. He showed us around (including a day trip to Vancouver, Canada). He showed me his wine cellar. Since I do not drink, I ended up with his concoction (“ginger beer (or similar) with ice cream”).
    • Founding member of RIT Alumni International
    • We were lucky when we were planning for SPZP-2000. He was working four 10-hour week with the Technology and Architecture Group of Nordstrom (where he had time & luxury to play with several computer systems).
    • Accepted the call of Saya U Soe Paing (our mentor at UCC) and me to set up a web site for RIT sayas and alumni.
    • Designed and implemented the first RIT web site. He was then an eligible bachelor and had a three day weekend. He burned the midnight oil preparing for the SPZP-2000.
    • Promised SPZP-2000 attendees that he would work on Version 2.0 of the web site. Things changed. Had a wonderful job at Microsoft and also started a wonderful family. A busy schedule at work and at home meant that maintaining and extending the web site would no longer have the top priority. He longer had time for RIT Updates.
    • Visited SF Bay Area in March 2018 to attend the retirement soon kyway of Maurce Chee (M75). There was a pre-soon kwyay gathering at a Sea Food Restaurant in San Mateo.
    • Mailed me two books that he bought in Myanmar. One is “U Thant Ah Ye Ah Khin” by Htein Win (Photo). The other is a “tran-composition” of Saya Zaw Gyi’s poems about Pagan by Ah May Thar.
    • After retirement, he is doing forensics on his old desktops and PCs to recover albums, and articles.
    • Has provided tags and comments for my postings.
    KMZ’s visit to SF Bay Area

    U Khin Maung Zaw (SPHS71, EE77)

    • Per KMZ, the “other Khin Maung Zaw” is also from SPHS, 71 batch. He’s an active member & instigator of OPA (Old Paulians Association) as well as RIT Electrical 1971-77 group.
    • EE77 group donated Kyat 77 Lakhs collected mainly from the group towards the flood victims through Daw Khin Kyi foundation. Amazingly he was able to cajole exactly Kyat 77L to commemorate 1977 batch folks. Sadhu! Sadhu Sadhu!
    • Interesting enough he and KMZ overlap in several areas, SPHS, RIT including Hockey and Rowing at RIT,

    U Khin Maung Zaw (T76)

    Per Ko Myat Thein (Adam K Khan, EP76) :

    There is another Khin Maung Zaw (whom I called Ngachate tayoke literally meaning Black Chinese because he has dark complexion) Class 76 Textile. We had very good conversations at D9 when we were final year students.

    Saya U Khin Maung Zaw

    • One is English Saya
    • Another is Chemistry Saya

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  • In Memory of Saya Allen Htay

    In Memory of Saya Allen Htay

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    Saya Allen (Center)

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated in 1952
    • Graduated with Civil Engineering in 1958
    • Joined Faculty as Assistant Lecturer
    • Received Masters from Harvard University
    • Promoted to Lecturer
    • Later, moved to USA
    • See Posts about Saya

    Family

    • Married Daw Mu Mu Kin in 1971.
    • They have a son, a daughter and four grandsons.
    • Son Myo Lynn Htay (Electrical Engineer) has two sons : Alyn and Daniel
    • Daughter Thuzar Kin Htay has two sons : Reed and Miles
    Alyn, Dhaniel, Reed, Daw Mu Mu Kin, Miles

    SF Bay Area RIT Alumni

    Contributions

    • Leader, SF Bay Area RIT Alumni Group
    SF Bay Area Alumni
    • Founding member & President, RIT Alumni International
    SPZP-2000 Organizers
    • Organizer, SPZP-2000
    • His article, “Brother, can you afford US$500?” helped with Fund Raising of SPZP-2000 with five Golden Sponsors — Steeve Kay (Thaung Sein, EC70, GBNF), Benny Tan (Yu Beng, M70), David Ko (Tin Myint, M67, GBNF), Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M69), Maung Maung Than (M79) — and many donors.

    Gatherings

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    Donation to YTU library

    • In memory of Saya Allen, Daw Mu Mu Kin donated books and book shelves to YTU Library.
    • Maurice Chee (M75) coordinated the shipment of Saya’s books.
    D 1
    D 2
    D 3
    D 4
    D 5
    D 6
    D 7

    Financial Aid for eligible YTU students

    • In memory of Saya Allen, Daw Mu Mu Kin provided Financial Aid for eligible YTU students.
    • NorCal RITAA and ARITA coordinated with the selection of students.

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