Continued as Researcher, Scholar and Administrator in UK.
There is an Economic Theory with Saya’s name.
Dr. Tha Hla
Dr. Tha Hla
Studied for Doctorate in Geology in the UK
Became Professor and Head of Geology Department
Retired as Rector of the University of Rangoon
Served as UN Advisor in several countries (e.g. France) and settled in Thailand.
There are several anecdotes about Saya.
When an AFPFL minister protested the States Scholarship for his mentee Dr. Nyi Nyi, Saya did not back out. He pushed the nomination through during a period when the minister was away.
Saya is highly regarded for “Leader by Example“ Saya calmly convinced the students and crowd (following the agitator Ajala) to disperse
Director Thar Du was unhappy when Saya (as Member of the Movie Censor Board) recommended some parts of the movie to be revised. Thar Du was surprised and delighted when Saya voted the same movie for an Academy Award. Saya explained that the two roles required different consideration.
During his stay in Thailand (while waiting for a US visa), Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) was recommended by Dr. Tha Hla to be a proof reader for the Nation newspaper.
He hosted people with different backgrounds and beliefs and helped them if needed. Saya offered guests (including U Tin Maung Nyunt) his collection of Whiskey and drinks. He had two recommendations : “Do not spoil Whiskey by adding water or soda.” “You can drink Ah Yet (liquor), but never let Ah Yet drink you.”
Dr. Maung Maung Kha
Dr. Mg Mg Kha
I have written several posts about Saya Dr. Maung Maung Kha. Dr. Oke Soe Kha provided photos and information about his parents Saya Kha and Sayama Daw Ruby.
Studied for Doctorate in Metereological Physics in the UK
In the early days, the Physics Department was run with the experts from Meteorology Department.
Became Professor and Head of Physics Department
Served as Rector of the University of Rangoon, Rangoon Arts and Science University (RASU) and University Distance Learning
He is the longest tenured Rector in RU and its descendant Universities
Shwe Ku May Hnin remembered Saya Kha’s smile when a student (from the Social and Reading Club) asked him, “Saya, will you continue the tradition of Di Tha Par Mauk Kha Saya giving away his beautiful daughters to brilliant students?”.
A member of the RU Centennial group remembered Saya Kha’s smile and forgiveness when he was inadvertently hit by a student (who had to take classes at Workers’ College and come to the Main Campus for practical sessions). The young Physics sayas U Thein Aung (Micky) and U Thein Htut scolded the offender and his companions for not knowing Sayagyi.
Per Dr. Alvin Oak Soe Kha, his father is the Rector with the longest tenure and is known for his kindness and compassion. He also enjoyed seeing his father played the violin and sang songs together with the renowned artist Saya U Ba Kyi. “Only Two” (English translation of “Hna Yauk Hte Nay Chin Hte” by Saya U Ba Kyi) was a hit at the RU Annupyinnya Ah Thinn.
Other Scholars
Dr. Po Aye studied Meteorology Retired as Director General of Meteorology and Hydrology
U Pe Maung Tin Pali and Myanmar Scholar
ICS U Sein Tin (Theikpan Maung Wa) Khit San Sar Pay co-founder
Thailand hosted the inaugural event at Bangkok in 1959
Burmese athletes include Tin Maung Ni & team (Swimming), Tun Mra, Kyaw Mra, Soe Mra and Tun Naung (Track and Field), Tun Aung & Victor Pe Win (Tennis), Boxing, Weightlifting …
2nd SEAP Games
Burma hosted the event at Rangoon in December 1961.
Aung San Stadium was the main venue for Track & Field and Soccer. Volleyball, Basketball and Gymnastics were competed indoors.
Swimming, Diving and Water Polo contests were held at the National Swimming Pool on U Wisara Road.
Dean U Yu Khin was Chairman of the Sports Promotion Committee.
U Tin Maung Swe was Secretary of the Sports Promotion Committee.
Dr. Ko Ko Lay was Chairman of the University Sports Council.
University Students who represented Burma in the Games
Tun Mra, Kyaw Mra, Soe Mra and Tun Naung (Athletics)
Maung Hla and Thida (Badminton)
Nyan Min (Basketball)
Derek Lynsdale and Aye Kyaw (Swimming)
Mao Toon Siong and C. Say Eng (Table Tennis)
Joe Ba Maung, Than Lwin and Mu Mu Khin (Tennis)
Kyaw Han (Volleyball)
Myo Nyunt (Weightlifting)
Richard Yu Khin (Yachting)
Athletics
In Track and Field, Burma placed first in the medal standings. Tun Mra won a Gold in the 4×100 m relay with Soe Aung (Burma Champion) as anchor. Kyaw Mra won Silver in the Hurdles. Soe Mra won Gold in the Pole Vault. Tun Mra, Kyaw Mra and Soe Mra are the sons of U Shwe Mra. Kyaw Mra would later serve as National Coach.
Swimming
In Swimming, Burma placed first in the medal standings. Tin Maung Ni won 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4x100m freestyle relay, and 4×100 medley relay. His team mates won the other events. Aye Kyaw (cousin of Dr. Hla Yee Yee) and Derek Lynsdale represented Burma in swimming.
Tennis
Joe Ba Maung was the National Singles Champion in Tennis. He and Than Lwin were the National Doubles Champion. Than Lwin would succeed Joe Ba Maung as the Singles Champion. Mu Mu Khin (Daphne Tha Dok) was the Ladies Champion, She later married Than Lwin.
Table Tennis
Mao Toon Siong was Burma Champion for Singles and Doubles in Table Tennis. He later served as National Coach.
Volleyball
Kyaw Han won the Gold as a member of the Burma Selected Team
Yachting
Richard Yu Khin won Gold in Yachting.
Miscellaneous
The member nations include Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Burma hosted the 2nd Games (in 1961) and the 5th Games (in 1969)
In the later period, SEAP Games gave way to SEA Games
Subjects in Primary, Middle and High School / ငယ်စဉ်က သင်ခဲ့ရသော ဘာသာများ
Arithmetic / ဂဏန်း သင်္ချာ
Algebra / အက္ခရာ သင်္ချာ
Geometry / ဂဲဩ မေတြီ
Trigonometry / ထရစ်ဂို နိုမေတြီ
စနစ်ဟာင်း / Early examination
သင်္ချာတစ် (Arithmetic)
သင်္ချာနှစ် (Algebra, Geometry)
အပိုသင်္ချာ (Additional Maths)
စနစ်သစ် / Later examination
* High School Maths (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry)
Dr. Min Oo / former classmate
Min Oo (Seated Leftmost)
သူငယ်ချင်း ကိုမင်းဦ: က Calculus နှင့် အဆင့်မြင့်သင်္ချာ တို့်ကို High School တက်စဉ် ကိုယ်ပိုင်လေ့လာသည်။ တက္ကသိုလ်ဝင်တန်းတွင် Second in Burma ရရှိပါသည်။
Concrete Maths (Selections from Continuous Maths and Discrete Maths)
Computational Maths
Engineering Maths
Dr. Chit Swe (Saya Chit)
Founder of UCC
Established Computer Science / Education and Applications in Burma
My Mentor ဆရာ၏ projects များတွင် ပါဝင် ထမ်းဆောင်ခဲ့ရသည်။ Maths ဆရာများနှင့် သိကျွမ်းခဲ့ပါသည်။
ဆရာ့အကြောင်း posts များ publish လုပ်ထားပါသည်။
ဆရာကြီးများ နှင့် ဝါရင့်ဆရာများ
U Aung Hla (coded Burmese songs / spouse Daw May Than and son Ko Mya Than are talented musicians)
U Kar (Minister in the Caretaker government)
U Ba Toke (Phwa Bet Taw for Rangoon University and first RU Students Strike in 1920)
U Net (Mandalay; father of Sayama Daw Khin Mar Mar; grandpa of Wunna Ko Ko)
Dr. Chit Swe (Founder of UCC / Computer Systems, Application and Education)
Dr. Ba Kyi (Mandalay)
Dr. Tin Maung (succeeded Dr. Chit Swe as Director of UCC; first Rector of ICST; son of U Kar)
U Hein Tin (DSA)
U Tin Hlaing – Education
U Sein Min – Eco / RASU
U Khin Zaw (My saya in I.Sc.(A))
Choudhury (My saya in I.Sc.(A))
U Ko Lay – Workers
U Ko Lay – Mote Seik
U Hla Myint (1) – Eco; father of Shein Soe Myint
U Hla Myint (2) – RASU / RIT
Dr. Thein Myint (Analysis)
Dr. Khin Maung Win (father of Maung Yit and Junior Win)
Dr. Saw Tin (Engineering Mathematics)
Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Maung Thin Char)
Daw Myint Myint Khaing (daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing)
Daw Myint Myint – RASU / RIT
Dr. Kyaw Nyunt – Numerical Methods
Dr. Kyaw Thein (succeeded Dr. Tin Maung at ICST)
Dr. Pyke Tin (literally means “left on a net”; succeeded Dr. Kyaw Thein at ICST)
U Aung Sein (Record holder for First Class Honors; brother of Dr. Maung Di)
U Soe Nyunt (Graph Theory)
Daw Khin Ma Ma (My sayama in I.Sc.(A))
U Soe Min (Astronomy)
U Maung Maung Tin (Administrator)
U Sein Win (Astronomy)
U Sein Win (Son of Arzani U Ba Win; later Dr.)
U Khin Maung Latt
U Sein Shan – RIT
U Shwe Hlaing – RIT
U Tun Shein – RIT
Dr. Thaung Nyunt – RIT
Daw Khin Nwe Yi – RIT
Daw Khin Lay Myint – RIT
U Ko Gyi – RIT
Daw Myint Nyan – RIT
Daw Khine Nyan – RIT
Daw Myint Myint – RIT
Dr. Saw Tin – RIT
U Aung – RIT
U Thein Han – RIT
Maths Curriculum Committee
U Ba Shan (Brother of Pagan U Ba Gyan who survived the shooting on July 19, 1947)
U Myint Than
U Myint Thein (later Dr.)
U Kyaw Soe (later Dr.)
U Yan Aung
Some sayas from Burma Education Research Bureau)
Notes
Padamyar Winhtein (U Win Thein) stood first in Third and Final Year Maths.
He had blogged about some of his sayas and his expertise.
The following is his notes about U Aung Sein.
U Aung Sein နဲ့ပတ်သက်လို့ မှတ်တမ်းတင်စရာရှိနေတယ်သူ့အဖေက ကန့်ဘလူ ဘူတာအဝင် Arabic School ရဲ့ ကျောင်းအုပ် မော်လဝီ ဆရာကြီးဒေါက်တာမောင်ဒီ နဲ့ ဖအေတူ အမေကွဲ ညီ အစ်ကို
ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် နဲ့မန္တလေးတက္ကသိုလ် သင်္ချာ ဂုဏ်ထူးတန်းကို ၁၉၆၆ ခုနှစ် အထိ ဖွင့်ခဲ့တယ်ရန်ကုန်သင်္ချာ ဂုဏ်ထူးတန် နောက်ဆုံးနှစ် ကျောင်းသားတွေ ထဲမှာ ဒေါက်တာစိန်ဝင်းနဲ့ လှည်းတန်းက ကျူ ရှင် ဆရာ ဦးသာ တို့ပါဝင်တယ်ဦးအောင်စိန် ကို မှတ်တမ်းတင်ရမဲ့ အချက်ကအဲဒီ ကာလက ဖွင့်ခဲ့သမျှသင်္ချာ ဂုဏ်ထူးတန်းမှာ First Class first Division ရခဲ့တဲ့ ဦးအောင်စိန် အမှတ် တွေက recorded ဖြစ်ခဲ့တယ်စံချိန် ချိုးနိုင်သူ မပေါ် ခဲ့သေးဘူး
The following is his notes about Dr. Sein Win
Sein Win received his Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Mathematics from University of Rangoon in 1966 . He received a diploma in Mathematics in 1974, and a Doctorate of Science (Doctor rerum naturalium) from Hamburg University in Germany. He served as a tutor at Rangoon University up to his scholarship to Hamburg University and lecturer at University of Colombo in Sri Lanka from 1980 to 1981 and at Nairobi University in Kenya from 1982 to 1984. Now he returned back home.
Aung Myaing (ChE72) wrote :
Maths or Math?
Let me share my understanding.
Both math and maths are short for the word mathematics. Math is the preferred term in the United States and Canada. Maths is the preferred term in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and other English-speaking places like Myanmar.
Ko Ko Kyi (EC72) replied :
Aung Myaing Those of us from older generation, who were taught “British English” prefer the English way of spelling or terms. Younger generation who attend or attended American International Schools are used to the American spelling or terms. Canada is a special case. It is a hybrid system, which accepts both British English and American English. This is because, it is influenced by its big neighbor or neighbour, the USA and at the same time wants to keep its British heritage as a former British colony and present member of the Commonwealth. When my daughter was enrolled at a Canadian junior high school many years ago, I asked the teacher what was the preferred way of spelling. She said both British English and American English were accepted.
Aung Myaing added :
Koko Kyi ! Thanks! Glad to know that you’re the reader of Ko Hla Min’s posts. Ko Hla Min has been my icon since my days at RIT as a student.
Ko Ko Kyi replied :
Aung Myaing Yes, I do read Ko Hla Min’s posts. In fact, I had to ask for his advice when we set up the Sunday Dhamma school for Myanmar children at our monastery in Toronto. He has a lot of experience on the children’s Dhamma school in California.
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