Ba Htay
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Ba Htay was a Burmese administrator, the Chairman of the Multi-Party Democracy General Election Commission and one of the pioneers of the now-extinct Scouting
movement in Burma.
Ba Htay, representing the Union of Burma Boy Scouts
was elected one of the very earliest chairmen of the five-man Far East Scout Advisory Committee (FESAC), which would later become the Asia-Pacific Region, and served from 1958 to 1960.
Ba Htay started his career as a tutor at Rangoon University, for a brief period. He later became Indian Civil Service (ICS), and was referred to as ICS U Ba Htay, one of very few elite administrators in the government. He held such posts as Commissioner of Settlement and Land Records, Financial Commissioner, and Chairman of Burmah Oil Company, when the government took over 51% of the shares from the BOC. After retirement
in 1963, he was brought back into public life as the Multi-Party Democracy General Election Commission in 1988, after nation-wide protests included demands for a free and fair election.
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
movement in Burma.
Ba Htay, representing the Union of Burma Boy Scouts
Scouting in Burma
Scouting in Burma had a five-decade history. Today Burma is one of only five of the world's independent countries without an active Scouting movement...
was elected one of the very earliest chairmen of the five-man Far East Scout Advisory Committee (FESAC), which would later become the Asia-Pacific Region, and served from 1958 to 1960.
Ba Htay started his career as a tutor at Rangoon University, for a brief period. He later became Indian Civil Service (ICS), and was referred to as ICS U Ba Htay, one of very few elite administrators in the government. He held such posts as Commissioner of Settlement and Land Records, Financial Commissioner, and Chairman of Burmah Oil Company, when the government took over 51% of the shares from the BOC. After retirement
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...
in 1963, he was brought back into public life as the Multi-Party Democracy General Election Commission in 1988, after nation-wide protests included demands for a free and fair election.