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in several days in the alpine region where they could expect to find hardy plants. During the expedition Chit Ko Ko was reported to have caught a bad chill and had to be rubbed back to warmth. Nevertheless, the expedition was a success and the team collected 37 species of
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Township in 1917. He was schooled in the village monastery, transferring to the Yangon
Bigandet Missionary School at the age of nine. It was here he learned the English language. His primary schooling was finished at the Burmese Methodist School in
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with huge flowers. During the journey, Tha Hla wrote field notes while Chit Ko Ko pressed and preserved plants and attached labels to the collections. Kingdon-Ward wrote about this journey in his 1956 book
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Dhobammar Asi-ayone. He was politically active, serving as the secretary of the Student Association and was active in the
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Mranʻ mā nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ sacʻ to kyoṅʻ ̋nhacʻ (100) praññʻʹ ʼa thimʻ ̋ʼa mhatʻ cā coṅʻ (1898-1998) = Myanmar Forest School
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with the Forest Department, persuaded him to return. In 1949 he was appointed as a Forester.
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