Edward Michael Law Yone (born February 5, 1911 at Kamaing, Myitkyina District (now Kachin State), Burma). Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Kamaing is a Town in the Kachin State of northernmost part of the Union of Myanmar. Myitkyina ( in English pronounced myiʔʧíná) is the Capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (formerly Burma located 919 miles from Kachin State ( Jingphaw Mungdaw) is the northernmost state of Burma. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Educated at Saint Peters' School, Mandalay, at 16 he went to work as a clerk in the Burma-China border frontier service. Mandalay is the second largest city and the last royal capital of Burma (Myanmar and is the economic and cultural hub of Upper Burma He joined the Burma Railways in 1930 as a probationer and by 1938 was in charge of the rates and commercial section, traveling in that year over the recently constructed Burma Road to survey the route proposed for linking the Burma and Yunnan-Indochina Railways. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Burma Road is a Road linking Burma (also called Myanmar with China. Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation.
Law Yone was one of the very first recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, in 1959. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF based in New York City. The following is a complete list of the awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Law Yone was a member of the Executive Committee of the Union of Burma Boy Scouts, and was an active promoter of Scouting, taking the lead in fundraising activities and traveling to international Scouting meetings. Today Burma is one of only six of the world's independent countries that do not have Scouting, however Scouting in Burma had a rich five-decade history 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