 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 nationwide protests included demands for a free and fair election.Election was held in Burma (Myanmar) on 27 May 1990 and Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won by landslide.