Career
He is one of the few Burmese successful songwriters that do not rely on writing cover songs. In a 2008 interview, he claimed that he had not written a cover song since 2003, and that 95% of 400 plus songs he had written were of his own creation. Saung Oo Hlaing is a medical doctor by training.
He has a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon.