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We are most pleased to inform you the Wah Yan One Family One Future Lam and Esther Concert, a major event of the "Dream of Wah Yan" Fundraising Campaign, will be held on Saturday, 27 September 2008 at Hall 3, The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Please refer to the attachments for all the relevant details.  Should you need further information, please feel free to contact Mr. Monty Fong (tel: 2891 9970 email: monty@wahyanonefamily.org) or click www.wahyanonefamily.org.

[Please click here for Appeal Letter]
[Please click here for Reply Slip]
[Please click here for Poster]

WYKPSA proudly presents the first ever Homecoming Concert of WYK.  This concert features choir performances by graduates of 1960s to 2000s, current and former orchestral players and 'Father-and-Son' chamber performance.  The details are as follows:

Date: 30 August 2008 (Sat)
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: School Hall, Wah Yan College Kowloon, 56 Waterloo Road

Please refer to the attachments for further details.  Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact WYK School Office at 2384 1038 or Mr. S. Keung at sk@wyk.edu.hk.

[Please click here for Appeal Letter & Order Form]
[Please click here for Programme]
[Please click here for Poster]

Share My Song featuring Stephen Ng - 18 Jun 2008 (WED)

Here is the recording of radio programme "Share My Song" (有誰共鳴) on Commercial Radio 881 which features Stephen Ng.

[Please click here for Part 1]
[Please click here for Part 2]

Annual General Meeting & Annual Dinner 2008 - 31 May 2008 (SAT)

The Annual General Meeting & Annual Dinner 2008 will be held at the end of this month:

Date: 31 May 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Venue: 5/F, YMCA International House (23 Waterloo Road)
Price for Dinner: HK$250@

All are welcome! We look forward to see you there!

For reservation and enquiries, please contact Raymond Siu at 9208 8374 or wykpsa@gmail.com

[Please click here for the Notice of Annual General Meeting]
[Please click here the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting]
[Please click here the Auditors' Report]
[Please click here the Post Signum]

Small Class Education - 18 May 2008 (SUN)

Here is the recording of radio programme "Beautiful Sunday" (政好星期天) on Commercial Radio 881 which features Fr. Chow & Prof. Lui.

[Please click here for Part 1]
[Please click here for Part 2]

Small Class Education - 12 May 2008 (MON)

Professor Francis Lui Ting Ming was asked by Fr. Deignan to study on small class education.  He has recently published an article on HK Economic Journal.

[Please click here for the article]

Gala Premiere - 27 Mar 2008 (THU)

A Fundraising Premiere of the film "Three Kingdom - Resurrection of the Dragon" starring Andy Lau Tak Wah, Sammo Hung and Maggie Q was held on the 27th March, 2008 at the Grand Cinema, Elements, Kowloon.

The premiere was part of the continuous effort of Wah Yan One Family Foundation Limited in raising funds to fulfill the Dream of Rev. Father A. Deignan S.J. of providing a better education, spiritually, morally and academically for Wah Yan College of Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Mr Stephen Yow Muk Shing was the chief patron and other patrons included the Wing On Travel, Dr Chung Ka Leung, Mr. Cheung Chung Kiu and Mr. Christopher Chan.. Two past students of Wah Yan College, the Honourable Mr. Michael Suen Ming Yeung and the Honourable Mr. Stephen Lam Shui Lun were the guests of honour who received donation cheques on behalf of Wah Yan One Family Foundation Limited. A gross sum of over HK$1.3 million was collected at the event attended by 800. - Peter Tam reports

[Please click here for photos]

We have updated Photobank with the following functions:
• Walkathon 2007 (48min video)
• Wah Yan One Family Foundation Golf Day
• WYHKPSA Spring Banquet
• Wah Yan One Family Foundation Film Premiere
• WYKPSA Meeting

Click the photo above to recapture the precious moment.

[Please click here for photos]

It is sad to let you and all past students know that Mr. Hilary Lee Hoi Chow 李海洲, our beloved Science, Geography, English and Mathematics teacher, passed away on February 16 at the age of 89. His funeral service has been scheduled at 11:00am on March 12 (Wednesday) at Universal Funeral Parlour, Hunghom. The WYKPSA will pay tribute to the late Mr. Lee in the previous evening.

Mass for Mr. Lee Hoi Chow
Date: 5pm, Saturday, 15 March 2008
Venue: St. Ignatius Chapel, Wah Yan College Kowloon

Please join to pay last tribute to our beloved Mr. Lee.

Vincent Lee, a student of Mr. Lee, has written an article tribute to Mr. Lee.

"Mr. Lee was my Form Master in F.1 D.

He spoke (English) slowly, and with such clarity and "authority" - perhaps just to give us little boys (like me) who never had classes fully immersed in the English medium (except in P.6, but then in P.6 it was Mickey mouse because the Fathers understood full well our Chinglish !) the benefit of being able to follow him. He had his rather "peculiar" or "special" way of pronouncing the word "little", I thought at the time, then got used to it. (It was me, of course, not his pronunciation that was the problem.)

At first he seemed somewhat stern to me, like our FB. When we got to know him a lot better later in the term, I found him warm, caring and easily approachable. He would speak Chinese to you to help you out if you had a problem with your school work and sought his help outside of the classroom. A gentleman and an excellent teacher in our truly formative years - Form 1, 1960, I just turned 13. I also remember consulting him after class about joining the boy scouts (they had their recruiting drive early in the 1st term of F.1). He highly recommended it, told me "You can't find any better extracurricular activities than scouting......; we have an excellent group, go and see Mr. Anthony Ho...."! "Extracurricular" was such a big/new word, I had to ask him to repeat it, and I learned that word first hand from him. He took the time to spell it out and taught me how to make the "rrrr..." sound.

I don't think in F.1 we had "divided" classes (disciplines) in science, at least not in 1 D. We just had "science" three times a week. It was in science classes we learned about botany/biology and other interesting stuff. I think it was split into Phys., Chem. and Biol. in Form 3. As Form Master, he was almost "one-foot-kick": taught us English, science and possibly also math. (can anyone help me out and confirm ?). Mr. Liu Kay-Ming taught us Chinese Language and Literature (and in his wisdom, used Mandarin as the main medium of instruction).

When I met him again 40 years later at our 2005 Easter reunion dinner, he said he could not recognize me off hand, but as soon as I reminded him of the "extracurricular" incident, his face lit up and said to me "you were in the scouts, yes....". He seemed a little pale, but in good spirits.

Thank you, Mr. Lee, you were right on both counts: I benefited from scouting like from no other extracurricular activities; and Ho Sir and his scouters ran an excellent 11th Kowloon Boy Scouts Group! I wish I could be in your classes again, with loving memory,

VincentPC "

One Family Ball Postponed -15 Apr 2008 (TUE)

Due to unforeseeable circumstances, the One Family Ball originally scheduled to be held on 29 January 2008 has been postponed to 15 April 2008 at InterContinental Hotel Kowloon. Further details will be announced in the near future. We urge all of you to continue to support our One Family Ball and our alma mater!

Dream of Wah Yan Fund Raising - One Family Ball -15 Apr 2008 (TUE)

The One Family Ball jointly organized by Wah Yan One Family Foundation, Wah Yan College Kowloon Past Students' Association and Wah Yan (Hong Kong) Past Students' Association will be held on 15 April 2008 (Tuesday) at 6:30 p.m. at the InterContinental Hotel Kowloon, the main theme of which is "One Family, One Future - Make it Great". Mr. Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive, will be our Guest of Honour.

The Society of Jesus, the sponsoring body of the two Wah Yan Colleges, has initiated a project "Dream of Wah Yan Fund Raising", the main purpose of which is to solicit for support for improving the teaching environment of our alma mater, including provision of split classes, wider choices of subjects, and teachers of debate, drama, music, games, etc. In order to achieve these aims, a series of functions will be / have been held. A Walkathon was held on 7 October 2007. The One Family Ball, the Premiere and the Wah Yan One Family Visa Card are now in the preparatory stage. As at the date hereof, approximately HK$50 million of donation has already been received.

The One Family Ball is one of the series of important functions under the "Dream of Wah Yan Fund Raising" project. Through the theme "One Family, One Future - Make it Great", we wish we can gather all Wahyanites of different generations together as one family, and contribute to the future of our alma mater.

Your support and participation are crucial to make this unusual occasion a success. The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to join this meaningful event. Your support, however big or small, will be gratefully acknowledged and appreciated.

For details of the booking of tickets of the One Family Ball, advertisement and sponsorship arrangements, please click here for the Ticket Booking Form or contact Simon Siu (WYK 1975) at 2915 2122, Wallace Yiu (WYHK 1975) at 9125 2225, Charles Chau (WYK 1992) at 9096 9483 or Raymond Siu (WYK 1996) at 9208 8374.

[Click here for ticket booking form]

Led by Prof. Sydney Chung Sheung Chi, the SARS hero of HK and a WYHK 71, a team of Wah Yan past and current students will join the HK Marathon to be held on 17 Feb., 2008 to promote active and healthy living and to raise some funds for WYOFF. We are now calling for more runners as well as sponsors for the team. Details are in the link below; http://www.wahyanonefamily.org/m_runners.html

It would not be possible to train novice runners to marathon standard in the limited lead time available. Philip Kwok, a WYHK 71 and an experienced marathoner, has agreed to organize training runs to get team members up to speed for the 10 km race. These sessions will be conducted at 8 am on five Sundays from late December 2007 to February 2008 at the running track of Wah Yan College, Kowloon. Please contact Philip at hcpkwok@hotmail.com or 98364032 for details if you wish to join.
 
Since registration for the marathon will close on 30 December, 2007 or earlier if the quota is reached, please pass the info. to members of your class asap so that they will not miss the opportunity to join the Wah Yan team. The HK Marathon is televised around the globe and provides excellent exposure for any product. Please help to identify corporate sponsors who would like to have their company logos printed on the running gears of the Wah Yan team and ask them to contact Daniel Mak, another WYHK 71, at either retireddanielmak@msn.com or 67079653 asap  Your class is also welcome to sponsor the runners individually or collectively.

[Click here for Wah Yan One Family Marathon web site]

Should you have any comments or enquiries, please email us at psa@wyk.edu.hk