The Wah Yan (HK) PSA held the annual Christmas Gala Dinner on Friday, 17 December 2010 with over 130 guests participated and the evening was warm and enjoyable. The theme of the event was “Timeless Bonding” which truly indicated the dedications of Wahyanites.
Please click here to check the raffle ticket LUCKY DRAW RESULTS
- Raymond Yu '83 (Chairman, Organizing Committee)
The second golf tournament organized by our Association for the year 2010 was held on Wednesday, 8th December, 2010 at the Eden Course of the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. A total of 27 members participated in the match.
The final results were as follows:-
William Kwan Trophy - Gross Score
Winner: Dr. Godwin Leung
Runner-up: Mr. Mark Poon
Eric Ko Cup - Stableford
Winner: Mr. Paul Tan
Runner-up: Mr. Derek Cheung .....click here for more details - Fong Hup (Golf Convenor)
The Wah Yan Football league is back in action. Last season, there were 21 teams competing and we saw many new faces plus plenty of old pals from the two sides of the harbour.
Football is one of the best sports and vehicles to bond our brotherhood and friendship! Not only can you maintain your sportmanship, you can also see your old buddies, find new friends and enjoy the good time with your families.
The selection exercise of 2010-11 SAs was held on 6 Nov. 2010 (Sat) and out of the currently selected six SOYs, namely S5 group: 5Y Lai Pak Yan (賴伯殷), 5W Chan Nim Him (陳念謙), and 5W Ho Ka Ki, Dominic (何家騏) and F6 group: 6A Choi Sai Kit Justin (蔡世杰), 6S1 Chan Kwok Leung Tommy 陳國樑), and 6S2 Ng Lam Kwan (吳林坤), 5W Ho Ka Ki Dominic and 6S2 Ng Lam Kwan won the title of SA. The two young gentlemen will visit an overseas chapter for their timeless bonding mission this summer. Congratulations. - Peter Lai (Immediate Past President, WYHK PSA)
Watch VIDEO of naming ceremony held on 11th November 2010. (Produced by Star Studio of WYCHK)
The Christmas party season is almost here. Last year Wah Yan HK celebrated its 90th Anniversary and the theme for the Christmas Gala Dinner this year is Timeless Bonding 歲 月 情 繫 華 仁 仔 薪 火 相 傳 暖 萬 心. Naming ceremony of the Francis H.B. Wong Teaching Building will be held at the main entrance of our school at 12:00 noon on Speedh Day, Thursday, 11th November, 2010. Please contact Ms Stella Ng Tel: 2572 2251 should you wish to attend.
"This is our dear school where we learn how to treasure...," 48 Wahyanites were chanting the school song joyously on stage while their picture was being taken.
Edward Lau Fu Keung's wedding ceremony and banquet held in the Four Seasons Hotel in Central on 23rd October was well attended by Wahyanites. Edward, graduated in '96, was elected Student Ambassador and represented the PSA to visit Sydney, Australia. An active and popular member of the PSA, Edward, is currently a convenor of the Finance Fraternity.
His lovely and cheerful bride Amy did not make it into this all Wahyanite photo since, technically speaking, she went to St. Francis' Canossian College. Other photos with Amy in them will hopefully be released soon.
10 of the “Eating Warriors” met together to attend the Sichuan cuisine challenge in Wanchai last Friday (24th Sept). I supposed that was our first Wine & Dine event with Sichuan cuisine so far. 13 delicious dishes were matching with bottles of Brazilian sweet sparkling and chilled red wines (specially for Cantonese, Shanghainese & Sichuanese cuisines) were served to balance the hot & spicy feeling. In conclusion, dishes from this private kitchen were not that hot. The taste was within our limitation and we enjoyed it very much although with sweat. - Silas Chan '85
How do you count 30 years? Start from Primary 1! A Facebook event began with "Still remember what you did on 1 Sep 1980 (Monday)? ..... the 1st day of our primary school!!!!" has drawn 35 old buddies from Pun U Wah Yan class 1986 for a night of gathering (= WYCHK 1991). Time flies...
Peter Tang and his 1978 classmate Simon Tam helped some of our C grade rookies training for their October intercity tournament to be played at Guangzhou with the Guangzhou and Macau U-13 teams. These boys have been training with the Southern District team for 3 years and, having won the U-13 Adidas Cup Championship this summer, they are representing Hong Kong in the upcoming tournament. As expected, the young ones significantly outperformed the oldies in the friendly - new hope for our school football team!!
I wish to share with you the good news that we have a 10A student after an appeal in the HKCEE. Here is our Best Results of 2010 HKCEE poster featuring our top performers. We also have a student Lee Bryan Tsz Hou of 4W being invited to represent Hong Kong to participate in the World International Chess Competition to be held in Russia and the Worth Yourth Internationsl Chess Competition to be held in Greece in October and November 2010. Thought you might be proud of your younger brothers in Wah Yan. Thank you very much - George S.P. Tam
You might have noticed how much we enjoy our Wine & Dine events recently. Interested? 
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Book: From Cork to China and Windsor Castle 1889 - 1971 (printed in Ireland)
"Raymond Yu (far left) & I (far right) went to the airport today to send the students ambassadors, Peter Ho (HK08 – left), Kent Chow (K08 – middle) &
George Fung (HK09 – right) off to Los Angeles. The first function of their
2 weeks trip will be attending IC2010. Other than visiting L.A., they will
also visit San Diego & San Francisco. Bon Voyage." - Gary Ching
Eugene Tang: "In early May 2010, Fr. Deignan, Fr. Chow and a few alumni visited Beijing to participate in the First Annual Matteo-Ricci Symposium. It was at a gathering during this auspicious occasion that we decided the time was right to officially start our Beijing Chapter. With the growing importance of the Chinese economy, we see an increasing number of Wahyanites residing in Beijing. Hence, this Chapter serves to gather our fellow Wahyanites together and aims to build up a strong supportive network for students, alumni and family. In addition, we hope to act as a means for Wahyanites in Beijing to contribute to the growth and development of our schools. Finally, we would like to extend our heartfelt invitation to all alumni living or moving to Beijing to join our local chapter and participate in our activities." Contact:
Eugene Tang William Ngauv
進念．二十面體及九龍華仁聖依納爵小堂合辦
七幕多媒體歌劇 《利瑪竇的記憶宮殿》 世界首演 : 5th-9th November 2010
Over 50 financial professionals from Wah Yan attended the Finance Fraternity dinner gathering on 25th July, 2010, where we had a great time bonding, sharing our experience from the industry and chatted about our good times at Wah Yan. We were very honoured to have the presence of Fr. Deignan, Fr. Chow, Principal George Tam, and our PSA Chairman Gary Ching with us at the dinner. Here are the pictures from the enjoyable gathering for your leisure. The Finance Fraternity has 150+ registrants so far, and please feel free to contact any of our four convenors: Joseph Chan (’94), Lau Fu Keung, Edward (’96), Lau Fu Wing, Eddie (’97) and Lau Fu Man, Edmond (’99) to join / learn more about this Fraternity.
- Edward Lau
隨住明日放榜，有超過七十年歷史的會考制度亦宣告結束。五位不同年代的會考生分享對這個考試的集體回憶。五代會考生、應考年份相差七十年，返回母校香港華仁聚舊。大師兄年過九十歲，曾參與一九三八年教育司署第二屆會考；留學讀法律的二師兄是五九年考生，他指當年考試成績很差。當年大學生十分矜貴，會考畢業已經算很好，未讀完中學就便工作的，大有人在，不過對九十後小師弟來說，會考是唯一的路，他報考十科，目標是取得6A成績。
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Paul Wong 黃浩懷, (Class of 64) on Saturday July, 24, 2010. Paul was very active supporting the Ontario Chapter of the Alumni Association. He served on the Executive Committee for many years and was instrumental in organizing Alumni activities. Paul was a scout of 15HK Group.
16 Past Presidents of the PSA attended the PP Luncheon at the Chariot Club today. Various topics concerning the PSA were discussed and Fr. Morrissey's latest book on Fr. Thomas Ryan was presented by Peter Tam and Wallace Yiu.
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願炯大師 (吳兆炯) sharing at Class of 1959's 50th Anniversary Dinner: Video Clip - submitted by Luke Wong '59 |
The 2nd Annual PSA Wine & Dine (aka Dr. Chung KL Wine & Dine) was held on
Monday July 26 at Ivan The Kozak in Central. This dinner started by Martin
Kwan last year with PSA event coordinators to discuss the year plan. This
year I extend the invitation to all PSA Interest Group convenors and in
total 15 people attended. We discussed the direction of PSA for the coming
year over scrumptious Russian cuisine as well as many bottles of wine.
The mentorship group held a food & wine event at a restaurant in Central on 16 Jul 2010. Despite the hoisting of typhoon signal no.1, we had 43 participants including 28 Wahyanites and 15 guests. Silas Chan '85 made a short sharing of his wine knowlegde and helped match different wines with different dishes. Everyone found the event so enjoyable that it did not end until after mid-night. For more photos, please see our facebook
Over 50 Wahyanites and family members attended the Tree Planting ceremony at Vanier Park, Vancouver to mark its 20th Anniversary on 17th July 2010....read full article by Francis Yeung. View web album here.
(1) Very Rev. Louis Gendron S.J. Provincial, the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus requests the honour of the presence of past students of Wah Yan College to celebrate the ordination of the priesthood of Stephen LAW Sze Keung, S.J. and the ordination to the diaconate of Xavier ZONG Jian Gu, S.J. by the Most Reverend John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong on Saturday, 31 July, 2010 at 3.00 p.m in St. Ignatius Chapel, Wah Yan College, 56 Waterloo Road, Kowloon.
Bernand Tang '67 will be ordained Permanent Deacon on 24 July (Sat) at the Cathedral. The ceremony, to be held at 2:30 pm, will be officiated by the Most Rev. John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong and concelebrated by Rev. Fr. Alfred Deignan SJ. Anyone who wants to attend the ceremony, please feel free to join ....more on Kung Kao Po - Peter Tam
The PSA AGM was held at the Chinese Club, 8/F., 21-22 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong last evening followed by a dinner to celebrate Father's Day with our Reverend Fathers (Fr. Deignan, Fr. Coghlan, Fr. Chow and Fr. Baptista).
Keen interests were shown by parents and students in the Oveaseas Study Workshop jointly organized by the PSA and PTA with support from our School yesterday (26 June).
An education consultant and an alumni explained the different options of pursuing higher education in the USA and UK respectively.
Changing landscape of NSS circumlum sparked huge concerns and early preparation & leaving is anticipated. Ten alumni undergraduate
shared their experience with their younger brothers in smaller groups. Thank you for their generosity!
View photos here
- Simon Chan
Who says lawyers are all talk and no action ....as promised we did make our gathering and what a crowd we had. A bunch much merrier and cordial than the ones opposite the street last evening. Some 30 lawyers turned up for drinks from the age of 21 (young graduates) to 83 Mr. William W.S. Lo whom we believe to be the most senior practising Wah Yan lawyer now in Hong Kong while Mr. Partick Yu is of course the most senior Wah Yan lawyer of us all.
15 of us were able to resist the World Cup televising and stayed for dinner. Here's a photo of us at the China Club!
- Toby Lo
Old boy Armen Ho (1993) tied the knots with Pauline on 12th June 2010. Many will remember Ho Tung as the Aron Kwok look alike in Wah Yan.
He graduated as an Accountant but after a couple of years with the Big-Fours, he went to England and got himself a Law Degree. He is now a
Financial Controller with a real estate fund specializing in PRC Education Charity projects. The wedding was a very jolly feast with much
Wah Yan presence including his Pun U Class Mistress Ms. Cecilia Lau. Many will of course also recall Armen was an active Venture Scout
and a Cub Scout Leader for Pun U Primary School for many years.
View photos here
- Toby Lo
Our boys in Vancouver had a great time celebrating Father's Day with their families, friends, dogs, rabbits and all at Stanley Park yesterday.
Confrence date: 20~22 August / Venue: Hilton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel / Theme: Wah Yan Education, Spirit and Service / Speakers:
Fr. A. Deignan, Fr. Stephen Chow, Philip Lee (Lieut. Governor of Manitoba), Matthew Chu, John Tan, George Tam / Panel Discussions:
Dunson Cheng, Patrick Lo, Lui Tai-lok / Teachers and guests attending: Raymond Yu, Fung Kam Sang, Agnes Tam, Helen Ho, Cheung Man Sang,
Lee Kwok Pui, Norman So, Wong Chin Wah, Raymond Yu and many more to be announced soon / Participating chapters:
Ontario, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, San Francisco, U.S. Eastern, Texas, Michigan, Los Angeles, Sydney, United Kingdom and Hong Kong /
Fringe activities: Sight-seeing, shopping, golfing, golfing and more golfing...
Dear Wahyanites,
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Wah Yan College, Kowloon have stepped into their 90th anniversary and 85th anniversary respectively.
The first two celebratory events, namely the Walkathon and the Gratitude Dinner had already been held with great success last year...
The finale of our celebration programme, Wah Yan Encore, will be held on Saturday, 10th July 2010 at the Hong Kong Coliseum. It will
showcase the essence of performing arts emerged in the histories of Wah Yan. More than 800 alumni, teachers, parents, students and our
friendly schools will be performing....
In order to express our sincerity, we would like to offer you two complimentary tickets and we enclosed herein the ticket order and sponsorship form for your perusal. Should enquiries arise, please contact Lee Yu Leung on 6626 1111. We look forward to welcoming you at the Coliseum. May God bless you and your loved ones! (booking form and more here)
Yours Sincerely,
Wah Yan Encore Organizing Committee
Legal Fraternity Drinks Party on 24th June 2010. Click to see details.
Many of you may recall we have always held St. Joseph College as some kind of rival in one sense or another. Well that's also
the case in Scouting. Our 15th HKG has for decades crossed swords with the 1st HKG (St. Joseph College HK) in numerous Scouting
competitions. These battles have historically been affectionately known as FiFi events by the scouting community (First vs Fifteen).
Last week on 21st May 2010, we had another FiFi of a very different nature. Michael Sy our Scout Troop Leader (as well as one of the webmasters for the PSA) took 1st HKG Leader Jennifer as his bride and tied the knot of matrimony by a very special wedding held at the Tai Tam Scout Campsite. Everything including the Civil Celebrant was a Scout. Please click to see more. Our three cheers to Michael!
Dr. Stephan Rothlin S.J., Chairman of the Association for International Business Ethics, will direct a contemplation course at Xavier House, Cheung Chau, from 11th to 13th June (Friday to Sunday).
"He has represented us in basketball, football, athletics, table tennis, badminton, tennis, swimming.... A hard-working
and reliable athlete.... He has instilled a strong sense of fair play in every game he played..... He deserves to be the
Sportsman of the Year". Do these phrases sound familiar to you? Yes, you're right, those are the phases Ip Sir likes to
use when describing our Sportsmen of the Year. Though we may not be able to read these phrases in our school year book next year
as our Sports Master will be retiring after this school year, the liberal and free sporting environment Ip Sir and other teachers
established will remain unchanged.
To bid our Sports Master's farewell, we staged an All Star Football and Basketball Games followed by a Farewell Dinner on May 15. As a rough estimation, over 120 old boys, many of the them Sportsmen of the Year, joined the party to reminisce the good old days we spent with Ip Sir in Wah Yan. It was full of fun every minute and Ip Sir showed us again his never declining football and basketball skills and fair judgment during the ball games.
Despite Ip Sir's retirement from his teaching life, we are pleased to know that he will keep contributing as a basketball referee and a basketball commissioner as well as devoting more time in voluntary work with Mrs. Ip for the needy in mainland China. We sincerely wish Ip Sir a healthy, happy and valuable retirement life.
To view the photos taken in the ball games and dinner, please click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Mauchai2002/IpSirSFarewellParty#. If you would like to send greetings to Ip sir, you may wish to join our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=117537624926962. - Mauchai '89
This season sees the Kowloon boys dominating the Premier League positions with the Hong Kong boys mastering the Elite posts. Galacticos 99 (WYHK99) and Dai Dui (WYHK88) managed to keep their enthusiasm in football and got the Elite Champion and 1st Runners Up respectively.
Mr. Anthony Ip has decided to leave his teaching career after this school year to spend more time with his beloved wife and family. He would also extend his contributions for Hong Kong in basketball refereeing. He will be in charge of all the referees in basketball during the upcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou later this year. He will not forget his Wah Yan colleagues, students, fans, and friends and will be available when time permits. He spent the night watching the English FA Cup Final with some of us after a big sports party at Wah Yan and a farewell dinner for him.
Johnnie Lo '63 reports from Vancouver:
View AGM web album here.
View curling night web album here.
Our league completed successfully last Saturday (8th May 2010) and the finals are:
Co-organized with Marymount Secondary School Alumnae Association (MSSAA), the activity served as a platform for sharing experience and practical skills in communication from our alumnae. Some 100 students, fresh graduates and their respective mentors participated in the event which was held at the school hall of Wah Yan College....full report here
Wahyanite football fans will be delighted to see Mr. Anthony Ip joining them in friendlys at WYHK campus starting at 2:30 p.m. on 15 May to follow with a dinner gathering. A further gathering is being lined up to watch the English FA Cup together after the dinner at a beer Hall to push the atmoshphere to a climax. 
The first golf tournament organized by our Association for the year 2010 was held on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 at the Eden Course of the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. A total of 22 members participated in the match.
The final results were as follows:-
Our Sports Master Mr. Anthony IP (Ip Sir) will be retiring after this school year. We are organizing an All-star Sports Day and
Farewell Dinner on May 15, 2010 ( Sat).
Details are:
- 14:00-18:30 &npbs; All-star Game ( mini Football + Basketball tournament ) at WYCHK , teams to be formed by graduates in 70's, 80's, 90's & 00's
- 19:00 -22:00 &npbs; Dinner at 醉紅樓酒家潮州翅專門店 (Mega-red Chiu Chow at 6/F Hopewell Center, Wanchai).
$300/person, including food/drinks & souvenir to Ip Sir.
Arthur Tang has won a gold medal as the 3rd top student worldwide in the 14-18 age group level. The Guinness Book of World Records
verified the event this year and declared it the largest online Mathematics competition in the world with 1,133,246 students and
56,082 schools from 235 countries taking part on the day. This makes Arthur's achievement all the more important and Wah Yan
College proud.... more at the official website.
Dear Doctors and Fellow Graduates of Wan Yan,Around May last year, some 40 medical doctors from our mother school shared a wonderful evening with fond memories at a dinner gathering. This year, we would like to invite you again to a dinner gathering on April 10 (Sat). The venue is the same as last year: 8/F, Chinese Club Building at 21-22 Connaught Road Central, Central District.
This is a great opportunity to meet old school friends, teachers, fathers, and medical colleagues. Also this year, we are inviting some special guests (wah yan graduates of course) who are very familiar in the medical profession.
The price of the meal should be around $300-500 per person. Fees will be collected during the dinner.
There is a limit to the number of persons in the venue (no wives, kids, sorry). Please register with us by replying to this designated email: saturnjupiterearth@gmail.com.
As there are wah yan doctors not on our email list, you are most welcome to bring them along as well, but please let us know through the above designated email in advance for better preparations.
Hope to see you then.
Regards,
Dr Thomas Tsang Ho-fai (Class 83, WYCHK)
The Music Society and the Department of Music is proud to announce that this year's Annual Concert is called 90th Anniversary
and Homecoming Concert "Passion". This is the first time that alumni are specially invited to return to their alma
mater to perform in 23rd April at 8pm in the Auditorium of Tsuen Wan Town Hall.
Guest performers include: 281, Champion of the Wah Yan One Family Folk Song Gala; Dr. Tsang Ho Fai JP ('83), Controller of the Centre for Health Protection; Chu Chun Kit Dominic ('05) and Tsang Ka Wei ('03).
Tickets can be obtained through all URBTIX outlets ($90,$70, $50) or through www.urbtix.hk. Group discount (10-19 tickets 10% discount; 20-29 tickets 20% discount; 30-40 tickets 30% discount) is available. Please lend your support to us! (Click here to see poster)
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"We are most pleased to inform you our Marathon Team had successfully completed their run today. The atmosphere at Pavilion was harmonious, as the Team started and finished together. Thanks to the ardent support from many of you and other philanthropists, we had managed to form a 120-people team and raised over $400,000 thus far..." more of WYOFF's report
Confrence date: 20~22 August / Venue: Hilton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel / Theme: Wah Yan Education, Spirit and Service / Speakers:
Fr. A. Deignan, Fr. Stephen Chow, Philip Lee (Lieut. Governor of Manitoba), Matthew Chu, John Tan, George Tam / Panel Discussions: Dunson Cheng, Patrick Lo, Lui Tai-lok / Teachers and guests attending: Raymond Yu, Fung Kam Sang, Agnes Tam, Helen Ho, Cheung Man Sang, Lee Kwok Pui, Norman So, Wong Chin Wah, Raymond Yu and many more to be announced soon / Participating chapters:
Ontario, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, San Francisco, U.S. Eastern, Texas, Michigan, Los Angeles, Sydney, United Kingdom and Hong Kong / Fringe activities: Sight-seeing, shopping, golfing, golfing and more golfing...
We came across this picture of Peter Wong, PSA's representative, with Fr. Fratern Masawe SJ, Jesam moderator. The General Assembly
of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni and Alumnae met in Bujumbura (Burundi)
on 27 July 2009 at the end of the 7th Congress of the World Union held there from 23 to 27 July, 2009. (The Union's general assembly,
called "The Congress" is open to every former student of an educational institution of the Society of Jesus or of Ignatian
inspiration as an individual member. The Congress normally meets every six years. The meeting place of a congress is chosen by the
previous congress in accordance with a rotation among world areas in the following order: South Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America,
Europe/Middle East, East Asia/Oceania.)
The annual gathering of the “Students OF the Year Scheme” was held on 31st January 2010 at the Student Activity Center
of the school. The Principal Mr. George Tam and the newly appointed Assistant Principals were invited as the guests of the occasion.
Mr. Tam expressed the wish that SOYS can play a more significant role in the development of the school, Hong Kong and China as a whole.
The participants also extended their gratitude towards our Alumnus Philip Ching who started the scheme in 1986 which provided a very good
platform to link up the students of different years. Through the scheme, the participants decided to play a more prominent role to link
up the students of different years starting with building a closer relationship among the SOYS of different years as the first step of the
action to be taken in the future. - Paul Yip (Assistant Principal)
Date: Sunday, 7 Mar 2010 (正月廿二)Book now: Contact Silas Chan ('85) at 92 448 448 / silas@winepatio.com.hk
View full details here
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association will be held at 5:00p.m.
on Sunday 7th March 2010 at the Ho Choi Banquet and Seafood Restaurant (好彩海鮮酒家) on 3rd Floor, China Resources Building,
26 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing with or without modification,
Special Resolution(s) on matters concerning our Articles of Association.
Date: Sunday, 7 Mar 2010 (正月廿二)
Book now: Contact Silas Chan ('85) at 92 448 448 / silas@winepatio.com.hk
View full details here
The Wah Yan Football League kicked off today. Due to slope mainteance work, the kick off has been deferred. This season, we have 21 teams and we shall be playing on both Satudays and Sundays. Tentatively, the final match will be held at the end of May. We have a special kick off ceremony with Martin Kwan (WYHKPSA Chariman) and Alvin Chan (WYKPSA Vice Chariman) passing balls to Nickolas Tang (a WYK F1 student) .....more from Peter Tang
Chi Hi Yau was a 1968 Form 5 graduate from Wah Yan College, H. K, S. J. During secondary school he represented Wah Yan to compete at
the Hong Kong Music Festival in "poetry recitation" and won several honors for our Alma Mater. He finished Upper 6 Science
in 1970, also at Wah Yan, before moving to the United States to start college. He graduated from Princeton University with a baccalaureate
degree in 1974 and went on to study medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, graduating with an M.D. degree in 1977
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Artur (co-novice from Canada) and I had relocated to another Jesuit community- the novitiate, to better aid the relief effort. Sleeping in tents because buildings are unsafe. Artur does things (LOTS of things) around the novitiate, including moving boxes of aids and doing inventory things, while I head out with a team of (mostly) American physicians, firefighters, medics and ex-marines everyday to help in areas where medical attention is needed...click here for more details
Edmund Lo, who left our school in F.2 in the 80s to emigrate to Canada, joined the English-speaking Canadian Province last year and is on his experiment as a Jesuit novice serving the poor in Haiti. He survived the earthquake and is working
hard with the Sisters of Charity to take care of the injured Haitians under very harsh conditions. 
Basketball Tournament play-off game 70 Pals vs WYK8090 was successfully held over the weekend. Visit our Basketball Club website for more information and pictures.
The 12th WAH YAN International Conference will be held at Los Angeles from 8/20/2010 to 8/22/2010. We welcome all students, alumni, staffs, friends and family to come join us at the conference. Progress/update about the conference will be posted to the group on a regular basis.
Visit the official website for more details.
The DVD recording of the 2009 performance "A Lizard Is No Dragon" is available for sale at only HK$200 per copy. 
Back to Football - It is time to gear up for the new Wah Yan League football season. This is also a memorable time to play and celeberate the 90th and 85th anniversaries for the two Wah Yans. We promise you joy, fun, excitement and good time to meet with your buddies and their families. We have games nearly every Saturday & Sunday at WYK and players bring their girl friends, wives, kids, amahs and even parents along to have their parties. Why not take this opportunity to meet new friends across the generations and across the harbour? Come and send us your application before the deadline on 6 January 2010.
"Christmas and the New Year are times for celebration. I wish you all an enjoyable Christmas and a Happy New Year. This is a busy year for the Past Students Association with a lot of activities, particularly in the second half of the year. With the inauguration of the Medical, Legal and Finance Fraternities, we have a much stronger tie within the different professional fields of our Wahyanites.We have the Walkathon and the Cantonese Opera in English in October, Re-Union Dinner in November and the Reflection Camp and the Gratitude Dinner in December, just to name a few major events. Our celebrations will go on with Spring Dinner after the Chinese New Year in the coming February and "Wah Yan Encore"in July. I look forward to welcoming you at these gatherings. Stay tuned wtih the announcements on our website.
I wish you and your family good health and a properous year ahead."
-Martin Kwan (WYHK 80)
Chairman WYHKPSA 2009-2010
- 2009.12.21
We are pleased to announce our WYPSA Basketball League 2009-10 will be commencing on 09 JAN 2010. A total of 9 teams will be participating this year and the format will be Qualifying Round + Final Round (first 4 teams) ....Schedule and more
- 2009.12.19
The Wah Yan Finance Fraternity Inauguration Dinner was held on 13th floor of the Chinese Club yesterday (14 December 2009). Over 50 Wahyanites showed up....more
- 2009.12.15
This year is the 90th Anniversary of Wah Yan Hong Kong and 85th of Wah Yan Kowloon. The 2 Wah Yans will celebrate with a Gratitude Dinner on 13 Dec., 2009 (Sunday). We hope that you will join the function.
Place: The Grand Hall - Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Price: HK$800 per person .. more
- 2009.12.07
Wah Yan College HK Speech Day 2008-2009 was held in the School Hall on
12th November. Simon Chan, Immediate Past President, and Peter Lai, President of the PSA, announced the election of George Fung Cheuk Yin ????? 6S2 as WYHK's Student Ambassador who will visit our Southern California Chapter on behalf of the PSA. (Full report by Simon Chan)
Nicholas Tsui, Past President of WYHK PSA and grandson of Peter Tsui, the Founder of Wah Yan College, was invited to speak as the Guest of Honour. Text of his speech on "The Die-hard Wahyanite" is downloadable here. Watch video clips on You-Tube.
View more photos taken by WYHK Photo Team.
Om 18th October, 2009, we kicked off the 85th and 90th anniversaries celebrations of Wah Yan College Kowloon and Hong Kong respectively with the Pace with Love 2009 Wah Yan Walkathon.? In the afternoon of 7 November 2009 there were around 200 people gathered at the Wah Yan Hong Kong Chapel and the School Hall to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Ordination of Fr. A.J. Deignan, S.J. 10 Jesuit priests co-celebrated the Mass with Fr Deignan.(Fr Baptista, Fr Hurley, Fr Zee, Fr Lo, Fr McIntyre, Fr Deignan, Fr Chow, Fr Coghlan, Fr Russell, Fr Kane and Fr Walling). The 3 persons doing the reading during Mass were Dr Vincent Tse, Mr Dominic Poon and Mr. Au Yeung Kwok Hei while Mr. Raymond Yu and Ms Eva Chau did the offerings. After Mass, a tea reception was held in the School Hall. Dr David Fang gave us a detail account of Fr.Deignan's life starting from the date of ordination till now. It really helped us to refresh our 'knowledge'of Fr.Deignan.There was a mixture of old and young Wahyanites in the crowd together with friends to congratulate?Fr. Deignan.The teenagers were mostly the present junior form students. Some of the older Wahyanites brought along their children who were also Fr.Deignan's fans. Messrs. Martin Kwan and Cecil Chung, Chairman of the Past Students Associations of Wah Yan Hong Kong and Kowloon?respectively, were on the stage to congratulate Fr Deignan and presented him with a souvenir. While enjoying this meaningful occasion,our hearts were warmed by the sweet and gentle smile of our most beloved Fr A.J. Deignan, S.J. (View Photo Album here)Wah Yan League Cup Basketball Tournament 2009-10
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Reflection and Sharing Camp will be on
- 2009.10.12
The school administrations of Wah Yan College Hong Kong C'WYHK") and Wah Yan
College Kowloon C'WYK") have embarked upon a joint celebration for the 90m and
85th anniversary of the two schools respectively. One of the proposed events is a
walkathon to be held on Sunday, 18 October, 2009 ("the Walkathon")... more
- 2009.09.21
Mark your diary: December 5 and 6 at the Salesian Retreat House, Cheung Chau... more
- 2009.09.14
The Wah Yan Hong Kong Legal Fraternity was formed under the PSA Timeless Bonding Scheme. The inauguration dinner was held on 10th September 2009 at the Chinese Club in Central. Fr. A. Deignan, Fr. Stephen Chow and the Mr. George Tam, the Principal, and a number of PSA members were among the guests who attended the joyous occasion... more
- 2009.09.14
Kung Kao Po (?????) makes an in depth report on progress made by members of the Dramatic Society.
Visit the website of the Wah Yan Dramatic Society.
- 2009.09.12
Please click here to go to WYOFF website for full details.
- 2009.08.27
Click here and you will see one of our teams ??The Green Jackets?? presenting their harmonious melody. This is only a snapshot so if you want more just attend the Gala on 30th August 2009. There will be 20 plus teams showing on stage.
It will be a very entertaining rendezvous for you, your family and the entire Wah Yan community. Your presence will encourage all teams to showcase their best. Click here or call me on 2891 9970 if you need tickets/more information. Thank you and see you all on 30th August.
Monty Fong (Wah Yan One Family Foundation Ltd) - 2009.08.19
Our very own 4K boy Angus Lee Yi Wei represented Hong Kong to compete and win top honour at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 2009 in the Instrumental Solo (16 and over) category last month.View web album with photos of the Wah Yan Dramatic Society's recent rehearsal and Mr. Wong Chi Wah's 90th Birthday Party.
Raymond Chan ??85 (seated left) is giving PSA a hand to revive the Wind & Dine Club after a long break of 5 years!Fr. Stephen Chow arrived at Calgary International Airport at noon on July 15, 2009. He was greeted by Wahyanites and Debbie Stahl, Manager of Western Hospitality, Calgary Airport Authority, who performed the White Hat Reception (a traditional ceremony in Calgary to welcome VIP visitors) for Fr. Chow.
King Of Football ?V "Friends" from WYHK defended their title and set a record for being Champion for 4 out of the 10 years in the history of the league tournament.? ?Given the aging of their players, it will be a great challenge for them to maintain their glory next season.? ?The teams enjoyed a real good time in the 7 months competition and the organizing committee promises to continue to provide the fun and joy for all to celebrate the upcoming school anniversaries.? ?Please keep an eye on enrolment for next season??s games by September.The Wah Yan College Alumni US Eastern Chapter had their 2009 Election and AGM on June 27, 2009.?- 2009.07.14
Over 250 guests, alumni, teachers and students gathered yesterday evening to bid farewell to the two retiring Asst. Principal Mr. KC Kwok and Mr. WS Lo (WYHK'77) on 10th July 2009. With a warm and family atmosphere enjoyable through the evening, everyone has a chance to take photos with the two APs and wish them health and happiness after retirement. Both Asst. Principals sincerely thanked the opportunity to serve in Wah Yan and will continue serving in different capacities. They even, for their first time, sang a song "?i?O????" originally by our alumni Hacken Lee. Come back for more later. (-Simon Chan)Our AGM was held in the evening of 29th June 2009 and a council meeting followed immediately. You may now download the new list of Council Members, Office Bearers and Advisors complete with the email addresses by clicking here.
Johnnie Lo '63 reports from Vancouver: Standing far left is Vincent Lau. (Pictures provided by Vincent Lau)
- Wah Yan Vancouver 70 Plus club entertains Chamson Chau. (Picture provided by Winston Chan Wok Wah)
- 2009.07.02
At the AGM dinner held on 29th June, 11 Past Presidents of Wah Yan (HK) Past Students Association celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Association as a limited company in 1969. Left to right: Nick Tsui, Stephen Tse, Michael Au, K.K. Lam, Philip Ching, Luke Wong, Simon Chan, Ng Hoi Luk, Daniel So, Toby Lo and Wallace Yiu.
View photo album here.
Stephen Ching from Toronto visited the Wah Yan Calgarians on 6 June 2009. We held a dinner to welcome Stephen. Some of our loved ones (????A) also showed up for their unfailing support of our Wah Yan activities. Dominic Hon, President of Calgary Chapter, presented a white cowboy hat to Stephen in line with Calgary's White Hat Reception tradition for VIP visitors.The first dinner gathering of the Wah Yan Hong Kong Past Students Association Medical Fraternity was successfully held to-night at the Chinese Club in Central. With Fr. Deignan and Mr. George Tam as the guests of honour, it was well attended by over 40 Wahyanite doctors ranging from seniors who graduated from Wah Yan in the 50s to young first year medical students. PSA past presidents and council office bearers were there to show their support and
encouragement. Guests and members of the Medical Fraternity took turns to speak with great fondness for their alma mater and stressed the importance for fellow members to stay connected with each other.
View Photo Album here Your support is wanted by Wah Yan One Family Foundation Ltd. at their upcoming "Folk Muisc Gala 2009" to be held on 30th August. Please go to their website for more details and the latest update by clicking the Wah Yan One Family Foundation icon on the right column of this page -------->
The Wah Yan Dramatic Society will be putting on another performance of A Lizard is No Dragon in aid of the School Development Project of WYCHK. This is one of the favourite performances of the Society which has been staged twice in Hong Kong and once in Vancouver in the recent past. The performance will be held on 22 and 23 October at the Drama Theatre of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. The Society is aiming to have more students and young members involved this time round so as to generate more interest in this art form in the younger generation." Alfred Wu (??82)
Project ManagerCyril Yau sent in this photo through Leung Chi Ho. The two and William Wong are all 1977 classmates of 'Lo Sir' (Lo Wing Sun is seated 4th from right in the photo). They had an enjoyable reunion dinner at the New Marigold Restaurant in Sydney on 15th April with Dr. Patrick Wu, PSA Past President (seated 3rd from right).
- 2009.04.20
Dr. Tsang Ho Fai, Thomas ('83) of the WYHK PSA Medical Fraternity has come up with a list of their member doctors to share with Wahyanites. You may now go to the Medical Fraternity homepage to download it. The Medical Fraternity is one of the PSA Interest Groups (P.I.G.s) set up to connect Wahyanites with common interests.Fr. John Dardis (Irish Provincial) and Fr. John Guiney visited Hong Kong recently and Peter Tam, PSA Good Shepherd Club, helped to organize some of their activities during their stay. This was their first visit to Hong Kong and they saw Ricci Hall, the two Wah Yans, Xavier Retreat House, St. Francis Xavier Tomb Monument on Shangchuan Island, and members of the Christian Life Community among others. At a dinner with old boys of the two Wah Yans on 27th March, they talked about future plans to sustain the ties between Irish Jesuits and Wahyanites.
Photo Album courtesy of Peter Tam.
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Last year's winner Saturday Player beat 80's (48 vs 31) in Wah Yan League Cup Basketball Tournament 2008-2009 Final played in Wah Yan College Hong Kong yesterday.
Go to Basketball Club website for the Final Results & Video Clips.
Three senior old boys who went to the Wah Yan at 2 Robinson Road were caught playing with their new hi-tech toy in a restaurant recently. The three buddies were obviously having a great time working, or rather playing, hard, determined to harness iPhone technology before sun-down. Could they be what Fr. Chow described as "Intellectually Competent and "Open to Life-Long Growth" in "The Profile of the Jesuit Student" that he published recently? Click here to find out...
At last we have completed the qualification rounds. Latest standing: Saturday Players 15 points; 80's 12 points; 70 Pals 9 points; Millennium 6 points; Early Nineties 3 points and WYK 0 points. Tie for least foul team between Saturday Player and Early Nineties. Top scorer list is led by Lee Tin Chung (88 points), followed by Yuen Tin Sum (62 points) and Tony Cheung (60 points).
Hello Guys, in co-ordination with SDP and OFF, we have not bothered you for some years. The Jesuit Nursing Fund now needs your help. Attending to medical care of the Jesuit Fathers, the Nursing Fund has served our community for over a decade.
A presentation of "Profile of the Jesuit Student at Graduation for the Chinese Province" was made by Fr. Stephen Chow, Supervisor of the two Wah Yan Colleges, in our PSA Council Meeting last night. Adapted from the Jesuit Secondary Education Association??s
??Profile of the Graduate at Graduation??, it portrays the Jesuit Student under five characteristics:
1. Intellectually Competent;
2. Loving as a Personal Orientation;
3. Open to Life-Long Growth;
4. Religious and Moral; and,
5. Committed to Acting on Justice.
Saturday Player continue their superior leading position followed by the ??80's?? after the latter beat the
Millennium team narrowly by 1 point after the overtime. The Millennium & 70 Pals are in the third & fourth positions with the same match points.
The least fouls position remains the same with Saturday Player the least followed closely by the Early Nineties.
For the top scorer list, Lee Tin Chung (Sat. Player) remains the top position with 61
points, challenged closely by Tony Cheung (80's) with 58 points and Yuen Tin Sum (Millennium) with 57 points only.
The matches will continue with the last series in the qualifying round in the coming Saturday, 14 Feb.
Go to Basketball Club website for latest Results & Schedule & Photo Album.
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From now on, you can gain access to WYOFF's latest announcements and information by clicking on it. Try it now!
The 2009 WYHK-PSA Spring Dinner will be held on 20 February, 2009 (Friday) at the Cheers Restaurant (?????j?s??), Windsor House (????), Causeway Bay.
Join us to share the yearly greetings.
Click here for Full Details. Please make your bookings early.
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Gary Cheung, Associate News Editor of South China Morning Post, interviewed Fr. Deignan and wrote an article on the book Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond written by Fr. Thomas Morrissey S.J. and marketed by the Past Students Associations of the two Wah Yan Colleges.
Click here to view full article published by South China Morning Post on 13 December 2008
- 2008.12.15
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Click PHOTO ALBUM to view pictures of WYHK 2008 Reunion Dinner held on 13th November 2008.
Book title: "Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond.
Irish Jesuit Mission ?V its Development 1926 - 2006"
This book reveals the
achievements and short-comings, joys and sorrows of the Jesuit Mission in Hong Kong, and the experience of individual
members under the pressure of work in a difficult climate... more about the book.
Tickets for the Christmas Gala Dinner is now available, come and celebrate the joyful X'mas with us. Wah Yan HK is going to celebrate its 90th Anniversary in the next school year ('09-'10), so the theme for the Christmas Gala Dinner this year is STRIDING TOWARDS THE 90th YEAR.Day One: 15th Nov. (Sat) Wah Yan Kowloon.
Fr. Sean Coghlan celebrated his birthday with PSA members on 10th November at the Chinese Club with PSA councillors, Principal Tam, PSA past presidents and two students from the Student Association. A birthday cake and a gift was specially arranged for the occasion. Everybody enjoyed the dinner very much and Fr. requested to speak and thanked all for arranging the dinner.
Mr. C. K. Cheung was admitted to Wah Yan in 1933 (first school term after the hand-over of Wah Yan to the Jesuit Fathers). He was an active member of the PSA Council for many years and last attended our PSA AGM in 2003. He passed away peacefully at 10:30 am, Sunday, November 2, 2008 at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. Funeral Service will be held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home, North Point, Hong Kong:
- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 - Guests visit starting at 5:00 pm
- Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 - Funeral Service will begin at 8:45 am
Service by Fr. Deignan at 9:00 am
Body will leave the Funeral Home at 9:40 am
Cremation at Cape Collinson Crematorium at 10:00
am.....more here
Monty Fong (Wah Yan One Family Foundation): "We are very pleased to inform you that, subsequent to the 1st Marathon Clinic on 19th Oct, we have gathered over 100 enrolments in the 2009 Marathon 10km Run 2 and Run 3 and some initial donations were received. Therefore if you would like to join, please click www.hkmarathon.com to join the 10km Run 2 as soon as possible since Run 3 is full now.
Please email your registration number to the addresses below so that you will be counted as a member of the Wah Yan team. We will get a trophy of ??The Most Supportive Group?? if we become one of the 10 teams with the most participants.
Daniel Mak (retireddanielmak@msn.com, WYHK71, Tel: 6707 9653)
Philip Kwok (hcpkwok@hotmail.com, WYHK71, Tel: 9836 4032) Daniel and Philip will be most pleased to answer any question you may have.
The 2nd Marathon Clinic will be held at 8am on 9 November 2008 at Wah Yan Hong Kong hard ground pitch. Alumni Charles Mok (???D??) and Kevin Cheng (?G??o) will join. Fr. Chow will deliver some notes of encouragement to our attendees. Whether you have decided to take part or not, you are cordially invited to join this clinic, as our Team Manager Prof Sydney Chung will brief you on some very useful tips to lead a healthy life through exercises. Please call Mr K P Hau, our Sports Master of Wah Yan College Hong Kong on 9373 8412 to enroll. For further info please click http://www.wahyanonefamily.org/m_runners2009.html. Many thanks and looking forward to seeing you on 9 November."
Remember the date you have with the school every 10 years? If you?graduated (F.5) in 1998, 1988, 1978, 1968, 1958, 1948 or 1938 and so?on, you are cordially invited to join this year's reunion dinner! Cost is HK$300 per person for the buffet dinner. If you cannot find your?school mates, we can help to patch you up.? For booking, kindly?contact your class representative (if any) or send an email to me at johnny.wyhkpsa@gmail.com ?
or enroll in Facebook Event "WYCHK Reunion Dinner 200" under Group?
"Wah Yan College Hong Kong Past Student Association".? See U!
- Johnny Li (Chairman, WYHK PSA)
Salesian Retreat House (SRH), 21 Don Bosco Road, Cheung Chau You are invited to join the 2-half-day program. Alternatively, you may join the half day program on Saturday afternoon or on Sunday from 9:30am. You are also welcome to visit us at any time convenient to you. This year we will take a more relax approach. Fr. Coghlan will lead us in this 2- day Reflection and Sharing Camp. Mr Fung Kam Sang (retired Teacher) will join and share with us his view on the topic.
Please see Retreat Timetable, Ferry Schedule and Map. For day camper/visitor, it is HK$100 per person; overnight camper is HK$250 per person. Please contact Martin Kwan at 9197-7580 (email: martin.wyhkpsa@yahoo.com) or Raymond Yu at 9196-1161 (email:rmwyu.hk@gmail.com) at your earliest convenience.
Title: "Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond"
Irish Jesuit Mission ?V its Development 1926 - 2006
This book written by Fr. Thomas Morrissey S.J. turns over each and every milestone established by the Jesuit Mission to reveal its
achievements and short-comings, its joys and sorrows, and the experience of individual
members under the pressure of work in a difficult climate... more
Support the Standard Chartered Marathon 2009 to be held on 8 February,2009 and led by Prof. Sydney Chung Sheung Chi, WYHK71. Now calling for runners and sponsors for the Wah Yan team...entry form and morel details
Let us ignite the Olympic Flame from our heart.
Our beloved Fr. Deignan will receive his second honorary doctorate at the 14th Graduation Ceremony of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, Chancellor of the Institute, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government and a student of Fr. Deignan in Wah Yan College Hong Kong, will preside over the Graduation Ceremony to be held on 13 November 2008 at the 14th Graduation Ceremony of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd).
"Legend takes education beyond academic learning".. more details here
(Fr. Deignan was confered the Doctor of Social Sciences honorary degree at the University of Hong Kong's 166th Congregation in 2003.)
Their '07 to '08 achievements in public exams, music, speech, sports, social services, scouting and other areas have been uploaded to the PSA's FAQ page. Click on the "Frequently Asked Questions" icon on the right column for full details.
Wah Yan One Family Foundation Ltd. is pleased to announce that ticket sales are doing fine and that a full house is anticipated for the Wah Yan One Family One Future Lam and Esther Concert to be held on Saturday, 27 September 2008 in Hall 3, The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Those who wish to grab the last few tickets ae urged to act immediately. Go to WYOFF homepage and click on items in the Menu to view latest photos of the rehearsals, video interviews, newsletters, financial reports and other WYOFF activities.
WYHK's 2007-08 Student Ambassador Tsang Pui-lim left for the US on 28th June with his WYK counterpart. Seeing them off at the airport were Peter Lai, Martin Kwan and WYK PSA representatives. The two lads are representing their respective PSAs as Student Ambassadors and will be received by members of the US Eastern Chapter.
The WYHKPSA AGM 07/08 was held on 23 June, 2008 (Monday) at 6:30pm in the Conference Room, WYHK. Office bearers and members were elected to the Council. Click here for details. The meeting was followed by a buffet dinner in the Student Activity Room.
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