When we Wahyanites talk about visual arts, an expression of originality, creativity and lifestyle, we are always able to find so many talented artists like you from our Alma Mater! To celebrate the 85th Anniversary of our Mother School, the PSA takes this timely opportunity to collaborate with the Parents’ Association and the Visual Arts Club of the School on organizing the WYK 85th Anniversary Visual Arts Exhibition to promote and develop a deeper appreciation of visual arts.Details of the exhibition are as follows:-

Date: Thursday, 29th April, 2010 - Wednesday, 5th May, 2010
Venue: Exhibition Gallery & Foyer, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
Time: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

You are now cordially invited to take part in this exhibition by lending us your art works for display. Categories of visual arts exhibits will include Western and Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, Photography, Multi-media (computer art), Poster, 3D artworks (e.g. sculpture), Banner, Fashion & Clothing Design and other design works (e.g. Book cover design).

Collection of Original Artwork

Should you decide to participate in this memorable event, please send us your original artworks together with the completed Entry Form no later than Sunday, 28th February, 2010.
A panel of judges, consisting of retired and current WYK teachers and headed by Mr. Chiu Hai Kaw, will select the final art collection to be displayed at the exhibition. Your artworks will be returned to you at the end of the exhibition unless instructed otherwise. The Organizing Committee will take good care of your artworks. However, please note that should insurance of any kind be required, the responsibility is on the artist.

Please contact the following for details:

WYKPSA - Billy Wong (’92) billywhl@netvigator.com
WYK - Stanislaus Keung (’75) sk@wyk.edu.hk

Please be informed that a committee on WYK F1 Admission has been formed under WYKPSA. The objective of this committee is - to help our past students in their sons’ applications to the School.Should your sons have submitted their applications for F1 Admission 2010/11 and you are interested in learning / hearing more from this committee, please feel free to sign up with Dr. WH Lau (parkes@hkstar.com) or Mr. Mike Cheng (mikecheng9999@gmail.com) on or before 5 February 2010 (Fri).

Sharing sessions / workshops on F1 Admission 2010/11 will be organised in late February 2010. Stay tuned with the updates from this committee and look forward to hearing from you.

Date: 13 December, 2009
Time: 5:30p.m. - Reception 7:00pm - Dinner
Venue: The Grand Hall - Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Price: HK$800 per person; HK$9,600 per a table of 12

Dear Wahyanites,

This year is the 90th Anniversary of Wah Yan Hong Kong and 85th of Wah Yan Kowloon. The 2 Wah Yan will celebrate with a Gratitude Dinner on 13 Dec., 2009. We hope that you will join the function to wish the schools a happy birthday. It is a great opportunity to meet the Jesuit Fathers, teachers, your old classmates and friends. In this special event, you can be updated of the status of the two schools as well as know more about the history of Wah Yan. To secure your place, please contact the following persons or simply fill in the booking form and return to us. I look forward to welcoming you that evening.

Martin Kwan (WYHK ‘80)
Chairman of Organizing Committee

For enquiries, please feel free to contact:
Raymond Siu (’96) at Tel. 9208 8374

Please send all Tickets Booking Forms (with cheque enclosed if by post) to:
By e-mail: wyk.dinner09@ymail.com
By post: Attention Raymond Siu (WYKPSA)
56 Waterloo Road,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
By Fax: 2770 5095

Booking form

Mrs. Ma Wong Kit Kwan Cecilia, who served in Wah Yan College Kowloon from 1945 to 1978 for 33 years, passed away on 31 October 2009. May her soul rest in peace.

Requiem Mass for the eternal repose of her soul (presided by Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J.) will be on Friday, 27 November, at 8:00pm at Hong Kong Funeral Parlour and Final Commendation (presided by Fr. A. Deignan, S.J.) on Saturday, 28 November, at 9:00am. The cortege will then proceed to Cape Collinson Crematoria.

The 2009-10 Wah Yan League Cup Basketball Tournament will be launched soon. The proposed details are as follows:-

Date: Saturdays, commencing on 5 December 2009 (tentative)
Time : 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Venue : Wah Yan College Hong Kong, Basketball Courts

About the Tournament :

• 5-a-side basketball match
• A team should be formed by min. 6 and max. 15 players including substitutes. All members should be members or old boys of WYK Past Students or WYHK Past Students or Current Students.
• Maximum 8 teams, First Come First Serve.
• Rules will be more or less the same as last year and will be announced during the Team Captains’ Meeting.

Enrollment Fee: HK$1,200 per team, PLUS HK$400 refundable “no show” deposit.

Payment should be made in the Team Captains’ Meeting on 28 November 2009 (Saturday), either by cash or a crossed cheque payable to “Wah Yan (Hong Kong) Past Students Association Ltd.”

Deadline for enrollment: 25th November 2009 (Wednesday)

The Team Captains’ Meeting will be held on 28 November 2009 (Saturday) at 14:30 to discuss the rules and the grouping. The venue will be announced in due course. Please submit the completed Enrollment Form by:-
(a) Fax : to Mr. [Albert Poon] (WYHKPSA) at 3427-9000, OR
(b) E-mail : to albert.poon@ovi.com for confirmation.

Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact:-
Raymond Wong 98730108
Alvin Chan 93889874

We look forward to seeing you.

* A team of student members is defined as a team formed by at least half of full time students, in which should be all Wahyanites.

Cover letter | Enrollment form

Mrs. Cheung wrote us a letter about Chung Pan’s recovery in Hong Kong. Chung Pan and his family still have a tough road ahead. Please pray and support them.

Letter

On behalf of the past students’ associations of Wah Yan College Hong Kong and Wah Yan College Kowloon, we are writing to cordially invite you to attend a Mass and tea party on 7 November (Saturday) 2009 in celebrating the Golden Jubilee of ordination of our beloved Fr Deignan.

Fr Alfred J. Deignan, S.J. has been involved throughout the years in the education and development of generations of young people in Hong Kong. He was the Vice-Principal of Wah Yan College Hong Kong from 1962-1968 and as Principal from 1968-1970. After that, he took up the position of Warden in Ricci Hall, University of Hong Kong from 1970-78. From 1978-1992, he was the Principal of Wah Yan College Kowloon. In recent years, Fr Deignan has been engaged in the moral and ethical development of teachers and students. With a group of educationalists, he founded the Hong Kong International Institute of Educational Leadership in 1997 and has been the chairman of the council since then.

This year is the 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) of the Ordination of Fr Deignan. The two Past Students’ Associations have arranged a tea gathering and Mass, and we hope that you can join this very special occasion. It will also provide a great opportunity for us to thank Fr Deignan for all he has done for the two Wah Yans and the young people of Hong Kong.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: 7 November 2009 (Saturday)

(A) Mass
Time: 4:00 - 4:45pm
Venue: School Chapel, WYCHK

(B) Tea Party
Time: 4:45 - 5:30pm
Venue: School Hall, WYCHK

Invitation letter

(Originally posted at February 12, 2009)

Fr. Stephen Chow made us a presentation of “Profile of the Jesuit Student at Graduation for the Chinese Province”, which was adapted from Adapted from the Jesuit Secondary Education Association’s “Profile of the Graduate at Graduation”, during our last Exco meeting. The carefully compiled Profile spells out expectations of the Wahyanite and serves as a good guideline for students, old boys, teachers and all stakeholders who strive for the continual improvement of Wah Yan.

Presentation (update: October 2009)

We are walking on 18th October 2009 again to celebrate the 85th and 90th anniversaries of Wah Yan College, Kowlon and Wah Yan College, Hong Kong receptively. In this Walkathon, named as “Pace with Love”, we will walk as a school community with energetic stride. We want to tell the world that we are respectably old, full of life and anticipations for our future.

Join us with your family and friends in this first event of the Anniversaries Celebration Programme by taking part or making a donation. Download the enrolment form below and have it completed and returned to the schools with your fee/gift on or before 25th September 2009. Your support is essential for the continous growth of our schools.

Please call Ms Grace Lee on 2384 1038 for enquiries.

Enrolment form | Poster | Press clippings

The 2nd Homecoming Concert has been set for 6:15 p.m. Saturday, September 5, at WYK School Hall organized by WYK Past Students’ Association and co-organized by the Music Association and WYK Parents’ Association.

Our Homecoming Concert this year will also kick-start the 85th Anniversary celebration of Wah Yan College, Kowloon. Naturally, our theme for the concert will be “Our Music Throughout the Years”. How has music changed throughout the years at WYK? From hymns to incorporation of instruments and varied styles performed by old boys and current students, we revisited the sounds of the various eras in a music concert on a Saturday summer night. The performance is meaningful to current and former students because it gives former students the opportunity to share memories of their experiences with the current students and also create new memories for the current ones. It’s a concert for every Wahyanite to connect to the past while renewing friendships and building for the future.

All proceeds from the concert will be donated to Fr. Kelly Educational Fund. Proceeds from this concert will be used to support the development of the musical talent of the current WYK students. That includes certain instruments & equipments and payment for external conductors/trainers which the teachers and students have for long desired.

Taking this opportunity, we are requesting the honor of your presence at this concert. If you will sponsor this concert by making further donation, not only are you granting great endorsement on the efforts of the performing students, teachers, and alumni, you are also making the dreams of the music students and teachers possible.

P.S.  We have just been informed by the WYK administrative office that the Homecoming Concert is overwhelmingly well received by the current students.  All the regular HK20 student tickets have been sold out in school.  To facilitate your purchase of the VIP tickets and supporting the event, we have attached a Sponsorship Form for your perusal.

Sponsorship form