Greetings from the One Family 2012 Marathon OC! We are most pleased to inform you that a 220-runner Marathon Team had been formed to take part in the 2012 Marathon 10Km Run 3 and a sum of $550,000 had been amassed as donations thus far. What’s more encouraging, 8 teams had enrolled in the “Most Supportive Team” and “Top Runner Team” Competition. Now we are ready to run for our young Wahyanites!
Our runners will meet in the First Clinic this Saturday, 22nd October 2011 at 2:30pm at the Common Room, Wah Yan College, Kowloon. Detail as below:
Guest Speaker: Professor Albert Lee (WYK78), School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 香港中文大學公共衛生及基層醫療學院臨床教授 李大拔校友 (WYK78)
Trainer: Mr. Lee Kar Lun (Former member of the HK Athletic Team), 前香港田徑代表隊成員李嘉綸先生
You are cordially invited to join the Clinic and render your support by making donations to support our runners. For further information please click here.
Our beloved Fr. Deignan has been chosen as one of the 26 semi-finalists for the ATV sponsored Hong Kong Loving Hearts Campaign 2011 (2011 感動香港年度人物評選) from which 10 finalists will be chosen as the award winners. The 10 winners will be adjudicated according to their contributions to Hong Kong society in their chosen professions or careers. They are assessed according to:
a) 60% of the marks will be given by a panel of judges chosen from a wide spectrum of Hong Kong Society; and
b) The remaining 40% of the marks will be from online votings by viewers. Anyone can log on to the ATV website which contains the methods of voting. The public voting will be from 12 September 2011 to 13 November 2011, both days inclusive. Please see the enclosed publicity materials for more information.
There will be a 30-minutes documentary on the life and contributions of Fr. Deignan on ATV channel 2 (Chinese) to be aired on Monday, 19 September 2011 at 8:30p.m. All students and alumni of Wah Yan and friends of Fr. Deignan are requested to view this documentary, spread this message across and mobilize your friends and families (both Hong Kong and overseas) to vote for Deignan online so as to support Fr. Deignan and reaffirm his life-long contributions to education in Hong Kong. There will be an award ceremony in December for the final 10 awardees.
Exhibitions | Online voting | Information and ballot
TV documentary
Class of ’81 is having their Reunion gathering on 27 August at the School Hall of WYK.
Reunion program will start at 4:00pm with optional activities: Friendly Soccer game and a tour of school buildings lead by current students.
Cocktail reception will start from 6:00pm follow by a banquet at 7:30pm.
Fr Deignan, Fr Chow (school supervisor), Dr John Tan (school principal), Mr Norman So (retired principal) and many teachers and retired teachers and representatives from WYOFF and the PSA have promised to attend.
More than 60 classmates will also attend. It is surely a gathering not to be missed by the 81 Class.
For details and enrollment, please contact Everett Chui at everettchui@cen-1.com
Transportation Arrangement for Ms. Hwong’s Funeral
12 August (Friday) 7:15pm
from WYK to Po Fuk Memorial Hall, Tai Wai
13 August (Saturday) 9am
from WYK to Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Yuen Long
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Ms. Agnes Hwong, music teacher of WYK, passed away on 4 August, 2011. Below is the message from her husband on 7 August, 2011:
各個位親朋好友，
愛妻黃燕芳Agnes，生於1951年12月12日，於2011年8月4日晚上11點35分在屯門醫院安息主懷，享年60歲，永享天福。
我們將於2011年8月12日晚上7:30，將在大圍寶福山寶福紀念館地下1A 禮堂舉行入殮禮及守靈彌撒。
翌日2011年8月13日上午10:30在元朗青山公路201號屏山段聖伯多祿聖保祿堂舉行逾越安息彌撒，隨即奉厝長沙灣天主教墳場安葬
哀此 訃聞
仗 期 夫 郭家良(Jason)
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為較準確預算人數，如有意出席，請分別於下列連結輸入簡單資料，以作計算：
守夜及守靈彌撒
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逾越聖安息彌撒及出殯禮儀
http://doodle.com/u8wykw9dzg66mm5g
移葬至長沙灣天主教墳場
http://doodle.com/mugi57cdtzrakv93
解穢酒
http://doodle.com/mstc9vc6vas7hk9y
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Message on 9 August, 2011:
懇辭花牌、花圈、花籃、祭帳等，承蒙帛金將部分作獻彌撒之用，
其餘捐于大嶼山聖母神樂院及香港教區聖樂委員會，此乃Agnes心願~~
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Jason
Mr Ko Chi-Chung, Felix, chairman of WYKPSA in 1980-81, passed away peacefully on 8th July, 2011 at the age of 69. Vigil and funeral masses are scheduled at 5th and 6th August respectively. Detail can be found in the message below from Felix Ko’s family.
Message from Felix Ko’s family
The 41st Annual General Meeting of Wah Yan College Kowloon Past Students’ Association Limited will be held at 6:30 p.m. on 28th May 2011 (Saturday) at the School Hall, Wah Yan College Kowloon, 56 Waterloo Road, Kowloon. Please find the notice, agenda, reply slip and Exco nomination below.
Notice | Agenda | Reply Slip | Nomination Form
Financial Statement | Post-Signum
WYK is launching a fundraising exercise for Fr. Kelly Educational Fund named Unconditional Love for Wah Yan. Please find the fundraising detail and donation form at WYK website. The first fundraising event, a walkathon-cum-concert to be held on 6-7 May 2011, will be also announced at the website in due course.
WYK website
As past students of Wah Yan, we will never forget the contributions of the Jesuit priests to our society. We may not be what we are today without their assiduous guidance surely.
A birthday party will be held for our beloved Dr. Rev. Fr. Alfred Deignan, S.J. who will be celebrating his ripe youthful age of 84. We are pleased to invite you to come and join us.
Date: 18th of April, 2011 (Mon)
Time: 6:30 p.m. Reception, 7:00 p.m. Dinner
Venue: Oyster Bar and Western Dining Room
Location: Penthouse, Members Stand II, The Racing Club, Happy Valley Racecourse
Charge: HK$400.00 per person, including a present to Fr. Deignan
Kindly inform the following person if you can come to this function.
Billy Wong (WYK 92’)
Tel: 9219-7787 Fax: 3011-3277 E-mail: billywhl@gmail.com
Li Yin Pok (WYK 07’)
Tel: 9803-9691 E-mail: li_yin_pok@hotmail.com
Reply slip
Upon the request of the School, the forum on small-class teaching originally scheduled to be held on the coming Saturday will be postponed and the details are as follows:
Date: 19 February 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: School Hall
In the meantime, it is advised by the school management that they are formulating an alternative besides the original proposal on the subject matter for consideration in the coming forum.
If you have any enquiries, please contact Ms. Connie Chu at 2193 5303.
Original proposal | Facebook event
A sharing session will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday 18th February for alumni who are planning for application of F1. Those interested, please register with W.H. Lau parkes@hkstar.com or Jeff Sze szejeff@gmail.com.
