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On Friday, August 20, 2010, our flight to LA was delayed for more than 2 hours.  Gus was waiting to take Peter/Lana Wong and Ms Chan to San Gabriel Hilton where the Conference was held.  David Ng Tai-wai (WYK 63), who was in my Form 1D class in 1959, was also at the airport to give me a ride.  We met only once in Hong Kong after his graduation and he could not attend the conference.  He wanted to make use of the long drive to update me on his career path. On the way, he drove me around the huge plant of Northrop Grumman Co. near the airport where he worked.  At the hotel, David had to say good-bye because Patrick Young (WYK 60) from Singapore had been waiting to take me to dinner where Philip and other guests had been waiting.

Thanks to Gus Yeung (66), we can share a few video clips taken during the Wah Yan International Conference 2010 (August 20-22) in Los Angeles. There are a few clips on the registration/reception before the Gala Dinner. We can also see the performance by Philip Lee (60) and our very own director Sonny Sie (60). Click the picture to enjoy!

A short version of the History of Wah Yan College Kowloon (English narration by Peter Au Wai-lam) was shown at Wah Yan International Conference 2010 in L.A. on Saturday, August 21.  Here is the full version. 

A welcome dinner for Philip Lee and the Cheetahs was held on Friday, August 13.

There is a report from 世界日报.

[Source: Albert Young (62), Co-Chair; Eric Yew (72), committee member]

[Wah Yan College Kowloon has an excellent Mathematics programme.  It is because WYK has had the service of very talented Maths Head teachers.  Mr. Lai Chun Pong (1971~1995) was one of them.  He is residing in Australia and will be going to attend IC2010.]

"Hi, dear students, I hope you still remember me. I am Lai Sir, whom you endearingly nicknamed as “Maths Chai” since I joined Wah Yan College, Kowloon in 1971.

After working for two years as a tutor in the Department of Mathematics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, I applied for a Maths teaching post at WYK. That year the School Principal was Fr Reid, and the Assistant Principal was Mr A Ho.  Mr Ho regarded my application for a teaching post in WYK with suspicion.  He found it hard to believe someone teaching in a university would be interested in applying for a teaching post in a secondary school.  But at that time, he said WYK was in need of a Mathematics teacher.  He gave me the job on condition that I could obtain a good testimonial from the Department Head in the Chinese University within the next couple of days.  After submitting the necessary document, I joined the teaching team of WYK on 6^th Sept., 1971.

It has been more than 50 long years since John Chan Doming from Hong Kong met some of his classmates in Toronto.  During his very short stay, he and his wife, Jan, managed to find time to have dinner with the group on Thursday, July 22, 2010, the night before he left for Hong Kong via the States.

Looking back, the School Swimming Champion in 1960 found himself having studied 2 full years in Primary 6 in other schools before joining P6 at Wah Yan.  Another proudly announced that he had the fortune of repeating three years before graduating from Form 5 in 62 and then moving onto McGill.  Another record was set in the 50’s in Form 3D when 8 students had to repeat another year with the same Form-master, Father Mallin.  Repeating was not unusual at Wah Yan in those years.  Interestingly enough, many repeaters enjoyed their extra time at school.

Now that many are professionals, practicing or retired, anecdotes of their work were happily shared.  Time flew by.  They discussed their 50^th Anniversary reunion in Hong Kong next year.  Preparation has already been under way.  Parting, they said, “See you at reunion.”

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