About WYK
Fr Farren was out of hospital on March 17 after the stomach surgery. He is now in the nursing home (Cherryfield Lodge, Dublin) again.
March 23. Fr Farren was able to walk with a walker to the dining area for meals and will go the hospital for a follow up on April 3.
Fr Farren was happy that so many alumni were concerned about him.
Click here for the Get Well card from students of 1962, specially designed and through a very collaborative efforts across continents, wishing him speedy recovery. The two chief designers are Steve Lau from West Virginia and Raymond Lau from Vancouver; and of course there are many contributors from Hong Kong and more. A true Wah Yan Spirit!
Class of 1962 will celebrate their 50th Reunion in Hong Kong this November.
The 64th Hong Kong School Music Festival:
March 19, 2012: Interemediate Boys Choir (Chinese)
1st Wah Yan Kowloon (Marks 91)
2nd DBS (Marks 90)
3rd SKH Lam Woo (Marks 88)
March 16, 2012: Intermediate Mixed Choir (Chinese)
1st WYK & Belilios Public School 庇理羅士女子中學 (Marks 92)
2nd DBS & Heep Yunn School 協恩中學 (Marks 91)
As winners of these two groups, WYK Intermediate Choir will compete in the Finals on March 30. We wish them every success.
蘋果日報 副刊 醫醫筆寫 2012年02月03日 (photo by Martin Lee Ping Hon, 61)
農曆新年，我飛到愛爾蘭的都柏林，探望曾教我英語的神父。(Fr. Farren)
朋友問我為甚麼每年都去一次，我答一來是為了看看老師，其次是當作避靜。
神父今年八十八歲，差一點點便看不到他了。三、四星期前，他患上腸扭結，動了一個全身麻醉的大手術。甚麼叫腸扭結？那就是腸忽然自己打結，血液循環受阻，引致腸壞死。若手術延誤，很可能喪命。
和神父見面的地方，不是他原來居住的宿舍，而是有護士照顧的療養院。經歷大手術，他消瘦了許多，走路得依靠有兩個輪子的金屬架。
一見面，神父故作輕鬆地說：「還沒有死呀！」
蘋果日報 副刊 醫醫筆寫 2012年02月05日 (photo by Martin Lee Ping Hon, 61)
在愛爾蘭停留了五天，每天都致電回家跟母親聊聊。母親問：「吃得好嗎？」
「除了早餐，所有正餐都在療養院和神父一起吃。」我答道。
「甚麼？」母親高聲大叫：「老遠飛到歐洲，只吃老人院的食物？」
說實話，在療養院吃到第三天，信心開始動搖。可是，我很想陪神父用膳，算是對他的支持。
有天我問神父：「生病時，會否感到沮喪？」
「基督徒都要揹起十字架追隨耶穌，」神父答道：「十字架有不同形式，有貧困，有逼迫，也有疾病。儘管如此，能夠追隨耶穌，是福樂。」
「你怕不怕死？」我又問。
Former teacher Miss Monica Tang, presently a teacher with Toronto Board of Education, attended Encore, the finale of 90/85th Anniversary celebrations on July 10 at Hong Kong Coliseum. She writes, “The event of performing arts of past and present Wahyanites and their friends was spectacular. I had a brief talk with Fr Stephen Chow after the event, but did not have the chance talking to the other Fathers … I will not be attending the picnic as I will still be in Hong Kong…”
Monty Fong of Wah Yan One Family has kindly sent us the newspaper clippings of the event. (Thanks)
Note that the conductor Professor Gabriel Leung Cheuk-Wai, Under Secretary for Food and Health Bureau, is the son of the late Carmelo Leung (61).
Please click here to view the pictures.
[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 6th Sept., 1971.
Februaru 17, 2011
"You will be glad to hear that Fr. Deignan seems to be much better now. I visited him yesterday and have just phoned him now. He will almost certainly be out on Saturday.
[1.4.2011 SCMP] Wah Yan College drops out of class reduction scheme
Elaine Yau Updated on Apr 01, 2011
Elite school Wah Yan College has pulled out of the government's class-cutting scheme after wealthy alumni threatened to cut donations.
This is the latest of a series of fundraisers for the Wah Yan One Family Foundation . Your support is essential to bring Fr. Deignan’s dream of making the two Wah Yans centres of excellent education and character formation closer to reality.