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Dear Patron,
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Inaugural Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies
Dr Choi Po King, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Should Chinese Language be Taught in Putonghua? Contested Identities in the Linguistic Arena in Post-1997 Hong Kong
Thursday, 27 April 2017 | 2:30pm to 4:30pm | Executive Dining Room, Schulich School of Business, York University
Thursday, April 13, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
(Robarts Library 8th Floor, 130 St. George Street, University of Toronto)
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2017 Mon Sheong Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held on Saturday March 18 at a restaurant in Markham. A number of WYK alumni and family members are volunteers of Mon Sheong Foundation and its various operational areas. Click here to see more pictures.
Roberts Library, 8th Floor, 130 St. George Street, Toronto, Onatario.
Tim Kwan (’67) invited the Board members of WYKAAO to visit the new Markham Mon Sheong Court and its facilities followed by a light lunch on Dec 29. Click here to see more pictures.
Hong Kong Canada Interrelations:
A Personal Account
Poetry Reading by Andrew Parkin and Jessica Li
Date: Jan 20th, 2017 (Fri)
Time: 10:30AM to 12:00PM
Venue: Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library,
Robarts Library 8th Floor, University of Toronto,
130 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
Speakers:
Prof. Andrew Parkin (Emeritus Professor of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Dr. Jessica Li (Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University)
Further to my earlier appeal to you for recruitment of tutors to start an online oral English program for under-privileged students in TSW, I am pleased to inform you that the program has just started with 10 tutors and 60 Forms 5 and 6 students coming from five TSW secondary schools. Each tutor takes care of four students and provides them with a one-hour group lesson each week. Some tutors serve more groups of students and offer more lessons. Lessons are conducted in a discussion format similar to oral exam. situation and are to continue until mid-May 2017 when the DSE oral exam. is over.
(September 18) 2016 Terry Fox Run was again held on a weather-perfect Sunday morning. Team WYKAAO participated in the favourite run site of Markham-Unionville and had raised over $4,300 for the worthy cause, thanks to all our generous donors and supporters. Click here to see more pictures.