Wah Yan International Conferences
If there is enough interest from our members who plan to attend the conference, we may organize to charter a tour bus to travel to the event venue (round trip). This will be a shared operation with Wah Yan College (Hong Kong) Ontario Alumni Association. We need firmed commitments before further planning can take place. Please let us know if you are interested in this initiative (bus tour) before April 13th by
(Mar 4, 2012) From Victor Ng, International Convener, Wah Yan College Alumni US Eastern Chapter:
Pre-registration can be done online at:
http://wahyanic.org/online-form/
The link to the conference website is:
http://www.WAHYANIC.org
(March 3, 2012) Invitation to Wah Yan International Conference 2012 (August 3, 4,5) in New York City from Peter Lau - Cochairman of IC-2012
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 Lee (WYK 60) and the Cheetahs 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 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]
Mr. Francis Kong could not resist anymore. After listening to Mr. Wong Chin-wah singing Toselli's Seranade in Cantonese, and Mr. Wilson Hsueh's "One Day When We were Young”, he demanded equal time and sang a Japanese song. Fr. Joseph Foley sat there bemused and expectant. I later found out from Mr. Anthony Ho that Father was waiting for someone to ask him to sing the theme song of “Foon Lok Kam Siu”, the popular TVB evening program that topped the charts throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s.
To our eternal regret, no one did. The venue was the farewell dinner on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. The event was the Wah Yan International Conference. The time was August, 2000. Fr. Foley passed away in Galway, Ireland in September, 2006, preceded by the death of Mr. Francis Kong in Hong Kong the previous December, and followed by that of Mr. Hsueh in Toronto in August, 2008.
We will be hosting the Wah Yan International Conference again next month. Much as we want to, we cannot present an encore of Kong, Hsueh, plus a challenge from Fr. Foley. And despite our sponsored invitations, Frs. Anthony Farren, James Smyth and retired teacher Yu Pun Leung are too weak to travel. But others have agreed to attend, including former Vice Principals Raymond Yu and Anthony Ho, and the Septuagenarian Wong Chin Wah himself, who plans to deliver a new composition.
以「華仁教育、精神、服務」為主題的第12屆全球華仁舊生大會，將在8月20-22日於洛杉磯召開，預計來自全球各地約300名「華仁仔」赴會。除了香港及九龍華仁現任校長及校監之外，加拿大馬尼托巴省首任華人省督李紹麟、國泰銀行董事長、總裁兼首席執行長鄭家發、耶穌會香港區會長狄恆神父等也將擔任演講嘉賓。
Click here to see the latest news of IC2010 at Los Angeles.
- Dr. Tai-lok Lui will be one of our panel speakers
- Oxnard Trip - Official Side Trip of IC 2010
- Wah Yan IC 2010 brochure
- Fr. Deignan will be joining us!
Lots of alumni have been writing to our chapter to encourage attendance, including the following:
"Hope to see you all at the Wah Yan IC2010 in Los Angeles" ~ Mario Chan ('57)
"Let us reconnect in IC2010 in Los Angeles" ~ Alex Lo ('57)
The conference will last for 3 days (August 20-22, Friday to Sunday) and will be held at the San Gabriel Hilton Hotel. The daily rate at the Hilton is about $130.Accommodations at other hotels (both more and less expensive) as additional options to the San Gabriel Hilton are being developed.
The main event will consist of one full day on (Saturday plus the Sunday morning) of gatherings and speeches by keynote speakers. The dinner on Saturday will be a Gala event with entertainment.