R.I.P.
From Mr. Laurence Tam in HK, "I have just returned from attending the Requiem Mass for Ms Hwong Yin Fong, Agnes.
As you probably know, Agnes was the music teacher of Wah Yan College, Kowloon in the years 1993 to 2006 and in the years 2010 to 2011. I had the chance of getting acquainted with her at the lunch gatherings of the retired teachers of WYK.
A form of regular lunch gathering of retired WYK teachers has been held for some time at Sun Sing Restaurant near WYK. It takes place once every three months. As usual, I took the opportunity to record those who took part in the lunch gathering a few months after my return to Hong Kong. Attached (click here) is one of the two pictures I took of the lunch gathering on 2 March 2010. There were two tables of retired teachers on that day. The attached shows those in one of them with Ms Hwong sitting on the extreme right. I did not see her in the last few WYK retired teachers luncheons. Then suddenly I got the sad news that she passed away. Being a member of the big family of WYK, I went to pay my respect to her and prayed for the peace of her soul this morning.
May she rest in peace in the arms of The Almighty."
We were sad to receive the news that Felix Ko, father of our former director Cedric, passed away on July 8, 2011 in Hong Kong.
"He is a born leader, having been an active Scouter in WYK. He is Chairman of Ricci, and ex-Chairman of the H.K. Federation of Catholic Students." -- The Shield, 1964
Felix was a cub of the 11th Kowloon Group in Primary 6 and went on to become a Scouter when he was in Form 6. His leadership continued in his years in Ricci Hall, HKU. Later, he continued serving WYK as a Chairman of the Past Students Association and then as one of the managers of WYK. He came to Toronto regularly with his wife, Gloria, a former Principal of Maryknoll Convent School, to visit his boys, all wahyanites, who were attending university here.
A requiem Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. at St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon, on Aug. 5, 2011, and the funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Aug. 6, 2011, at St. Joseph's, Garden Road, Hong Kong.
We offer our condolences to Gloria and family.
Click here to view an album with (untitled) photos Felix left with us during one of his formerly visits and those from The Shields.
Letter from Ko Family
When the Class of 61 in Toronto prepared to celebrate their 50th Year of F5 Graduation, Hin-Shing Wong suggested that the first item at the Reunion dinner should be to remember the Fathers, teachers and classmates who had passed away. The idea was accepted and he started to collect materials for a slideshow. Searching diligently in the internet, Hin-Shing was excited but sad to find a web page of Mr. Fung. It was sent out to the Class of 61 and his students poured in their memories of their beloved teacher. Click the here to read the article.
Francis Ho passed away in Montreal last Thursday, June 9.
Francis was the School Captain in 1957-58, heading a team of Prefects who included Andrew So Kwok Wing, (Rev.) George Zee, John Lee Yiu Kwong, (Dr.) StanislausTang Wing Kuen and other able prefects. Since his arrival in Canada in the sixties, he had settled in Montreal. A member of WYKAAO, he tried to attend our functions and meet with his class of 57 whenever he came to Toronto. His presence was refreshing in any company. His absence would be greatly missed at our gatherings. May he rest in peace.
To Jenny and the family, we extend our condolences.
Click here to view his album.
Damien Ku Chi Chung (古志眾) passed away on May 11 in Hong Kong. This sad news came as a great shock to all his Wah Yan friends. It was on May 5 that they received an email from him, saying that he realized only 17 days ago he had cancer originated from the thymus gland spreading to liver and bones and that he had received four radiation therapies, waiting for chemotherapy treatment. A devout Catholic, he placed his trust in God and asked them for prayers.
Damien spent 8 years in Wah Yan Kowloon from Primary 6 in 1956 to Upper Six Science in 1963 and went on to Hong Kong University to complete an engineering degree. Always cheerful and friendly, he could be singled out in all his class photos with his smiling face. View his album here.
May he rest in peace. The family appreciates all the good wishes and prayers and there is no need to send any flowers and gifts.
"Mar 17 (11:36 pm)
Dear Friends of Fr. Doyle,
I have just been informed by a Jesuit scholastic in Manila that our beloved Fr. Francis Doyle had just returned to God! This is indeed a very saddening turn of event. But we trust in the merciful God who must have prepared a much better place for his son, Francis, to be with Him eternally! Let us pray for Fr. Doyle's eternal peace and consolation for his loved ones! In prayers
March 21
If you would like to view the photos of Fr. Doyle's funeral oratory, please visit the following link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/thiridaw/FrankDoyleSJ?feat=directlink
Fr. George Zee has gone to Manila representing the Jesuits in HK to attend the Funeral which is to take place tomorrow." - Fr. Stephen Chow
Our condolences go the family of another Wahyanite who had served Hong Kong well.
Lam Po Hon (class of 36) graduated at WYK in the same year as the late Mr. Choy Shing Pang and Mr. Lee Hoi Chow. He joined the Public Works Department after obtaining his degree at HKU in 1941. He earned his Master degree in Civil Engineering at Imperial College, University of London in 1951, on government grants. After receiving his Diploma of Imperial College, he was promoted the Chief Engineer of Kowloon-Canton Railway in 1952. He became the General Manager of KCR in 1958 and was the first Chinese and the youngest Department Head in the Colony. KCR was known as a well managed and, at the same time, the only profitable railway in the Commonwealth. He held the GM position until his retirement in 1975. He settled in Toronto in 1983.
His two sons, Man-yiu Henry (64) and Man-lai Patrick (67), both attended WYK and so did his son-in-law, Ho Sun-lam Terence (63).
He passed away on July 05 at age 91.
Details of services are here.
Jim Fung, R.I.P.
We received the sad news that Jim Fung passed away on June 7 after years of battle with cancer.
Jim was an active member of the Class of 73. He enjoyed soccer, the most popular sport at school, and continued playing Sunday soccer with wahyanites in Toronto before his illness. A solid centre defender of the soccer team, he helped WYKAAO to win the Anniversary Cup in 1999.
We ask you to keep him in your prayers.
Donald Ng R.I.P.
Donald Ng passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 29, 2010.
An active member of Class of 1957, Donald and his wife Maggie had been very supportive of our activities. He had put up a brave fight against cancer for some time and was hospitalized since early this year. A good patient, he was always at ease wiith his visitors. Our sincerest condolences to Maggie and her family.
Desmond Wong, R.I.P.
We received the following sad news from Ho Nim Cho, “I was struck with extreme grief when my brother-in-law in Honolulu told me that Desmond Wong, one of our beloved classmates of 1957 Wah Yan College Kowloon, who gave us an impressive talk and demonstration last year (2009.07.18) in Toronto during the 1957 past students reunion, passed away suddenly at his home in Hawaii on the 4th of this month. No further information on this sad news was available, except that the funeral rites would not be arranged till June.”
Our sincerest condolences go to his family.
Chok and Chung Yu brothers write about Desmond.......