R.I.P.
Obituary
Father Ciaran F. Kane, former Director of Adam Schall Residence of United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, passed away at the age of eighty on 5 February 2013 in Hong Kong.
Born in Durbin, Ireland in 1932, Father Ciaran F. Kane was a graduate of the University College Dublin (National University of Ireland). He entered the Society of Jesus in 1958 and was ordained as a priest in 1964. Father Kane came to Hong Kong in 1958 and was a teacher of the two Wah Yan Colleges in Hong Kong. Father Kane joined United College in 1971 as the founding Director of Adam Schall Residence until his retirement in 1994. His close ties with the College still continued though. He has also worked as an anchor of a religious music programme for RTHK Radio 4.
From Alvin, son of Alexis,
"I regret to inform you that Alexis Lo passed away. He had been admitted into the hospital for internal bleeding on 12/18/2012. After abdominal surgery, they found stage 4 stomach cancer. My father had always feared getting cancer, so we decided not to tell him until he recovered from his abdominal surgery. However, his conditioned worsened and he got pneumonia. He died at 3:37 am with my mother (Marina) by his side on 1/15/2013. His funeral is planned for 2/1/2013, 11am, at Rose Hills Cemetary (Memorial Chapel), 3888 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA, USA. Thank you for your friendship to my father for all these years."
by his younger brother, John Wong Cheng (F5C, 1960), on 2011.09.08.
Born in Shanghai, China, Alexander received his music training at the National Conservatory of Music in Shanghai.
After arriving in Hong Kong, starting in 1952, he was a violist in the former Sino-British Orchestra, now known as Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. By 1955, he was the soloist tenor in both Crescendo Choral Society and Hong Kong Choral Group. He also gave several solo performances in Hong Kong.
Alexander taught at Wah Yan College, Kowloon from 1954 to 1959 as its music teacher. He was the conductor for Trial by Jury in 1955 and HMS Pinafore in 1956, both by Gilbert and Sullivan. During his tenure as the music teacher, WYK won several awards in Music Festivals. [Click here for Mr. Wong's farewell recital at WYK in 1959]
Father Gerald Tseng writes from Singapore, "...(Father O'Neill) passed away on Friday the 30th. He was not feeling well on that day and he died in his bed after Tea-time. His funeral will be on Monday the 3rd of August and cremated in the Crematorium."
Father O'Neil taught at WYK from 1957 to 1961. Father Tseng. 1959-60 and 1966-67.
His former students share their fond memories of him. Please click here.
Visit http://wyk62.mysinablog.com/ for the biography of Father O'Neill by Paul Lee and photos in memory of Father O'Neill.
Miss Wong Kit Kwan (Mrs Ma) passed away on Oct 31.
Requiem Mass (presided by Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J.) was held on Friday, 27 November, at 8:00pm at Hong Kong Funeral Parlour and Final Commendation (presided by Fr. A. Deignan, S.J.) on Saturday, 28 November, at 9:00am. The cortege proceeded to Cape Collinson Crematoria.
Mrs Ma taught at Wah Yan College Kowloon from 1945~78. As she was the only Chinese teacher at the entrance level, P6 and F1, she had taught all earlier graduates at their very early formative years at school.
A 1961 Form 5 graduate remembers her as:
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最憶Meen See黃 |
循循解文義 |
黃潔君女士, P. 6D班主任, 後嫁與馬玉麟先生 |
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常見交費遲 |
婉轉問家貧 |
通常每月第一日交學費, 我常遲交。馬玉麟先生教國文。 |
Please view other messages here. View album of Mrs. Ma.
Mr. Tam writes from HK.
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."
Louis of Class 57 left us on August 31, 2009 after putting up a strong fight against cancer. His family was there by his side.
Trained as a chemist, Louis turned into a successful farmer. A writer, he was a regular contributor to our newsletter; his essay on Cantonese is widely read. His articles appear on the Features page.
We remember his forever friendly personality, his cheerful presence at our functions and his hospitality offering his farmstead for our annual picnics.
A private memorial funeral service was held on September 3, 2009 at 5:30 PM at 1403 Bayview Ave., Toronto. Donations to Cancer Society in lieu of wreaths will be appreciated.