R.I.P.
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
Mr. Hsueh passed away on August 14. He taught music from 1958~74 and was instrumental in building the strong foundation of music that our students enjoy today. He produced four Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, introduced local artists at weekly lunch-time music programme and conducted our school choirs to win numerous awards at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. May he rest in peace.
Memories of Mr. Hsueh are posted in our WYKAAO forum.
We have prepared a web page showcasing his farewell on-air recital at Radio Hong Kong in 1974, recordings of his winning choir at City Hall, practice sessions of the intermediate choir also in 1974 and a video of his performance at our Diamond Jubilee Gala Dinner in 1999. Please click here to go to the page.
Fr. Deignan, Fr. Naylor and Fr. Zee co-celebrated the requiem mass for Mr. Wilson Hsueh at St. Ignatius Chapel at school on Thursday, August 28, at 7:00PM. Mr. Laurence Tam reports from Hong Kong .....
The memorial service for Mr. Wu Tien-chor was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Burial Park & Funeral Home, Burnaby, Vancouver, at 1:30pm on Monday June 1, 2009.
Mr. Wu taught at WYK from 1967 to 1992. After his retirement from school, Mr. Wu lived in Vancouver with his son, Ng Ming Sai (wyk, 1976).
His biography shows his many talents and the Sing Tao article describes his life in Vancouver.
He will be missed by his students.
Mrs. Ko passed away on June 22, 2009 in Hong Kong. Click here to see the notice of memorial service.
Mrs. Ko taught at Wah Yan Kowloon from 1945 to 1975. She was fondly referred to as the Fat Madam by her pupils. 高太貴從容, remarked by one of them. Our condolences go to members of her family, all boys being Wah Yan alumni.
Here is the letter of condolence from Philip Lee.
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.
"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
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.
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.
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.......