Introduction to the Series “In Memoriam”  --- 壬辰年  清明

In celebrating the Golden Jubilee of their graduation (Form 5) from Wah Yan College, Kowloon, the Class of ’61 undertook a project to update a CD originally produced for an earlier reunion in Toronto in 2005. It attempts to include all relevant information and photos about that cohort, from the time they entered Wah Yan, mostly in 1955, up to 2011, culminating in photos of the Gala Dinner in the old school-hall on November 13, 2011, attended by about 48 classmates. One part of the CD is a series of "In Memoriam." It recollects, mainly from the perspective of the Class of '61, the fathers, teachers and schoolmates who passed away. The project is an act of love and remembrance that constitutes a living link with the past and, hopefully, will form a reservoir of collective memories that live on, for the Class of ’61 and all Wahyanites.

It is now uploaded for a wider audience, the readers of WYKAAO. The files on the dearly missed are fuller in content than similar ones uploaded in the past, and a large number of new files have been added. Others will follow.

The series is the work of Wong Hin-shing and Yu Fong-ying (both ’61). The main source of information is the past issues of The Shield, supplemented by other avenues of information, electronic and printed, such as Fr Morrissey, S.J.’s “Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond” and a lot of old photos from Mr Laurence Tam. The help of Mr Anthony Ho in lending the magazines and other ways is gratefully acknowledged. A considerable number of teachers, fathers, and classmates have also lent a hand. To them, grateful thanks are also due.

The series "In Memoriam" consists of files on 

Fathers:

  Fr Chan, Francis SJ
  Fr Doris, Seamus SJ
  Fr Farren, Anthony SJ
  Fr Finneran, Patrick SJ
  Fr Headon, Maurice SJ
  Fr Maguire, Rory SJ
  Fr McCarthy, Richard SJ
  Fr Moran, John SJ
  Fr Reid, Derek SJ
  Fr Toner, Patrick SJ

Teachers:

  Mr Chow Cheng-Lam
  Mr Choy Shing-Pang
  Mr Fung Kin-Fung, James
  Mr Hsueh Wei-Shiang, Wilson
  Mr Lau Kai-Yip
  Mr Li Yiu-Bor Eugene
  Mr Lim Hoy-Lan Andrew
  Mr Liu Ki-Ming
  Mr O'Flanagan Patrick
  Mr Tsui Yan-Sau Peter
  Mr Wong Chuen, Alexander
  Mrs Ma-Wong Kit-Kwan 

Schoolmates:

  Cheung Chi-Fong, Benjamin
  Fan Kay-Yam
  Ku Chi-Chung, Damien
  Leung Siu-Tat, Carmelo
  Shih Yen-Chung, Jerome
  Wang Hak-Yee, Harry
  Choy Siu Ying, Ernest
  Mak Wai-Kei, Gregory
  Lau Ping-Yuen, Gabriel
 
 Butt Chak Cheung, Yondani 
  Lam Sing Kiu, Augustine