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Congratulations to Philip Lee of Class 1960 on his receiving an Honourary Degree at the University of Manitoba Convocation on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
(Click the images for the photos.)
Citation:
"Manitoba’s first Chinese-Canadian lieutenant-governor, the Honourable Philip Lee has played a prominent role in supporting and nurturing Winnipeg’s Chinese community for more than 35 years. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has praised Mr. Lee for his tireless work on causes important to the Chinese-Canadian community and today he is recognized for his service to this community, the City of Winnipeg, and Manitoba.
Born in Hong Kong in 1944, Mr. Lee came to Canada in 1962 to further his education at the University of Manitoba. During his student years, he was elected Chairman of the University College Students Association.
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
Alex Chiu enjoyed the dim-sum he had missed for years in Washington, DC. On the next day, July 5, he was at dinner with David Tse who had just arrived from Sydney via Hong Kong in late afternoon. Both have been practising Kung Fu since their Wah Yan days. Alex was the founder of the Karate Club at school. From Karate he went on to obtain a tae kwon do black belt. More recently, he has returned to Tai Chi, an art he started at the age of nine. He enjoys Tai Chi sword play and David, Kendo (日本劍道).
However, they were no match to Ron Tse when three of them were active members of the Fencing Club because Ron was standing much taller!.
At dinner, David entertained the group with another Qi Gong performance. With a bank note, he broke a chopstick into pieces. Click the image to view the album. To view the video demonstrations, please click (1) and (2).
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.
【明報專訊】耶穌會中華省昨宣布已向教育局提交意向書，申請粉嶺皇后山私立大學用地，是9個申請土地的團體之一。耶穌會中華省教育委員會主席周守仁神父表示，構思中大學會是一所博雅大學，全校3000名學生都要在校住宿用膳，神學、哲學等為必修科，目前已聘請校長和部分高層，並在本地和海外籌款建校。
周守仁說，耶穌會在全球各地有逾百間大學，擁有豐富專上教育經驗，今次是在國際耶穌會的協助下，向政府申請整幅粉嶺皇后山用地辦學，在其他耶穌會大學的支持下，有信心獲港府批地建校。
教育局預計，皇后山用地可容納8000人，規模與浸會大學相若。但周守仁表示，構思中大學採博雅教育，是一所男女校，全校學生在學4年期間均須住宿舍，故全校只能容納3000學生，校內會興建宿舍供學生入住。
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Wong Hin-Shing writes, "The Toronto class of 1961 had their 50th Anniversary reunion on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at Golden Court Abolone Restaurant, Richmond Hill. We were fortunate to have a room reserved for us through our classmate, Michael Chan.
There were altogether eight of us, including our honored guest Mr. Anthony Ho. Classmates present were: David Chan, Michael Chan, Clement Ching, Stephen Lam, Martin Lee, Bernard Wong and Hin-Shing Wong.
Mr. Ho had prepared a slideshow "In Memory of Fathers, teachers and classmates, R.I.P." with photos and data supplied by Hin-Shing. So the first event in the evening was viewing the photos of our dear Fathers, teachers and classmates who had passed away. We were indeed very moved as we remembered them.
William Li Kei-Ying (middle in photo) was in town earlier this month and members of the class took the opportunity to get together for a dinner.
Alexander Chiu Fung-Chow and David Tse Kwok-Shuen will be visiting Toronto early July and a dinner in their honour will be held on Tuesday, July 5th. Please
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.
We learned from Fr. Coghlan that Fr. Deignan fell yesterday, June 9, breaking a hip and that he had had surgery. Fr. Deignan will be in hospital for 2 weeks.
We wish Fr. Deignan speedy recovery.
There will be two major events on back to back weekends offered to you in the month of July:
1. Brookhaven National Laboratory Sunday Open House - July 17
2. Annual General Meeting - Saturday July 23
The FIRST event: Brookhaven National Laboratory (“BNL”) Open House on Sunday July 17, organized and hosted by Lapyan Cheng (former president).
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