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2010 World Cup Fun Contest

Thank you for entering the contest. Now that the 2010 World Cup Soccer is over, we have the final tally of our fun contest. Nobody picks correctly all 4 semi-finalists and the champion; the five prizes go to:

Each of the above winners will get a free ticket to our upcoming AGM in November. Edmond Choy, being our top contestant, will also receive a special prize. Thank you again for your participation!

Obituary - Lam Po Hon ('36)

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.

迷而不信 五行淺釋

(July 10 at Mon Sheong Court) Our President, David Wong gave a high-level yet interesting talk on 陰陽五行, 天干地支, 面相, 風水等等. The idea is to introduce to the audience the basic concepts and inter-relationships of the topics mentioned above. Basic it may seem, it certainly takes time and brain power to understand the underlying theories. This is meant to be an introductory discussion; more in-depth seminars may be held in the future depending on interests of the members.

David wrapped up the talk after a brief refreshment break; all attendees held on tight to the handouts with their scribbled notes because they know they will have more than food to digest afterwards (see the pictures here). If you are interested in obtaining a soft copy of the notes handed out in the talk, please click here and let us know.

News from Manitoba

"I have had a few moments of excitement last week hosting the tour of Her Majesty in Manitoba. Attached please find a few photo shots when I received E II R at our new airport which was still under construction until September this year. My house was surrounded by securities during her stay at my residence. I did not comment on the English Soccer team in the World Cup when having a conversation with her. I was pleasantly surprised that when she made her speech which was 50% French; her French was very impressively accurate.  She must have the genes of her great great great grandfather, Richard, the Lion Heart who was purportedly known to speak primarily French and very little English.

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China Meets the World (5) ---- Scholar Vision

In this article, the author recounts his meeting with Zhou Pei Yuan 周培源, Fung You Lan 馮友蘭, Qian Wei Chang 錢偉長, Guo Moruo 郭沫若, Fei Xiao Tong 費孝通 and Su Bu Qing 蘇步青 in 1970s.  "All these scholars were well educated in the Chinese tradition. They also had rich and notable experiences in universities outside of China when they were young..."

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Happy Couple in Town

Eliza and Don Yau (65) married recently.  They were in town and attended a welcome dinner on June 24.  They brought along a Red and a White which paired nicely with a menu drawn up by Gus Yueng and Andrew Tang.  It was a very happy evening.

[Eliza and Don were at our 2008 AGM dinner held at the same restaurant.]

Click here for pictures taken by Andrew.

Jim Fung (1973) R.I.P.

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.

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Facebook Privacy

Recent policy changes in privacy of Facebook caused quite a stir among social networking communities around the world. Facebook since then simplified (and improved) the privacy settings for users; yet there are some important points to keep in mind (click here) when signing up or browsing through Facebook friends/communities including our very own WYKAAO Facebook.

Donald NG Ching-ming ('57) R.I.P.

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.

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