Welcome to WYKAAO
Welcome to WYKAAO
2012 Mon Sheong Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held in a Scarborough restaurant on Saturday April 21. The Mon Sheong Foundation 孟嘗會 is a Canadian registered charitable organization, dedicated to the promotion of Chinese culture, heritage, language and philosophy through caring for the elderly, encouraging the young and providing programs and services in response to the needs of our communities.
A number of WYKAAO members are also volunteers for the Foundation. Click here to see the pictures of our members who attended the event.
Maryknoll Convent School Former Students (Ont.) are organizing a bazaar at Chester Village on Saturday, 2012 May 5, from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. All proceeds will go to Maryknoll Motherhouse in New Year where all their retired Sisters are staying. Please click the image for full details.
As WYK students are well known as very successful organizers of Caritas Bazaars in Hong Kong, MCSFS has asked for volunteers to help setting up tables at 11:00 am and providing assistance at the Fair.
Members who can spare a few hours to help in this caring project please email us at
The Joint Schools Table Tennis Tournament, organized by Raimondi College Old Boys’ Association (Ontario), has been postponed to July 7 (Saturday). WYKAAO will participate in this event and welcome all members to come to our practice sessions. Please click here to let us know if you are interested in joining us.
Philip Lee (60) was in town to give the key note speech at the Awards Gala of The Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE). The President of ACCE is Alan Kwong Kwok Hung (78).
The event was held at Hilton Suites Hotel, Markham on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
Anyone interested in non-competitive outdoor soccer during the summer months in Markham, Warden & 16th Av. area, please
Another year has passed for the Terry Fox Foundation with an incredible $23 million raised for cancer research in Canada. The remarkable efforts of Terry Foxers across this great country ensure the best and the brightest researchers receive funding to continue their vital work in uncovering and understanding the mysteries of cancer.............(read the whole article).
In preparation for the upcoming Joint Schools Table Tennis Tournament (organized by the Raimondi College Old Boys’ Association), the WYKAAO team had its first practice session in a table tennis club in Markham. Click here to see the pictures.
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
Mr. Laurence Tam writes, "On Mar 14, 2012, a party celebrating the 85th birthday of Fr Deignan was held at HKU Ricci Hall. I went there with Prof Dominic Lam Man Kit (63 WYHK) to present a birthday gift to Fr Deignan. When we arrived at Ricci Hall, we found that the "Fr Deignan Education Studio (狄恒教室)" was having a study group there with Fr Deignan and students from three schools. (Please click the image for the album.)
If there is enough interest from our members who plan to attend the conference, we may organize to charter a tour bus to travel to the event venue (round trip). This will be a shared operation with Wah Yan College (Hong Kong) Ontario Alumni Association. We need firmed commitments before further planning can take place. Please let us know if you are interested in this initiative (bus tour) before April 13th by
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