Wah Yan College, Hong Kong

This article is about the Wah Yan College on Hong Kong Island. For Wah Yan College in Kowloon, see Wah Yan College, Kowloon.

Wah Yan College, Hong Kong Chinese: 香港華仁書院
Address
281 Queen's Road East Wan Chai Hong Kong,
Coordinates	22.27408°N 114.17615°E / 22.27408; 114.17615
Information
School type	Grant-in-aid, Secondary school
Motto	In Hoc Signo Vinces ("In this sign you shall conquer")
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1919
Founder	Mr. Tsui Yan Sau Peter
Status	Open
Authority	Society of Jesus
School code	WYHK
President	Rev. Fr. Stephen S. Y. Chow, S.J. (Supervisor)
Principal	Mr. S. P. Tam, George
Vice principal	Mr. C. W. Ho, Martin
Chaplain	Fr. William Lo, S.J.
Grades	F.1 - F.7 (Equivalent of Grades 7-13)
Gender	Male
Enrolment	906  (2010-09-01)
Grade 7	(F.1) 144
Grade 8	(F.2) 151
Grade 9	(F.3) 155
Grade 10	(F.4) 154
Grade 11	(F.5) 138
Grade 12	(F.6) 88
Grade 13	(F.7) 76
Classes offered	26
Language	English
Campus	Mount Parish
Campus size	20,000 m²
Houses	Berchmans, Xavier, Kostka, Loyola
School Colour(s)	Red, green, blue, white
Sports	Athletics, badminton, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, orienteering, swimming, table tennis, ice hockey, water polo, tennis
Yearbook	'The Star'
Feeder schools	Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School
Alumni	See below
Brother school	Wah Yan College Kowloon
Scout Group	15th Hong Kong
Red Cross Youth Unit	34th
Website	http://www.wahyan.edu.hk
Entrance to the school

Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (WYCHK ; demonym: Wahyanite, pl.: Wahyanites) is an eminent grant-in-aid secondary school in Hong Kong. It was founded on 16 December 1919, by Tsui Yan Sau Peter (1889–1980). It is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys run by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus. Fully subsidized by the Government of Hong Kong, it is a grammar school using English as the medium of instruction. It has an enrolment of approximately 960 with 58 teachers and Irish Jesuit Fathers. The Supervisor of the College is Rev. Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J., who is an alumnus of the College, a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, and an educational psychologist with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree from Harvard University. The current Principal of the College is Mr. Tam Siu Ping, George.

History

Chronology

The beginnings

The College was founded by Mr Tsui Yan Sau Peter on 16 December 1919 on the 3rd and 4th floor of 60 Hollywood Road, which is the current site of the Kung-Lee sugar cane juice store and is listed as one of the Grade II Historic Buildings. On the first day of lessons, there were only 4 students.

In subsequent years, the College has also used 54A Peel Street and 33 Mosque Junction as campuses. As the number of students continues to rise, the College moved to a new campus at 2 Robinson Road (the present site of Bishop Lei Int'l House and Raimondi College) after Lunar New Year, 1921. On 1 October 1922, the College was listed as a Grant-in-aid school. In 1924, a new branch school of the College, now known as Wah Yan College, Kowloon, was established. A hostel in Wah Yan opened in 1927. In the same year, the first Irish Jesuit father, Fr John Neary, came to Wah Yan as a teacher of religious knowledge.

In the early days of Wah Yan, the grades were not named as Forms 1-7, but Classes 1-8 instead. The "classes" were numbered in reverse order: Class 1 was equivalent to present day's Form 6 (the equivalent for Form 7 did not exist at that time), Class 6 was equivalent to present day's Form 1 and Class 8 was equivalent to present day's Primary 5.

Wah Yan under the Irish Jesuits

In 1932 the College was transferred to the Society of Jesus, after a long series of negotiations between the original administration and the Jesuit fathers. The transfer was completed on 31 December, and Fr Gallagher, S.J. replaced Mr Lim Hoi Lan as the headmaster. The school was also given a new name: College of Christ the King.

In 1933, the College published its first volume of its yearbook, The Star. A house system was introduced in 1934. In 1940 the hostel was closed down.

Wartime Wah Yan

Japanese troops invaded Hong Kong in December 1941. Classes were suspended as a result. Fr Gallagher and Fr McAsey were interned by the Japanese.

During the War, Wah Yan continued operations in Macau for a period of time.

There was another Wah Yan set up during the occupation (called "Wah Yan Chung Hok", meaning Wah Yan middle school) which was closed down shortly before the war ended.

Post-war development

After the Japanese troops surrendered, the College reopened on 8 September 1945. Later in the year, Wah Yan Middle School was re-established as the Chinese stream of the College. In March 1946, the organization of the Wah Yan Dramatic Society, mainly consisted of alumni from the College and Wah Yan College, Kowloon, was commenced, and officially formed next year. Its first production was "The Thrice Promised Bride".

A night school was started on 17 February 1948. In the next year, an afternoon school was also opened. In 1950 the Chinese stream of the College was closed down.

In 1951, the classes were renamed as forms: Class 1 into Form 6, Class 2 into Form 5, and so on. Class 7 and Class 8 were renamed as Primary 6 and 5 respectively.

In 1952 the afternoon school was also closed.

Queens Road East "Mount Parish" era

Robinson Road campus

In 1954, construction for a new campus at Mount Parish, Wan Chai started. On 27 September 1955 the new campus was formally opened by Sir Alexander Grantham, then Governor of Hong Kong.

The school newspaper, "Starlet", was established in 1964. In 1971, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong helped to manage the then Pun U Primary School while the Pun U Association remaining the school sponsoring body. The primary school was renamed Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School, and was established as the feeder primary school of the College. The night school was closed in 1984. The streaming to Arts and Science was started in Form 4 in 1986.

On 12 April 1987, the Gordon Wu Hall to the north of the main building was opened. In the same year Wah Yan got its first "10 As" in the HKCEE.

On 8 May 1992, heavy rainfall caused a severe landslide to occur at the junction of Kennedy Road and Queens Road East. It killed a driver passing by in his car. The landslide caused the laboratory block to sink. Cracks were found in the playground and a crack in the classroom block had to be covered with stainless steel plates. In the same year Wah Yan got 3 "10 As" in the HKCEE. Six classrooms (2H, 2K, 4H, 4K, 6S2, 7A) were demolished in 1993 due to the landslide. They were rebuilt and were reopened in 1998.

The website of the school was first prepared by Dr Ashley Cheng in 1994. In 1997, the Parent-Teacher Association was established. In 1998, all classrooms were installed with air-conditioners.

School development project

There had been plans to redevelop the school since 1995. However, the initial plans were aborted due to lack of funds and local law restrictions on architecture. In 2001 the Education and Manpower Bureau planned to upgrade all existing schools in Hong Kong to millennium standard, and the College successfully applied for part of the necessary funds for redevelopment. The School Development Project (SDP) was formally launched on 26 January 2003, and works were officially started on 25 May 2003 with the demolition of the old music room block.

The original aims of the School Development Project were to:

• Upgrade the school campus to millennium standards
• Provide extra classrooms required by the "through-train" education mode (this had been proved unnecessary since the school has decided not to adopt the "through-train" mode, mainly because of the declining academic standards of the students entering the College directly from Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School)
• Construct a new assembly hall that can accommodate all students at the same time

The total cost is estimated to be HK$103.72M. It consists of 3 phases:

• Rebuilding the existing music room into a 6-storey multi-use complex. The cost was HK$38.9M.
• Extension of Phase 1. The cost was HK$4.82M.
• Rebuilding the hall. The cost is estimated to be HK$57M.

Funding for Phase 1 is by the Hong Kong Government's Quality Education Fund and the School Improvement Programme. Funding for Phases 2 and 3 are by fund-raising campaigns hosted by the school.

Phases 1 and 2 (New Annex) have already been completed and formally opened on 31 January 2006 by Mr Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Phase III consists of a new school hall annex with a much larger hall that can accommodate all the students in the school. The annex will also house five extra classrooms and a lecture theatre. Phase III was originally estimated to be completed by December 2006; however the lack of funds had greatly delayed the completion time. Works for Phase III had not started yet and fund-raising is still in progress.

Achievements

The Lunar New Year fair stall put up by students from the College

• WYC (HK) counts 5 winners of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards, ranking 16th (tied with La Salle College, Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School of MFBM and Queen Elizabeth School) among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
• The Red Cross cadet group of the College has secured first place in the annual drill competition for 7 years consecutively since 2003.
• Wah Yan College, Hong Kong's Scout Group (15th Hong Kong Group) won the prestigious Carlton Trophy in 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004 and 2008.
• In 2007 the student organisation of the College participated in the Lunar New Year Stall Competition co-organized by Shell and the Hong Kong Youth Federation, and won the grand prize of $10,000.

Principals since 1919

Name	Period
Mr Tsui Yan Sau Peter	1919–1926
Mr Lim Hoy Lam Andrew	1926–1932
Fr Gallagher, S.J.	1932–1940
Fr Bourke, S.J.	1940–1948
Fr Cooney, S.J.	1948–1951
Fr Carroll, S.J.	1951–1956
Fr Barrett S.J.	1956–1962
Fr Foley, S.J.	1962–1968
Fr Alfred J Deignan, S.J.	1968–1970
Fr Barrett, S.J. (2nd time)	1970–1982
Fr Reid, S.J.	1982–1985
Fr Baptista, S.J.	1985–1988
Fr Coghlan, S.J.	1988–1996
Mr Tam Siu Ping George	1996-

Education belief

According to the school's mission statement, Wah Yan aims at the development of each student in each of the following areas: moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual, in the basis of the Jesuit vision in education and Chinese tradition. The school formally adopted the Vision of Jesuit education in 2008.

Campus

The campus at 281 Queens Road East, Wan Chai has an area of about 20,000 m² (220,000 square feet), located on a small hill known as Mount Parish. It was designed by the late Professor Gordon Brown, the founder of the Architecture Faculty of Hong Kong University.

Completed in 1955, the school has seven main buildings:

• Classroom Block (partly reconstructed after a landslide in 1992)
• Laboratory Block
• Administration Wing
• Chapel
• Hall
• Gordon Wu Hall (completed in 1987)
• SIP Building, or New Annex (completed in 2005 as phases I and II of the School Development Project)

Chapel (left) and Laboratory Block (right)

The Classroom Block, Laboratory Block and Administration Wing are linked together.

Since the campus' completion in 1955, it has undergone three major changes: the addition of Gordon Wu Hall in 1987, the reconstruction of six classrooms from 1992–98, and the School Development Project launched in 2003. The school is planning to rebuild the hall into a multi-storey complex, with a much larger hall which will be able to hold all the students at the same time (the hall can currently accommodate about 500 students).

Hall and lawn

Academics

Class structure

There are 26 classes in Wah Yan College: four classes each of Form 1 to Form 6, they are named "W", "Y", "H", "K", which stand for "Wah", "Yan", "Hong" and "Kong" respectively. There are 3 classes each in Forms 7, two 'Science' (S1 & S2), and one 'Arts'(A).

Curriculum

There is no streaming in Forms 1, 2 and 3. A mixed ability mode is adopted in learning and teaching. Students with different academic abilities are allotted evenly to different classes.

Students of Forms 1 and 2 study English, Chinese, Mathematics, Chinese History, History, Geography, Computer Literacy, Integrated Science, Music, Physical Education, Putonghua, Visual Arts, Life Education/Religious Formation and Ignatian Value Education.

Form 3 students study English, Chinese, Mathematics, Chinese History, History, Geography, Computer Literacy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Music, Physical Education, Putonghua, Visual Arts, Liberal Studies, Life Education/Religious Formation and Ignatian Value Education.

Students of Forms 4 and 5 are grouped into different classes according to the optional subjects taken. All students will study courses in English, Chinese, Mathematics, Liberal Studies (the four core compulsory subjects for Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination), Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Life Education/Religious Formation and Ignatian Value Education.

In addition, students are required to take 3 to 4 optional subjects for the HKDSE Examination. The students can choose among Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Chinese History, Geography, History, Economics, "Business, Accounting and Financial Studies" (BAFS), Information and Communication Technology and Music.

Music (HKDSE) is an optional subject taught outside normal school timetable.

For Forms 6 and 7, all students study Use of English (AS subject), Chinese Language and Culture (AS), Ethics (non-HKAL) and Physical Education (non-HKAL). Then, depending on the class, they choose one option from each row in the table below.

	6S1/7S1 (Science)	6S2/7S2 (Science)	6A/7A (Arts)
Options	Physics (AL)	Physics (AL)	Principle of Accounts Chinese History (AL)
	Chemistry (AL)	Chemistry (AL) Economics (AL)	Economics (AL) Geography (AL)
	Biology (AL) Pure Mathematics (AL)	Pure Mathematics (AL) Computer Applications (AS) Liberal Studies (AS) Mathematics & Statistics (AS) L.S. + M&S C.A. + M&S	Computer Applications (AS) Liberal Studies (AS) Mathematics & Statistics (AS) L.S. + M&S C.A. + M&S

New senior secondary curriculum

Starting from the academic year 2009-2010, the College will provide a new curriculum for senior students in conjunction with the planned educational reform by the Hong Kong Government.

Tentatively, the subjects that will be offered are Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies, Chinese History, Economics, Ethics and Religious Studies, Geography, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics; Business, Accounting and Financial Studies; and Information and Communication Technology.

Music, Art, Ignatian Value Education, and also Religious Formation, Life Education or Moral & Civic Education will be offered as non-examination subjects.

Wahyanites studying overseas

The school's statistics show that many of its students do participate in overseas exchange programmes organized and subsidized by the school. Many go on to further their studies overseas on a more permanent basis. The most popular destinations are the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. To assist such students, the school established a specialised board with a number of dedicated teachers who write reference letters and testimonials for such students. The chairperson of the board is Miss H.W. Ng, a Principles of Account and BAFS teacher at Wah Yan. Wah Yan also has a Post-secondary Education Trust Fund. Six scholarships and grants, each worth more than HKD300,000 per year (or up to HKD1,200,000 per grant), are awarded to suitable Wah Yan students for overseas undergraduate studies every year. Some of the sponsors are themselves former scholarship beneficiaries.

According to the school's current principal, the main reason why Wah Yan's performance in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination ("HKALE") is not ideal, and certainly not as good as its performance in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination ("HKCEE"), is that many of the school's best students do leave the school for overseas studies after Form Five or Form Six.

Extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activities are divided into groups A and B. Group A contains school organizations and clubs/societies operated by students. Group B contains Catholic organizations, sport teams and other unclassified organizations.

Each student may participate in four Group A activities at most. The maximum number of Group B activities that a student may join is left to the discretion of the teacher advisers and parents concerned.

Prefects' Board

The Prefects' Board is an independent organization appointed by the school's discipline committee. Main duties include maintaining discipline at school and promoting harmony among Wahyanites. Prefects' Board runs a committee system directed under the Head Prefect. The Board is also responsible for coordinating all functions held by the school. Every year, approximately 70 prefects will be divided into 5 groups, each with their respective group leaders. Prefects have rights to issue warning sheets and detention slips according to the seriousness of the offence.

6 Outstanding Prefects will be elected each year based on their general routine and external duties performances.

Houses

There are four houses in Wah Yan. Each house has their own colour.

House	Named after	Representative Colour
Berchmans	Saint John Berchmans		Red
Xavier	Saint Francis Xavier		Green
Kostka	Saint Stanislaus Kostka		Blue
Loyola	Saint Ignatius of Loyola		White

Students entering the College are allocated into the four houses by which class the student is allocated to. Students are mixed up into different classes the next year, but their houses remain the same until they leave the College.

School symbols

School song

The school song was composed in about 1960 by a Filipino, Sister Carmeia. The lyrics were written by Fr. Patrick McGovern S.J. who was a teacher in Wah Yan and a member of the Legislative Council at that time.

[1] Official link: http://www.wahyan.edu.hk/about/school_song/school_song.html

"This is the dear school where we learn how to treasure

And keep for a lifetime all that's noble and true,

To serve the Lord God in the love of our neighbour,

O Wah Yan, we are proud of and grateful to you.

In all that we do whether duty or pleasure,

we count not the cost, but unselfishly strive,

What's mean and unmanly we shun with displeasure,

Come praise or come blame, we hold our heads high.

Old Boys of Wah Yan cherish fond recollections

Of those who here taught us the best things to choose;

Home of our friendships, our hopes, and affections,

O Wah Yan all our lives we'll be worthy of you."

School badge

The badge of the College is divided into four quarters by a cross in red, set on a blue background. The cross symbolizes the love of Jesus Christ for mankind, and the blue background symbolizes the sea which Hong Kong is surrounded by. Five stars are set on the badge, one in each quarter and the remaining one is at the centre of the cross. According to the school, the stars either symbolize the ideas of virtue, wisdom, sportsmanship, co-operation and elegance (Chinese: 德、智、體、群、美), or the ideas of benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom and faith (Chinese: 仁、義、禮、智、信).

Notable alumni

Politics/civil service

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Donald Tsang Yam Kuen GBM JP KBE	曾蔭權	Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|SAR
Stephen Lam Sui-lung JP	林瑞麟	Chief Secretary for Administration (formerly Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs) of Hong Kong
Michael Suen Ming-yeung GBS, JP	孫明揚	Secretary for Education of Hong Kong
Vincent Fang	方剛	Legislator, Member of the Hong Kong Liberal Party, CEO of Toppy (Hong Kong) Limited
Anthony Cheung Bing Leung BBS, JP	張炳良	The president of the Hong Kong Institute of Education; member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Wu King-cheung	胡經昌	Former Legislative Council member
Wong Sing-wah	黃星華	Retired Government official
Joseph Wong Wing Ping	王永平	Former Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of Hong Kong; former Secretary for the Civil Service of Hong Kong
Wu Wai-yung	鄔維庸	Former representative of Hong Kong in the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
Paul Tsui Ka-Cheung	徐家祥	First Chinese Administrative Officer of Hong Kong
Jonathan Choi Chung Hang	蔡宗衡	Founding member of Savantas Policy Institute
Andrew Wong Wang Fat JP	黃宏發	The last President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule
Chui Kam	徐淦	Former Minister of Broadcasting
Li Fook-shum	李福深(琛)	Former Chairman of Hong Kong Jockey Club; Former Chairman of the Board of The Kowloon Dairy Ltd.
Chau Cham Son, OBE, LLD, JP	周湛燊	Former Deputy Chairman of Hong Kong Jockey Club; former Chief Commissioner of The Scout Association of Hong Kong; Justice of the Peace; Registered Architect; Registered town planner; Authorised Person
HO SAI CHEE	何世柱	Former Legislative Council member

Legal

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Mr Justice Patrick Chan	陳兆愷	Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
Mr Justice Barnabas Fung	馮驊	Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong
Patrick Yu Shuk-siu	余叔韶	Barrister-at-Law, the first Chinese Crown Counsel and Life Member of the Hong Kong Bar Association
Jason Pow, SC	鮑永年	Prominent Senior Counsel
Godfrey Lam, SC	林雲浩	Prominent Senior Counsel
Kwan Cheuk Yin	關卓然	Solicitor; Founder and Current Managing Partner of Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo Solicitors
Winston Chu	徐嘉慎	Solicitor; Former Chairman of Society for Protection of the Harbour

Health

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Wu Ting Yuk JP	胡定旭	Chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority; former Chairman of Ernst & Young Far East and former Chairman of Ernst & Young Hong Kong/China
Ho Siu-wai	何兆煒	Former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Tam Kwong Hang	譚廣亨	Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Chair Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
Jane Wyatt Granville	簡悅威	Former American president of the Chinese Institute of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences, the first Shaw Prize winner
Choa Wing Yip	蔡永業	The founding dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, former Director of Health; former president of the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong
Thomas Tsang	曾浩輝	Hong Kong Department of Health Consultant
Leung Pak Yin	梁柏賢	Former Deputy Director of the Department of Health
Chung Sheung Chee	鍾尚志	Former dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; one of the SARS heroes
Lee Kin-hung	李健鴻	Member of the Council of the University of Hong Kong; former Chairman of the Hong Kong Medical Council
David Fang	方津生	Prominent orthopaedic surgeon, The Chairman of the Trust Fund for SARS, Medical Superintendent of Saint Paul’s Hospital, Hong Kong
Leung Ping Chung	梁秉中	Founding Chairman of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Director of Institute of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chairman of Operation Concern; Deputy to The National People's Congress
Ng Man Lun	吳敏倫	Retired Professor of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong; one of the most outstanding yet most controversial figures in sex education in Hong Kong

Entertainment

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Hacken Lee	李克勤	Singer-songwriter-actor
Joe Nieh	倪震	Writer, DJ, founder of Yes! magazine, husband of famous actress and singer Vivian Chow
Kevin Cheng	鄭嘉穎	Hong Kong singer-actor
Julian Cheung Chi Lam	張智霖	Hong Kong singer-actor.
Jaycee Chan	房祖名	Hong Kong singer-actor, son of prominent kung-fu movie star Jackie Chan
Terence Yin	尹子維	Hong Kong actor-singer, member of the ALIVE Band. Wah Yan Primary
Xiao Liang	蕭亮	Senior broadcaster, actor
Zheng Junli Mian	鄭君綿	Singer, actor
Paul Chun	秦沛	Senior actor
Michael Leung	梁繼璋	Deputy Director of the Radio Television Hong Kong, DJ
Ben To	杜浚斌	DJ, singer
Wayne Kwok	郭偉安	DJ
Wai Kee Shun	韋基舜	Prominent sports commentator
N/A	李我(李晚景)	Senior broadcaster, writer
Tam Wai Keun	譚偉權	Actor
Hon Chi-Fun	韓志勳	Painter
Tony Sai Kit Woo	胡世傑	Radio chair
James Sai-sang Yuen	阮世生	Director and scriptwriter
So Yiu-chung	蘇耀宗(細蘇)	DJ of 903, MC, dubber
David Lo	盧大偉	Presenter
Patrick Tam Kar-Ming	譚家明	Film Director; One of the major figures of Hong Kong New Wave; 26th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director (After This Our Exile (父子)); Associate Professor, The School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Leon Ko	高世章	Composer for musical theatre and films; Winner of 2001 Richard Rodgers Development Award for Heading East, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2010 Hong Kong Drama Awards for his four Cantonese musicals The Good Person of Szechwan (四川好人), The Legend of the White Snake (白蛇新傳), Field of Dreams (頂頭鎚) and The Passage Beyond (一屋寶貝), and a Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song for Perhaps Love (如果·愛)
Ricky Lam	林立基	Composer for pop music; Winner of CASH 2010 for 第五季

Commerce

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Alfred Chuang	莊思浩	CEO of BEA Systems
Sir Gordon Wu	胡應湘	Co-founder (the other co-founder was his father, Mr Wu Chung) of Hopewell Holdings Limited (合和實業有限公司)
Philip Chen	陳南祿	Former CEO of Cathay Pacific
Lawrence Ho	何猷龍	CEO of Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited. Wah Yan Primary.
Yau Mok Shing	邱木城	Businessmen, Regal, the former Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Prescriptions - Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the accounting firm Masilun Marseille senior partner, and vice president of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants
-	方俠	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing director of the Hong Kong experienced accountants
	石鏡泉	Famous financial analyst
Kwan Chiu Yin, Robert MA, JP	關超然	Cheung Kong (Holdings) Independent Non-executive Director, former Chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation, former Chairman of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu - Sociedade de Auditores Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, former Independent Non-executive Directors of CK Life Sciences International (Holdings) Corporation, Pak Fah Yeow International Limited, Melco International Development Limited and Shun Tak Holdings Limited, all being listed companies, Justice of the Peace
Wu Po Kong, Patrick, JP	伍步剛	Former Vice Chairperson of Wing Lung Bank Ltd., Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Scout Association, as of February 2009 the 17th richest man in Hong Kong according to Forbes Magazine, Justice of the Peace
	羅鼎威	JL Capital Pte Ltd, Managing Director
	丘銘劍	Parkson Group non-executive director

Education

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Yu Kwok-Fan	余國藩	Former Professor at the University of Chicago
Wong Chin-wa	黃展華	Teacher, Creator of the famous Chinese Opera in English
Lui Tai-Lok	呂大樂	Hong Kong University professor of sociology, columnist
John Tan Kang	陳岡	Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Liberal Studies/ Cross-curricular Studies) of Education Bureau; Former Principal of Valtorta College; Editor of WYHEUR; Principal of Wah Yan College, Kowloon (since 2009)
Rev. Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J.	周守仁	Honorary Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Education; Roman Catholic Jesuit priest; Supervisor of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong as well as Wah Yan College, Kowloon

Religion

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Dominic Tang Yee-ming, S.J.	鄧以明	Last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canton, spent twenty-two years in jail for his loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church

Others

Name	Chinese Name	Description
Patrick Chan Nim-Tak JP	陳念德	Director of General Grades of Hong Kong
Ng Yook Man	吳煜民	Writer
LAI WAI CHUNG	黎偉聰	Writer, university lecturer
Johnny Li Khai-kam	李啟淦	Swimmer representing Hong Kong at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
Mok Charles Peter	莫乃光	Chairperson of Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter
Yip Kam-haw Paul	葉金豪	Winner of the HK$250,000 cash prize in ATV's TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

See also

• Wah Yan College, Kowloon
• Wah Yan College Cats
• Wah Yan Students Studying Overseas
• Wah Yan One Family Foundation
• Education in Hong Kong
• List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
• List of schools in Hong Kong

External links

• School homepage
• Wah Yan International Network
• Wah Yan (Hong Kong) Past Students Association
• Ricci Hall, University of Hong Kong
• Dr. Rev. Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J., B.A., M.A., M.S.O.D., Ed.D.