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Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
Chinese: 香港華仁書院
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School typeGrant-in-aid, Secondary school
MottoIn Hoc Signo Vinces
("In this sign you shall conquer")
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1919
FounderMr Tsui Yan Sau Peter
StatusOpen
AuthoritySociety of Jesus
School codeWYHK
PresidentRev. Fr. Stephen S. Y. Chow, S.J. (Supervisor)
PrincipalMr. George S. P. Tam
ChaplainFr. William Lo, S.J.
GradesF.1 - F.7 (Equivalent of Grades 7-13)
GenderMale
Enrollment944 (2007-09-01)
 • Grade 7(F.1) 160
 • Grade 8(F.2) 168
 • Grade 9(F.3) 157
 • Grade 10(F.4) 151
 • Grade 11(F.5) 149
 • Grade 12(F.6) 92
 • Grade 13(F.7) 68
Classes offered26
LanguageEnglish
CampusMount Parish
Campus size20,000 m²
HousesBerchmans, Xavier, Kostka, Loyola
Colour(s)Red, green, blue, white
SportsAthletics, badminton, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, orienteering[1], swimming, table tennis, ice hockey, water polo
YearbookThe Star
Feeder schoolsPun U Association Wah Yan Primary School
AlumniSee below
Brother schoolWah Yan College Kowloon
Scout Group15th Hong Kong
Red Cross Youth Unit34th
Websitehttp://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 2nd floor of 60 Hollywood Road. 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.[2]

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

File:Wahyan robinson.jpg
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 establishd as the feeder primary school of the College.[3] 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 A" 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. [4]

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[5]

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.[6]

Achievements

The Lunar New Year fair stall put up by students from the College
  • 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 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 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.[7]

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 Catholic and Chinese tradition.[8]

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

Curriculum

Students of Forms 1 and 2 study English, Chinese, Mathematics, Art and Design, Chinese History, History, Integrated Science, Geography, Music, Computer Literacy, Physical Education, Putonghua and Religious Studies. There is no streaming in Forms 1 and 2. Students are equally allocated into W, Y, H and K classes.

Form 3 students study English, Chinese, Mathematics, Art and Design, Chinese History, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Music, Computer Literacy, Physical Education, Religious Studies. There is also no streaming in Form 3. The top 40 students are placed in one class (3K as of years 2006-2008), and the other students are equally distributed among the other three classes.

Students of Forms 4 and 5 are streamed into either science or arts streams. English, Chinese, Mathematics, and Religious Studies are common core subjects, and Computer and IT, Geography, History, Economics are common option subjects. Arts students will take Chinese History, Economics, Principle of Accounts as core subjects, while Science students will take Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Students may also take Music, Physical Education (as HKCEE subjects), Putonghua or Visual Arts as an extra subject.

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.[9]

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 Mr. H. P. Shiu, a Warwick-educated English 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.[10]


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 Certficiate 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.[11]

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.

Houses

There are four houses in Wah Yan.[12] 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.[13]

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 SAR
Stephen Lam Sui-lung JP 林瑞麟 Secretary for Constitutional 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 To 徐涂/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
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
William Kwan 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
Anthony WuJP 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
Fen Choa 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
Dene Chung 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. Wah Yan Primary
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
Ji-Chang Liang 梁繼璋 Deputy Director of the Radio Television Hong Kong, DJ
Ben To 杜浚斌 DJ, singer
Guo Weian 郭偉安 DJ
Wai Kee Shun 韋基舜 Prominent sports commentator
Li Me 李我(李晚景) Senior broadcaster, writer
Tan Wei 譚偉權 Actor
Hanzh Ixun 韓志勳 Painter
Hushi Jie 胡世傑 Radio chair
James 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

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.
Qiu Wity 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
Fang Xia 方俠 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing director of the Hong Kong experienced accountants
Shi Jing-Quan 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
Luo Fan-Yu 羅鼎威 JL Capital Pte Ltd, Managing Director
Qiu Ming Jian 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
Huang Chin-wah 黃展華 Teacher, English opera creator
Lu Tai-Lok 呂大樂 Chinese University associate 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 Honourary Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Education; Roman Catholic Jesuit priest; Supervisor of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong

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
Wu Min 吳煜民 Writer
Lai Cong 黎偉聰 Writer, university lecturer
Johnny Li Khai-kam[14] 李啟淦 Swimmer representing Hong Kong at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics[15]
Charles Mok 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?; teacher of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong

Footnotes

  1. ^ Orienteering is not listed as a sport team in the College's student handbook. Orienteering activities in the College are maintained by an ECA club in the school which is an affiliated club of Orienteering Association of Hong Kong. Also see Orienteering Association of Hong Kong. "Executive Committee and Affiliated Clubs". Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. ^ Wah Yan History Review 1
  3. ^ Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School
  4. ^ History of Wah Yan - Timeline
  5. ^ SDP Brochure
  6. ^ Wah Yan College, Hong Kong School Development Project
  7. ^ Mingpao, 營「宵」有道 華仁生奪獎, 19 March 2007 (From Yahoo! News)
  8. ^ http://www.wahyan.edu.hk/about/missions/missions.html School Mission at the home page of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
  9. ^ "PLANNED NEW SENIOR SECONDARY CURRICULUM (2009-2010)". Wah Yan College Hong Kon. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  10. ^ http://www.wahyan.edu.hk/downloads/scolarships/scholarships0809/undergraduate.html Wah Yan College Scholarship schemes
  11. ^ http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20070630/20070630020838_0000.html 產五狀元...恆商贏到開巷 (太陽報網頁30/06/2007 )
  12. ^ Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (2007). Handbook 2007-2008. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  13. ^ [http://www.wahyan.edu.hk/about/school_song/school_song.html School Song Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
  14. ^ "PSA Council 2004-05". Wah Yan College H.K. Past Students Association. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  15. ^ Lam, S.F. (2006). The Quest for Gold: Fifty Years of Amateur Sports in Hong Kong, 1947-1997. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9622097669. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

See also

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