Raymond in Hong Kong
First gathering for SPCC73 in the new year. Raymond Luk Wing Kai who missed our 35th Reunion last December by just weeks is visiting his family in Hong Kong now. He has been in Canada for many years and would love to reconnect with our classmates to catch up. I've booked a table for dinner on Tuesday, 13 January 2009, under Mr P. Yu at 8:00 pm, at:

The Square, Two Exchange Square, Central, Tel 2525 1163
(In Chinese: 翠玉軒, 中區交易廣場第二座)

Please RSVP online or email Perry if you plan to join this dinner gathering.

Thanks,
Perry Yu Pak Le
+852 9109 1750
- posted by Perry Yu @ Friday, January 09, 2009 0 comments

 
SPCC73 - Our 35th Reunion

- posted by Perry Yu @ Sunday, November 23, 2008 0 comments

 
At 50, I Understand the Decree of Heaven 五十而知天命
From Denise Yeung Kin Sie:

五十而知天命

知天命：雖對事理不復有惑，而志行仍會有困。志愈進，行愈前，所遇困厄或愈大。故能立不惑，更進則須能知天命。天命指人生一切當然之道義與職責。道義職責似不難知，然有守道盡職而仍窮困不可通者。何以當然者而竟不可通，何以不可通而仍屬當然，其義難知。遇此境界，乃需知天命之學。--- 錢穆 :《論語新解》

73年中五畢業的同學們到了今天，應該都到了知天命之年。大家在建功立業、追求理想、尋覓自我的過程當中，必有想及人生的道義與職責。幾個73屆的同學(張銀英、李翠華、龍小清、陳育新、黃令衡、陶劍麗、蔣振南、鄭瑋鈞、林淑芬、楊少銓、郭敏怡、楊健思等)聚會時談及如何回饋社會，以令畢業35周年的紀念日更能彰顯意義。除了辦一個較大型的聚會外，大家提議向73屆的同學募捐，共同努力，在國內捐建一座希望小學(約港元30萬)，命名聖保羅73小學(暫擬)，好讓大家日後持續關心國內教育，或探訪、或義教、或捐助獎學金，一方面可持續靈活用不同方式，回饋社會，一方面讓73屆的同學建立共同關注目標，甚至希望在40周年、45周年時，再建多所學校。這樣，大家的聯繫與互相支持，當可以得到更大果效。

現時我們已聯絡了一些機構，並請教過若干有經驗人士，如何落實及執行計劃。我們提出一些基本原則:

1. 我們有學校命名權。

2. 我們可参與學校選址、施工檔次、興建期間監察等。

3. 我們一次過籌款。以後個別捐獻直接付與該學校，以減省我們的人力和時間開支。

4. 除了硬件外，我們不時組織同學與學校交流，關心學校的發展。

以上是我們的初步構思，希望大家大力支持及提出寶貴意見。

We'll hold gatherings later in the year to discuss the proposition and finalize on the project details. Meanwhile if you have any thoughts or suggestions, send in a comment on this blogger or email Denise.
- posted by Perry Yu @ Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2 comments

 
SPCC 1973 at the Olympics
35th Reunion continues with a novel summer gathering at the Olympics!

If you are in Hong Kong this August, don't miss our special reunion on the Equestrian 2008 Eventing Cross-Country course at Beas River, Sheung Shui, New Territories:

Date:	Monday, August 11, 2008
Time:	8:00am - 11:30am
Location:	Beas River Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue
City/Town:	Sheung Shui, Hong Kong

Wow, so did anyone get the tickets? ... Yes and no. It's all up to us. It's in hong kong, not Beijing,... but someone found out that there are still tickets available as of today at a few of the Olympic Equestrian Eventing sessions. Of particular interest is the Team/Individual Eventing - Cross Country session on 11 August 2008, at the Beas River venue (Event EQ04).

Beas River is an approximately 5.7-km track measuring 10 metres in width was constructed as a temporary four-star championship Cross-Country course at the Hong Kong Golf Club and the adjacent Beas River Country Club at Sheung Shui, New Territories. From the Beas River venue photos, it looks like the spectators will be walking/standing on the green of the golf course leisurely and watching the cross country races. It's more like an outing or picnic. Instead of confining ourselves to fixed seats at the Dressage venue in Sha Tin, we can meet and chat with each other in a nice and relaxing venue as Beas River - definitely an added value.

Your Cost:

1. Wake up EARLY on a monday morning.
2. Get off your normal monday routine (work or else) - after all, this could be the first-ever Olympic experience for most of us.
3. Travel kind of far away from the city (we can arrange a coach to pick people up in town), but we don't really need to be there on time. We can always show up an hour or so later, and how about late breakfast or dim sum lunch afterwards?
4. Price of ticket: HK$71/person

If this sounds exciting and manageable, act now, and RSVP online.

Or contact Perry Yu Pak Le or Winnie Luk Wing Yan and let us know how many tickets you'd like to get. RESPOND BY 15 JULY 2008. we are going to purchase the tickets online and collect the tickets for you first. Details on meeting point, transportation, lunch etc. to follow. For those who are on Facebook, check out more event info and photos.

SPCC73 alumni may be interested in joining "The Amazing Race - SPCC Edition" - SPCC Alumni Association annual dinner at the Conrad Hotel Hong Kong on Tuesday 7 October 2008. We will send out an event enrollment to our classmates soon, as this can be one of our 35th reunion gatherings.

David Li Ka Fai sent in a message on Albert Young Siu Chuen's being awarded for the Medal of Honour in July 2008 in Hong Kong for his outstanding and dedicated community service in Central and Western District. Congrats, Albert!

Winnie Luk Wing Yan reported that back in March, the pretty ladies of SPCC73 decided to celebrate 8 March 2008, International Women's Day in full swing in an indulging program:

Noon - Yum Cha at the Maxim's Restaurant, City Hall Hong Kong
2:30pm - Leisure walk along the Peak Trail or equal
4:00pm - High tea
6:00pm - Karaoke at CEO in Causeway Bay

Too bad, it's girls only. Sorry guys!...

After over 6 months now, our experiment on Facebook has not been bad! More than 30 classmates have joined our SPCC 1973 Facebook Group, and many started actively sharing photos, news, and have fun. It takes time for all of us to learn and get used to new routines, whether it's doing our emails over 10 years back, publishing or reading blogger posts, sending and receiving SMS or Blackberry messages, and now social networking on Facebook, or simply, Facebooking. There are always concerns for ease of use, security, or privacy, but that's all part of the learning. Many of us love Facebook, simply for what it can accomplish in information sharing, communication, and collaboration, all with a warmer and softer touch. We all love to see each other's profile pics, and of course that won't substitute for true face-to-face meetings and chats. That's why we want our gatherings! So, happy Facebooking and hope to see your real faces soon!

Visit SPCC 1973 Facebook Group. (You can join Facebook first if you do not yet have an account.)
- posted by Perry Yu @ Wednesday, July 09, 2008 0 comments

 
Rat Race Anyone?
What? No one needs a rat race even though it's the Year of the Rat.

So instead of getting exhausted, let's put everything away and go for something relaxing and breathtaking in the New Year. We'll go for an easy hike cum SPCC73 reunon, from Siu Sai Wan to Tai Long Wan, with an option to continue further to Shek O, this coming Saturday 9 February 2008.

We will start from the playground in Siu Sai Wan next to Island Resort by the promenade (not the Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground), but only after we first fill our stomach at a dim sum lunch. We'll go uphill along a family hiking trail, cross the Cape Collinson Road, bypass the Pottinger Peak (and done with the hard part), then head for a relaxing descent admiring the spectacular views of Tai Long Wan and Shek O to the east. After we arrive at Tai Long Wan we can decide if we want to continue a relatively level walk along the Shek O Country Club to Shek O for an alfresco afternoon tea or to head home directly.

Date: 9 February 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 12 pm for lunch, 2 pm walk starts from Siu Sai Wan playground.
Place: Lunch at Maxim's Chinese Restaurant, Island Resort, Siu Sai Wan. Hiking from Siu Sai Wan to Tai Long Wan to Shek O, Hong Kong.
Lunch RSVP: Contact Perry Yu Pak Le at perry@pobox.com or 9109 1750 or Winnie Luk Wing Yan at winniewong@kinwell.com or 9490 8533 to reserve your seat.

If you are just joining the walk, be sure to let Perry or Winnie know so we'll be sure not to leave without you at 2 pm.

Google Map (the route will be from north to south along the eastern coastal hills of HK Island)
- posted by Perry Yu @ Wednesday, February 06, 2008 0 comments

 
Dazzling Photos on Exhibit at the Fringe


Yang Sau Man sent her greetings from California and an announcement of his brother P H Yang's solo photo exhibition opening reception tonight Thursday 19 July 2007 at the Fringe in Central.

- posted by Perry Yu @ Thursday, July 19, 2007 1 comments

 
Anne and Edith in Hong Kong
Just-in-time notice for those of us here in Hong Kong this summer:

Edith Yeung Suk Yiu told me Anne Chen On Yee is back in Hong Kong with her family for the first time in so many years and we should have a get-together to meet her, and meet Edith herself too!

I've booked a table for dinner on Monday, 9 July 2007, under Mr P. Yu at 8:00 pm, at:

The Square, Two Exchange Square, Central, Tel 2525 1163
(In Chinese: 翠玉軒, 中區交易廣場第二座)

Anne has settled in Boston since 1989 (by way of Hawaii and Washington) while Edith, a not-too-infrequent visitor to Hong Kong, has settled in Rome for years. I've told Winnie Luk Wing Yan to help spread the words on this gathering at short notice as Anne is leaving on Wednesday.

Please respond at this blog (post a comment), email Perry, or call Perry at 9109 1750 if you plan to join this dinner gathering.

Thanks,
Perry
- posted by Perry Yu @ Sunday, July 08, 2007 0 comments

 
Your Chance to Walk for Millions
From Kwan Wing Kam Janice:

Dear all,

You may have read an annoucement in SCMP from The Community Chest that the quota for the enrolments for the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor Walk for Millions of 15 April is full.

However, if you are interested in the Walk but not yet enroled for the event, I would like to share with you the quota I have reserved for my children and friends for the Walk at the time slot of 2 to 4pm.

To reserve a place for yourself and your children, please send me the following information to janice@sunwah-hitech.com:

Number of the person to be enrolled
Names of the persons to be enrolled
Person to be contacted
Contact mobile no./fax no./email address

Places are limited and will be allocated on first-come- first-served basis. Only after I inform you of your successful enrolment, you are required to send me a cheque made payable to 'The Community Chest of Hong Kong' for the fund guaranteed to be raised, which is HKD200 per person and advise me to whom receipts to be issued by The Community Chest for tax deduction should be given.

The deadline for submitting the names of participants in the Walk is 30 March before 3pm. If you have any question, please feel free to conact me by email or at my mobile 90311665.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in the Walk.

Best regards,
Janice
- posted by Perry Yu @ Thursday, March 29, 2007 0 comments

 
Saddening News
Right after I sent the email [for my previous post] this morning, I received the saddening news from two classmates that our classmate Poon On Kwok Philip has passed away in early March at the Queen Mary Hospital from a liver ailment. Philip has in the most recent past (but already two years ago) met up with our shape-up enthusiasts for lunch after one of their workouts, and was reportedly in good health. Philip has been working in the construction field for almost all his career. Classmates, friends and relatives may attend Philip's funeral service after 6 pm on Saturday 24 March 2007 at the Kowloon Funeral Parlour, 1A Maple Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon (closest MTR station at Mong Kok).
- posted by Perry Yu @ Thursday, March 22, 2007 4 comments

 
Virtual Gallery Turns Real
Many classmates have visited Au Ka Lam's Virtual Art Gallery of landscapes and sceneries first announced on the SPCC73 Blogger (Photos, Virtual Gallery, and the Marathon) exactly two years ago on this date.

For the past two years, Au Ka Lam has been, in his own pleasing words, "quite productive." If you had walked the streets, you could have seen him painting many landmarks and streetscenes in Hong Kong on quiet weekend mornings in car parks that provide the best vantage points on his subjects as well as in busy afternoons among curious passers-by when the light and color was perfect. Among the works he did, his paintings on disappearing landmarks such as the Star Ferry Pier that he did right before the pier's demolition last November would certainly help preserve the much treasured "collective memory" for many.

You now have a chance to see Au Ka Lam's works in real this weekend 23 to 25 March 2007 at the City Hall Low Block Exhibition Hall at the Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Hong Kong Artists (with lead landscape artist Lam Tian Xing). Au Ka Lam will be showing four of his works: Kwai Chung Container Port, Shek Kip Mei Chuen, Tai Ping Ching Chiu Festival in Sheung Shui, and Star Ferry, Central. Some of our classmates have decided to meet for dim sum at the City Hall first and go to the exhibition together on Saturday 24 March 2007. Au Ka Lam will be at the exhibition on Saturday morning to meet visitors, so feel free to join in:

Date and Time: 24 March 2007 (Saturday) 11:00 to 2:00 pm (booking under Winnie Luk Wing Yan)
Place: City Hall Maxim's Palace, 2/F City Hall Low Block
What to do: dim sum lunch, attend Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Hong Kong Artists on 1/F Exhibition Hall

Those who arrive before the restaurant opens at 11:00 am can certainly look for Au Ka Lam at the exhibition (opens at 10:00 am). Those who cannot make it at all - I'm afraid you will have to stick with Au's Virtual Gallery, and find your virtual lunch somewhere.

Speaking about virtual vs real, I received photos from Winnie Luk Wing Yan taken at the 霓裳倩影 Forget-me-not gathering last December. (Don't miss Denise Yeung Kin Sie's fond, clever chronicle of the gathering!) Some of us have "virtually" joined the occasion from the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, thanks to Winnie's digital craftmanship. Here are the thumbnails:

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See full photo album of Forget-me-not gathering.
- posted by Perry Yu @ Thursday, March 22, 2007 3 comments