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Investiture of 11th Kowloon Boy Scouts Group was held in 1933.  The first Group Scout Master was Mr. Chan Fook Hong, brother of Father Francis Chan, S.J.  Mr. Chan was a teacher in WYK after graduating from WYHK in 1932.  As all school records were destroyed during the Japanese occupation, the official annals of 11th Kowloon Group begin in 1952 Shield.
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This picture was taken at Maryknoll Convent School.
Sr. Jeanne Houlihan who later became Principal of MCS and Fr. Morris from WYK who later left the Jesuit order.  The 5th boy from the left could be Richard Tsang Yip Fat or Shiu Sin Por (class of 67).
Could all these be boys from WYK?  Would these all be in the 60’s? What’s the occasion?  Debating at MCS?
Would appreciate any help to refresh my fading memory.  Thank you.
Anthony Ho

At our last Spring Banquet, I reported news from Wah Yan in Chinese.  Somehow, I used the word 缘 a number of times.  For my own interest, I asked our wahyanites and guests for the English translation for the term.  That started some discussions around the tables.
Three weeks later, during the visitation hours at the funeral of the fathter of a wahyanite, 缘 was again discussed.  The English translation of fate and destiny was deemed incomplete.  John offers the following which I asked him to send me the email.

Dear Ho Sir,
    As discussed, the English language does not have a direct translation of the term 缘 mainly because it is an Eastern philosophy, and Western thoughts do not have the same view of life, or for that matter, afterlife.  Continue reading →

“…work won’t kill; bad habits do …”

“I was truly happy to have you and Gertrude, my two good old friends, coming to see me the next day after you arrived in Hong Kong from Toronto while I am struggling with my battered health after a kidney removal major operation. Though your visit was short, you did make the day for me.  I forgot all my discomfort during your presence, as witnessed by the photos attached.

When you asked whether I had worked too hard after my return to Hong Kong and that might have caused the disease, my immediate answer to your question was: “not necessary”, because all I did in Hong Kong was purely out of my own interest and I got much satisfaction out of it.  As promised, I am now sending you a list of some of the things I have done since my return to Hong Kong in late 2009.  I find myself more useful to my fellow people here.  This may explain why I have decided to stay in Hong Kong instead of returning to Canada as I first thought I would.

Please click to read “on promoting Hong Kong art“.

The above are just some of the activities I took part on promoting Hong Kong art which is my personal life long interest. They were carried out at my own pace. I still have time to serve the Hong Kong Cultural Services Department as their Honorary Art Adviser, to be the judge of some art competitions, writing articles for my artist-friends whom I respect, practicing Chinese painting and calligraphy, taking photos and playing with them in the computer with PhotoShop, and, above all, writing emails to you reporting key activities of WYK past teachers in HK, etc at leisure.
To turn back to your original question on the cause of my disease, I can say work does not kill people, but worry and bad living habits do.  I come to realize that I had a bad living habit which I cultivated when I was in Canada which might have activated my cancer cells.  When I was in Canada, I used to stay late at night up to 1, 2 or 3 a.m. going over the international stocks markets, watching TV and surfing the web.  I sold all my stocks when I returned to Hong Kong, but the bad habit of staying late at night continued.  That was how I found a lot of time doing my writing of articles and books.  However, it was bad for my health, as it broke down the natural rhythm of life without knowing it.  In the long run, it weakened our immune system, thus giving the bad cells inside the body a chance to grow and multiply.  Hence, my advice to our retirees: Although you have complete control of your time, go to bed and retire early at night.  Try not to stay later than mid-night for special occasions.”

Fr. Coghlan in front of portrait of Fr. Ricci in Ricci Hall, HKU

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