Program

This is a tentative program of the IC and is constantly being updated. Please check back often to view the most updated program.

Friday, August 20th

Venue: Alhambra Golf Course

11:00 - 5:00 pm:

Golf Outing at Alhambra Golf Course

11:00 - 12:00 pm: Registration

12:00 - 5:00 pm: Tee-off

Venue: San Diego Room, San Gabriel Hilton

5:00 - 8:00 pm: On-site registration and sign-up (receive name tag) at San Gabriel Hilton Hotel

Saturday, August 21st

Venue: Ballroom Foyer & Ballroom C, San Gabriel Hilton

7:30 - 8:00 am: On-site registration and sign-up at San Gabriel Hilton Hotel

8:00 - 8:30 am: Opening Breakfast Meeting - Welcome and Introductions

8:00 am: Opening prayer and blessing by Fr. Alfred Deignan, Superior of Jesuit Community in Hong Kong

8:10 am: Obituary Video

8:15 am: Video History of WYCHK and WYK

8:30 - 9:00 am:

President's welcome remark

Introducing Wah Yan Administrators, retired teachers, Keynote speaker, Student Ambassadors and Dinner Chair

9:00 - 9:45 am: Presentations by Wah Yan Administration

Session 1: Current Reports on the two Wah Yan colleges

George Tam, Principal of WYCHK

"School Report: Wah Yan Hong Kong in Recent Years"

John Tan, Principal of WYK

"School Report: Wah Yan Kowloon in Recent Years"

9:45 - 10:30 am:

Session 2: Visions for the Future

Matthew Chu, Education Psychologist, WYCHK and WYK

"Wahyanites in the Post 90 Era" (90 後的華仁仔)"

Fr. Stephen Chow, Supervisor, WYCHK and WYK

"Wah Yan Education and Jesuit Apostolate"

10:30 - 11:00 am:

Coffee break

Group photo

11:00 - 12:30 pm:

Panel Discussions:

- Patrick Lo, Co-founder, chairman and CEO, Netgear, San Jose
- Tai-lok Lui, Professor of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Dominic Cheung, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Southern California

"What Wah Yan has taught us and what Wah Yan should teach the present students"

Venue: Ballroom B, San Gabriel Hilton

12:30 - 2:30 pm:

Lunch

Souvenirs presentation

Keynote Address: Philip Lee, Lieut. Governor of Manitoba

"From the Classroom to Government House; Wah Yan Education and Public Service”

Venue: Ballroom A, B & C, San Gabriel Hilton

6:00 - 10:00 pm:

Gala Dinner

(Formal Attire: Business suit with tie)

Reception

Welcoming Remarks

Dinner

Performance

Dancing

Sunday, August 22nd

Venue: Ballroom Foyer & Ballroom B2, San Gabriel Hilton

8:00 - 8:45 am: Mass

8:45 - 9:15 am: Breakfast

9:15 - 10:45 am:

Session 3: Reports

Report by Fr. Deignan about Wah Yan One Family Foundation

Report by Ivan Pong about the WYK Parents' Association

Report by Michael Au, International Convenor

Reports by

- WYHKPSA (Johnny Li)
- WYKPSA (Raymond Siu)

Reports by chapters

- San Francisco Bay Area (Gordon Leung, Ambrose Leung)
- Calgary (Tong Wong)
- Edmonton (Michael Lee)
- U.S. Eastern (Eddie Cheung)
- Australia (Peter Wong)
- Vancouver (Anson Fung)
- Ontario-WYCHK (Sunny So)
- Ontario-WYK (Peter Wong)
- Southern California (John Chiu)