Announcement from Donation Sub-committee
Philip Cheung
Sonny Yau
Paul Shum
Tse Sik Yan
Henry Shum
Frank Fu
Mark Tam
Frederick Kan
Dear fellow classmates.
Two and a half months had passed since our Grand reunion Nov 3. Hopefully life has been treating everyone well. We are taking this opportunity to inform everyone the progress of our donation campaign with reference to contributing to the St Paul`s College school foundation fund, for purpose of sharing the renovation cost of Wong Ming Him Hall.
Four representatives from our class, Philip Cheung, Henry Shum, Edward Sin, and Frederick Kan went on stage on Speech Day Dec 4, 2008. made a simple speech (script by John Leung, attached below for reference ) pledging a donation of not less than HK$1million to be completed before June 1,2009. Subsequently , we received a thank you letter from the current principal Dr. John Kennard. ( copy attached ).
Though we are all weathering the storm of world wide financial crisis, we would like to show a token of appreciation to our mother school , and wishing you have the same desire.
Details and procedures of how to contribute will be provided soon after Christmas and before the Chinese New Year.
Wishing everyone a Merry X`mas and a Happy New Year.
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Part 2:
Speech delivered by Frederick Kan on behalf of spc66 (based on script prepared by John Leung) at SPC Speech Day on December 4, 2008
The SPC School Council, The Principal, Dr. Kennard, Honored teachers and staff of our alma mater, fellow alumni and students, and all members of the SPC family.
It is a wonderful occasion that brings us together tonight, a beautiful time to meet with old friends and new. It is an extraordinary honor for me to be given this opportunity to say a few words on behalf of my classmates of the SPC Class of 1966, and so I do it with a mixed sense of pride and humility, as befitting the very name of this building in which we are gathered.
As I sipped at my glass of water just now, I am reminded of the familiar Chinese saying, 饮水思源. I think of the many times that we have drank from the wellspring of useful knowledge and the wisdom of the ages that this place represents to all of us, and that has made so many of us what we are and who we are today. I also thought of another saying, that reminded me of the trees that surround this building, some older than we ourselves are, and some younger. It takes, as the saying goes, ten years for a tree to grow, and a century's time for a person to be fully nurtured. This is exactly what our school is all about, nurturing young people for the ages, and growing them, like tall and sturdy trees, to become stalwart pillars for society, for the nation, for the world.
Many years ago, in this place, I learned these inspiring words that Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote: "Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world." Indeed, it was forty-two years ago that the members of our class went forth from this place to seek the newer world for which our education at SPC had prepared us. Through all these four decades and more, we have shared remembrances of this building, we have cared much about the institution that nurtured us, we have always remained proud of SPC's achievements in educating the thousands who are like us and who are in many ways better than we are, simply because SPC has been, and will continue always to be, such a rich fountainhead of all that teaches people "Justice, Honor, Truth and Virtue."
And tonight, we have come back, to this place that occupies our thoughts and our memories, to bring our testimony of our love for our school, and to share that compassion with all our brothers and sisters whom this school, our spiritual mother, will continue to nurture. We the members of the Class of 1966 are as humbled as we are proud that our names will be inscribed on these walls, but it is not so much that this building will be adorned by us – rather, it is our very own lives that will forever by adorned by our alma mater. And so, after tonight, we go forth again, joining with the many who went before us and the many who came after us, dedicated, once more, to be true sons of St.Paul's College.
Thank you all, for being here tonight, and for letting me share this time with you.
Part 3:
SPC Principal, Dr. John Kennard's reply dated December 11, 2008
On behalf of the St. Paul's College Foundation, I thank you most sincerely for the pledged donation of over $1 million by the Class of 1966.
This is a wonderful statement of support from the classmates of 1966 to their alma mater. It is a tribute to the Class of 1966 that after 42 years there remain a passion and support for the College and a clear statement of supporting the teaching and learning programmes today and in the years to come.
It is the hope of the Foundation that the example of the unconditional generosity displayed by your year group to be replicated by other graduate classes.
Wish every good wish,
Your sincerely,
John Kennard (Dr.)
Principal
