Prince
Edward Road
Our mother school, Queen Elizabeth School,
sits atop a small hill at the junction of Prince Edward Road and Sai Yee
Street. Prince Edward Road, as one of the many main thoroughfares in Hong
Kong, is pretty unique in many ways:
It
runs East/West - symbolizing our Anglo-Chinese multi-cultural vein. It
runs through a roster of varying neighborhoods: rich, poor, residential,
commercial - neatly reflecting the cross section of QES' students.
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Greetings from 60FA We want to present to and share with you the MEMORABLE events/activities of the
Please click here for the detail. Yiu Koon Leung reporting 59FA 50th Anniversary Reunion Newsletter Please click here for PDF file.  "Dear Crystal and everyone,Dr. Hinton saw the videos of QESAAUSA which you sent me. He was overjoyed with laughter as you all sang Happy Birthday and he recognized many of you. He also enjoyed watching the other video showing the dinner at which both Joyce and Dr. Hinton gave speeches. Crystal, thank you very much! I was very glad to see USA alumni friends at Dr. Hinton's 90th birthday celebration, including Edward, Louisa, Wing & Magdalen, Joyce, Andrew, Chris & Christina, Rosy, Jean, Cathy, Tin,..... Louisa's special presentation to Dr. Hinton was memorable. Louisa, Thank you so much for spending so much time in preparing the beautiful gift for Dr. Hinton. There was an elegant reception and a fabulous dinner with thirteen tables. Everything went very well and smoothly. Miranda, Nancy and the Vancouver team did a lot of hard work. They asked me to be the emcee. As an example of their meticulous planning, the detailed planning for the tasks for June 12 is attached. At the end of the party, everyone sang Auld Lang Syne, and sang it again. followed by the singing of our QES school song. It was quite sentimental." Peter Poon - Vice President "My QES days" by Karen Lak - former Math teacher ('61 - '63) Queen Elizabeth School was conceived in 1952, the year of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, which served to inspire the name. The school started its first day in September, 1954, under the roof of King's College, while the school building was being erected on a hill at the junction of Prince Edward Road and Sai Yee Street. When it started in 1954, QES was the first Co-ed Government Anglo-Chinese Secondary School in Hong Kong. The brand new school building was completed in 1955 and first opened for use at the start of second term of 1955-56 school year. In summer of 1956, our first Form 5 classes graduated. Rather than concentrating on text books and rigid academic curriculum, the students at QES have always enjoyed encouragement to take part in a multitude of extra-curriculum activities. There were societies for Drama, Art, Science, Astronomy, Wireless (now Computer), Mathematics, Public Speaking, Poetry, Music, Choir, Boy & Girl Scouts, Red Cross, and more. And, of course, sports. In 1962, our Parents and Teachers Association established a School Camp in Sai Kung for the use of students and teachers, for recreation as well as leadership development. In 2004, QES was celebrating her 50th Anniversary! Principals of Queen Elizabeth School
Teachers of Queen Elizabeth School Chu Ka Fai - Chemistry Master章槃 Cheung Poon - Chinese teacher Lily Chang - English teacher Jean Miles - Music Teacher 蔡香生 Tsoi Heung Sang - Student, teacher of QES 六十年代老師花絮 Tribute to Hinton by Samuel Ling Tribute to Teachers by Peter Poon 
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Dr. Arthur Hinton's Expression of Thanks "Dear Peter, Nancy, Miranda and Heung Sang, I would be grateful if in your various OSA Newsletters you would express my sincere thanks to: all those who planned and helped to organize the birthday party and other functions in Vancouver and the parties in Toronto, all who attended those functions or sent me greetings, and all who donated so generously to the QESOSA Education Promotion Organization. When I said that I did not wish to receive birthday presents but suggested that anyone who nevertheless wished to give something could make a gift to the EPO to help students who were faced with financial or other difficulties, I did not anticipate a wide response. Yet the response has been overwhelming and I cannot imagine a more welcome birthday gift than your contributions to the fund that has been set up. To date the amount contributed in US, Canadian and Hong Kong dollars is about ........ I find no words that can sufficiently express my gratitude to you all. - Arthur Hinton." Please visit the following link for the photos of Dr. Hinton's 90th birthday celebration, which includes 183 photos taken by Mi Ki Kan: Dr. Hinton's 90th birthday Party/ Whistler trip/ HKQESOSA of B.C. 20th Anniversary picnic Total donation to Dr. Hinton's 90th birthday scholarship fund is over $ 70,000 Hong Kong dollars. A full report on Dr. Hinton's 90th birthday celebration including the final total donation amount will be provided in August, 2010. Regards, - Miranda, Peter, Nancy Time Capsule by Louisa Yuen Ping Lam Leung Would you have expected that a Hong Kong five-dollar bill minted in 1959 is worth over 500 times its original value in 2009? On the occasion of my graduation from Queen Elizabeth School in the summer of 1959, my brother-in-law gave me $5 as a congratulatory present. I had treasured it as a souvenir and never spent the money. Now as I contemplate this long forgotten item, I am trying to recall its buying power in those days...(read more) Ms. Wu Yin-ching '73 has written an article about Prince Edward Road and the area surrounding our mother school. Through this essay, she speaks so well of our own feelings and affection about the place once so close to us. We are grateful for Ms. Wu's kind permission to reprint this essay here.  《太子道上》 - 胡燕青, 轉載自《香港文學》211期 一九六八年初秋，爸爸帶著我上了一部的士。我們家貧，少坐計程車。那天是要到一個不曉得怎樣去的地方──我剛考進的中學，聽說還是有點名氣的──去報到。爸爸說：“伊利沙伯。”司機一聲不響就開了車。過了一會，爸爸看著覺得有點不對勁，又說：“我們去伊利沙伯中學。”司機從往伊利沙伯醫院的路上折回，一邊埋怨道：“怎麼剛才不說清楚？” 第一天上學，已經自覺身份模糊，竟有點懷才不遇的抑鬱。 車子沿著太子道拐進了洗衣街，在街口停下。我抬頭一看，眼前突然一片嫩青，天藍驟多，陽光 像許多小鏡子在搖動的葉子間晃動，視野豁然開朗。太子道和洗衣街形成的東南直角上，出人意表地 站著一個多樹的小山。一條影蔭風涼的柏油路，柔和地爬向山腰靜寂的世界。在這一段路上，我不知 不覺地長高了，漸漸走褪了自己的童年。 認識旺角，就知道鬧巿中間確有桃源。當年的洗衣街，街如其名，一聽就是瑣務粗活的街坊得很 ；學校對面店鋪紛陳，卻沒有成行成巿的團隊商戶，“鬧”得來有一種心甘情願的落後和胸無大志的安恬。伊中立足於此。 拐彎走進太子道，風景截然不同。那邊的房子不過數層，窗框漆成深綠，鋼材所造，窗台放著幾 盆不大打理的海棠，輕輕透發著一種 沉潛的、務實而富泰的氣韻。不錯，這一帶住的多是有錢人。夾在彌敦道和窩打老道中的這一二公里 ，是一截有意追不上世態的時光隧道。太子道的確有點傳統王族的古怪氣質：衣著老套、儀禮固執， 大大落後於時代，眉宇間卻湧動著一種巨大的潛力，一種使人愉悅的品味。 三十年前的彌敦道，已經具備國際都會的大氣派，這巨大的南北主脈早把太子道甩在背後，若拿平行的洗衣街與之相比，更顯出兩者的天壤之別。彌敦道上購物焦點星羅棋布──路口守著新開的大大公司，不遠就是瑞興永安，還有許多有名望的老字號，金飾店，手錶行，洋服鋪，應有的都有。當日的凱聲電影院，誰不認識？那時讀地理，說香港的巿中心在中環和尖沙咀，我可是不同意的。那時的旺角實在旺，尖沙咀卻還是樹影婆娑，除了火車站，人流較之旺角可謂望塵莫及。我從伊中走到此地，每有“大鄉里”的感覺。至於獅子山腳的九龍塘，我也常去。一去替有錢人的孩子補習，二去《中國學生周報》所在的多實街遊逛。從伊中出發往東走，過了聖德勒撒聖堂左轉，又長又直的窩打老道就從獅側傾瀉而來，遠遠的前方是軍營，近近的右側是瑪利諾修院的紅磚古築。春天將盡，那兒有全九龍最美艷的杜鵑花，從純白到粉紅，從粉紅到桃脂，從桃脂到紫彤，一坡都是少女情懷，詩畫互呈，拂面而至，非借劉夢得筆下的“紫陌紅塵”，難以表述。九龍塘的內街深藏著許多富人大宅。每次去看大舅公時我都在想，假如能夠“一家一火”的生活，爸爸和我就已經很滿足了，住進豪華寬大的房子，從來不是我的夢。我的夢落在一張稿紙小小的綠格子上。 回到太子道，我的感覺好多了。這地方有一種豐閏的花香，隱隱約約，從花墟滲透南來。是玫瑰還是茉莉？我總分不清那是王侯宅第的高韻，還是農家田野的民歌。那知而不見的花的天堂，神秘而美麗，既近且遠地呼應我對太子道的感覺。 花墟“對岸”，是男拔萃一百多萬平方尺的英式校園。沒多少人知道太子道上有這麼一個小小的閘口，內裏陡峭地掛著叫人喘氣的一百多級石梯。與伊中分享著中九龍的同一座小山，拔萃對窮家孩子來說是一個隱秘的仙界，上面有叢林、泳池、宿舍、古老樣子的教職員住宅和一個綠草如茵的田徑場。有時我們上去看球賽，簡直好像去了英國。 在沒有帝京酒店之前，拔萃和伊中之間其實只有一叢一叢的亞熱帶植物。從伊中大草地直往山上走，一定能走得進拔萃，我相信中間一定沒有欄柵之類的清晰界線。可是，我記憶中沒有人走過這條路。當年我們打球，山頂會傳來玩鬧友善的喝彩聲，那是爬到校園邊緣的拔萃男孩在消磨時日。不過，這邊廂，打球的人還是很認真地打，汗水都掉到曬得發燙的水泥地上，鋪上許多看不見的小印。雖然雞犬相聞，拔萃和伊中分明卻是兩個世界。拔萃的男生是用私家車從亞皆老街送上去的，伊中的孩子卻來自四面八方，用腿走路。拔萃的孩子畢業都到外國去升學，伊中的少年呢？要麼拿獎學金進麻省理工或哈佛，要麼只好向政府借錢進港大、工作後慢慢攤還。他們長大後樣子沒怎麼改變，很奇怪，就像剛進伊中時的模樣。那時都只是一幫十二、三歲的傻小子，許多住在新界北部，每天黎明乘著斑駁綠皮的古老火車嗚嗚而來，一身曬成亮亮的紅銅，髮型老套得叫人發笑，笑容憨憨的顯得校服特別地白。流行小說揶揄打扮跟不上潮流的男孩子，管叫官校男生。不錯，我的男同學全都是官校男生，我的丈夫和兩個兒子也是。我最喜歡官校男生。 伊中是窮孩子的學校，但四十八年來她卻是太子道最突出的標識。歲月遷移，當日的窮孩子都長大了，她和他們，卻仍堅持著一種自省的、自選的貧窮。聽說今天的伊中孩子，許多家裏是拿綜援度日的，但他們決定要活得快快樂樂，而伊中也決定要把快樂送給他們。我印象最深的學校活動之一，是念高班時領著低年級同學跑步上嘉道理山。路陡人虧，我差點氣絕身亡；但第一次走上這一段路的我仍止不住驚訝：太子道南岸不過一個小巷模樣的地方，竟還藏著全九龍最富有的人呢！我很辛苦地越過了最高點，腳步變得輕快，最後回到洗衣街去。看到小小的店鋪裏人影晃動，我的快樂又完整了。 那是我最後一年在太子道上學。走著走著，少年的路也成為過去了。眼前的模糊和其中的感覺已漸次消退。我很高興知道，這條路有一個非常貼切的好名字，我的母校也一樣。 （完） |
