QES 1960 GRADUATION CLASS

GOLDEN JUBULEE REUNION

PROGRAMME

Dear 60FA Classmates. 

The GJR Planning and Organizing Committee members have been busy and hard at work since June last year in preparing the programme for us to celebrate the 60FA GJR in HK.   As the "big date" draws near, the Committee wants to provide you the important information about the GJR Dinner and other events: 

A.  GJR Dinner -  

á    Date:                     Saturday, October 23, 2010

á    Venue:                  Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

á    Time:                    6:00 to 11 PM

á     Banquet Menu:   Please refer to the attachment.

á     Entertainment:    50's and 60s' music, slide & video show submitted by classmates, talk about anecdotes of our school days, and etc.

á     Games:                To win prizes

á     Souvenirs:           Name tag, group pictures with crystal holder, DVD (to be distributed later)

á     Dress code:         Guests are expected to dress up accordingly, no T-shirt or jeans, please.

B.  GJR Dinner Attendees:  

51 classmates and guests from HK, Canada, Singapore, UK, and USA have paid up for the Gala event.

C. Pre and Post GJR Dinner Events:

          There are pre and post GJR Dinner tours/events arranged, you can still sign     up according to the previous announcement.

D.  Submit some of your last 50 years photos/videos:

          You are encouraged to submit your last 50 years photos/videos to be shared as slide/video show at the GJR dinner, to "Wo-ch Abram Ching Poon"  <[email protected]> by September 30. 

E.  Contact Information List for the overseas classmates while they are in HK:

          We plan to create a Contact Information List for the overseas classmates while they are in HK during the GJR celebrations.  Please email your HK contact information: 

  • Your name
  • Date of arriving HK
  • Date of leaving HK
  • Your HK contact information such as phone and/or cell phone numbers, and etc.

to "Yiu K Leung" <[email protected]>  by September 30.

F.  MISC.

      Please stay tune for any latest news/information about the GJR celebrations.

The GJR Planning and organizing Committee

MEMORABLE GJR EVENTS/ACTIVITIES

á      October 101510 – 102110 PRE GJR Dinner tour - Japan

á      October 22 Dinner hosted by the overseas

á      October 23 AM School Visit and Lunch

á   October 23  GOLDEN JUBULEE REUNION Dinner

á      October 102410 – 102810 Post GJR Dinner tour Sabah

á      October 25 Lunch, tour Tai Po, Fung Ling, Sheung Shui, and the border, and dinner.  TodayÕs activity was hosted by Ma Wong-Yu and his wife Ah Ho, both are Tai Po natives. 

A short story behind todayÕs activity: Wong-Yu and I have been good friends since our QES school days.  After Form III, he left for England, and I left for USA a few years later.  We lost connection in the mid-60s, but had been searching for each other.   We finally reconnected via INTERNET in the late spring of 2008.  After the Reunion Dinner, I called and told Wong-Yu that Agnes and I would like to come to Tai Po to visit them.  The rest is history and I want to specially mention that Agnes, I, and a few 60FA classmates received VIP treatment from the hosts.    

á      October 102610 Lunch with a good story and tour Diamond Hill.  A good story behind todayÕs lunch.  In 1961, I mailed from USA the picture of me in front of my school dormitory to Li Kam-Fai, one of my close friends in QES.  1n 2007 in USA he showed and asked me if I remembered the picture.  Of course I did.  Then he confessed to me  without reading/understanding the note on the back, he thought I was there only a short time and could afford to buy the big house  therefore he started working very hard and diligently, in order to keep up with the Leungs and soon became a successful businessman. Make the long story short, he promised to treat me several lunches and allowed me to invite a few classmates as guests.  I am very glad I had mailed Kam-Fai the picture!   

á      October 27 GJR self-tour Tsim Sha Tsui

á      October 30 tour Lamma Island and Aberdeen

á      Nov. 1 Lunch for Raymond Wong who paid for and missed the GJR Dinner

á      Nov. 2 Veggie lunch hosted by Tong Wai Ki, elder brother of Susan Pan (65FA, Tong) in Yuen Yuen Institute, Tsuen Wan. 

Susan invited QES and Univ. of Oregon alumni who were in HK at that time for a mini reunion.  The first few pictures were taken in the showrooms in Mr. tongÕs office while waiting for transportation to Tssuen Wan:

á      Nov. 4 Tour Macau, guided by So Hin Chak

The plentiful and memorable events/activities of the

GOLDEN JUBULEE REUNION

among other things, enabled aging classmates

to rekindle friendship and make new friends among classmates who may not have known one another during our school days.

Hope you have enjoyed our presentation!