Alumni Newsletter

A Sha Tin College Publication Issue No. 3 June 2014

Alumni Reunion 2014 a Success

O ver 100 alumni and their fami-

lies took part in the annual event held

on 19th April with a programme

stretching from 10:00 am. to 4:00 p.m.

Through snacks, drinks, lunch, cam-

pus tours, ball games and others, they

refreshed old friendships, made new

ones and updated each other on new

development in the College. The

highlight was a volley ball match be-

tween the classes of 1994 and 2004.

Tony White volunteered his service as

referee for the occasion. Jane Parry,

Senior Leader of the College in her

welcoming address, reiterated the im-

portance of alumni as a key compo-

nent of College community and

thanked the Alumni Association for

their contributions to promoting net-

working among alumni.

Three current students took part as

campus tour guides and photogra-

phers.

The event was particularly well rep-

resented by the Class of 1994 who

happened to be celebrating their

20th year of graduation from Sha Tin

with alumni flying in from Austral-

ia, UK, USA, Vietnam and Singapore

for a week long reunion program in

Hong Kong.

The Alumni Association also took

the opportunity of presenting a sou-

venir to Tony White who will be

retiring this year after 27 years of

service at Sha Tin.

Top: Class of 1994

Below: Ball games in action

Lower left: The Volleyball Teams

Plan for an even more successful reunion in 2015

After reviewing this year’s reunion, the Alumni Association is determined to

achieve more in the coming years through i. liaising more extensively with

alumni through social media, ii. Setting a date more convenient for participa-

tion by current teaches and students, iii. Offering greater variety of activities

and iv. Raising more funds to cover expenses for the reunion and the Alumni

Association.

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Home coming visits by Alumni

“Students well prepared for globaliz-

ing world” observed the Wijedoru

brothers

Originally from Sri Lanka, the three Wijedoru brothers

studied in Sha Tin when their parents worked in Hong

Kong. Thusith 1993 is now a sports photographer in Sri

Lanka, Sugath 1995, a lawyer in Australia and Lalith

1997, a medical doctor in UK.

In a visit to the College with their mother they came in

T shirts in the colour of the houses they belonged to

during their student days. They were greeted by Marc

Morris, the Principal, Tony White, Mary Paciello, Alan

Dickson and Victoria Harvey in Sha Tin. They were

most thankful for the excellent education provided to

them. Beyond refreshing memories and a 45-minute

campus tour, they shared with a group of current stu-

dents their personal and career developments high-

lighting their efforts as expatriates in learning Chinese.

From left: Tony White, Thusith, Mrs. Wijedoru, Sugath, Lalith and

Marc Morris

At the visit, they were most impressed by the much im-

proved campus facilities and the move of Sha Tin into IB, a

program in their view preparing students for ongoing glob-

alisation.

Sha Tin Serves the world. Its Alumni makes the world global

Six siblings of the Walsh family in Sha Tin

The Walsh family is well known to all teachers. For a span of 12.5 years from

1984 to 1997, six siblings of the Walsh family, Tim, Hugh, Sarah, Fiona, Clare

and Anthony attended Sha Tin when their father was a lecturer at the Universi-

ty of Hong Kong. The second eldest, Hugh, an IT professional, his wife, a KGV

graduate, their two daughters and Anthony the youngest, an air pilot with Ca-

thay Pacific, paid a visit to the College in April 2014. The visit that brings back

fond memories of their school days, notably the trip to Nepal for Hugh with

Tony White who acted as host for the occasion. They were amazed to see all the

improved facilities on campus. After browsing through photos in the Explorer,

Hugh offered useful suggestions on ways of improving the Alumni Webpage

including showing selected photos from the Explorer.

Ada (2008) and Alison (2010) Luk wrote after their visit

in February 2014. “It has been over three years since we

visited Sha Tin and it was nostalgic and heart warming to

walk around the campus that was once so familiar to us. It

was strange to see so many new things. Yet the atmosphere

seemed the same when we were there. Perhaps the most

surprising was being recognized by teachers and staff even

after so many years. Everyone always said that high school

years are the ones you look back on most fondly and now

we are finally qualified to agree.”

College News

Graduating

Class in Fancy

Dresses

Fun, enjoyment and creativi-

ty as revealed by the photo

will no doubt imprint life

long memories among all

present. Congratulations to

the graduating class and a

warm welcome to them all as

new members of the alumni

community.

Mr. Marc Morris, the Princi-

pal is in the photo. See who

can find him first.

A Celebration of Music and Dance This year, students worked with the Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir and performed in a concert held on 6th April 2014.

As always, the concert featured a variety of dance performances showcasing a range of dance styles and music from the Col-

lege orchestra, Chinese orchestra and choir and the Sha Tin Junior School Senior Choir.

Graduation Ceremony 26 May 2014

Simon Lam 1991 alumni, a paediatrician, an Asso-

ciate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong

Kong will be the guest speaker.

Graduation Ball 30 May 2014

William Wan, 1991 Alumni Ambassador and

Emma Meigh (2005) Reunion Sub-committee

Member will represent the Alumni Association as

invited guests on the occasion.

Alumni Career Evening—7 November 2014

Recruit help from alumni for

Sharing experience and knowledge in different

careers

Guiding students through mock interviews

Watch out for further information and register to

help.

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Cambridge IGCSE Examinations

Congratulations to

Alison Leong, Best in the World in Foreign Language Mandarin

Alumni Dragon Boat Team

To take part in 1st race on 22nd June

The Sha Tin College Alumni Dragon Boat Team

will take part in the Hong Kong 13th Dragon

Boat Short Course Race scheduled on 22nd June

2014. This is made possible by the unstinting

efforts of Emilie Wong (1993) in turning her idea

of forming a team into a reality by successfully

getting the dedicated service of Alistair Ho, our

own alumui of 1997 as co-manager and coach.

Within less than a year, 18 alumni have signed

up as team members. Since April, they have

been following a vigorous training and practice

schedule meeting once a week in preparation for

their first race.

The race will be held on Sunday, 22 June at

9:00 a.m at Stanley, Hong Kong

Do come with your family, fellow alumni and

friends to show support to the team and to share

the fun and joy of this memorable occasion.

A big hand to our Dragon Boat Team

Team Manager: Emilie Wong ‘93

Co Manager and Coach: Alistair Ho ’97

Contact Persons: Emilie Wong Emiliehywong@hotmail.com

Team Members:

Allen Chiu, Ruby Chu, Aaron Ko, Ronald Kwok, Lawton

Lai, Larissa Lam, Gideon Lee, Darren Leung, Tony Li, Jona-

than Ma, Terence mak, Timothy Ng, Phyllis Pang, Janyu

Tong, Thomas Tsang, Alvin Wong, Edwin Wong, Aston

Yang.

Farewell to Tony White, probably a teacher known to

all alumni will be retiring this year after educating generations of stu-

dents in the past 27 years and will set up a new home in the UK.

Alumni have lasting memories of his local field trip and his geogra-

phy field trips like Northern Thailand, the Everest Base Camp in Ne-

pal and Mount Kinabalu. He has fond memories of our alumni and is

happy to see them pursuing successful careers. He is very happy to

be in touch with our alumni through fatwhites@gmail.com

Keep in touch! We always wish to be in touch with our alumni. Do let us know

i) news about yourself, a new program of study, a new job, getting married and others;

ii) Your new email address if there are changes; and iii) your suggestions about this

newsletter, contents, format and others.

Maureen Tam

Alumni Liaison Coordinator

Tel: (852) 26079161

Email:

Maureen@shatincollege.edu.hk

Donations to the team and sponsorship of expenditure

items are welcome. Contact Maureen Tam, Alumni Liaison

Coordinator for details.

Alistair Ho , Co-Mgr and Coach Emilie Wong, Team Manager