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Update # 23. April 18, 2000
I have been studying in the Unversity of Florida for eight months. If everything goes smoothly, I can finish my studies in August 2000. Actually this is my second Master's degree, in the very specialized field of Coastal Engineering. I got the my first M.Eng. degree in 1996 in Civil & Structural Engineering from HKU. Comparing HKU with Florida, I am deeply impressed by the knowledgeable professors here in the States. Learning in the States is really an invaluable experience in my life.[ Photos sent by Wong Chi Pan are posted in Family Album, Page 33 ] Congratulations to CCSC for getting their constant efforts and impressive accomplishments recognized by the Education Department, Hong Kong Government. According to the "Schools Profile" recently published by the E.D., Cheung Chuk Shan College is one of the 44 value-added schools, selected from a total of 426 secondary schools in HK. "The method of deciding whether a school is value-added compares the performance of the same batch of students when they were first admitted to their results in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) at the end of Secondary Five last year. Schools have to demonstrate improvement by more than 10 per cent to be considered value-added." South China Morning Post (April 4 2000) 
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CCSC's (and subsequently HKU's) talented Folk and Chinese Dance enthusiast Cheng Mi Yu Ivy [ F7 1977 ] went back on to the stage again, and performed to a packed audience at Chatswood Zenith Theatre in the suburb of Sydney. The Chinese dance, "Butterfly Transfiguration" (my own translation) based on the celebrated Chinese love story of Leung San Bak and Juk Ying Toi, was given for charity, and was planned, choreographed and performed all by Ivy herself. To her delight and satisfaction, Ivy found her photo appearing in Sing Tao Daily News (Australian Edition) the next day, and her art was highly acclaimed. 
Thanks to Wong Chi Pan Ricky [ F7 1985 ] who sent us good tidings and updates in his e-mail from Florida -- A baby boy was born to Lee Sing Fun Paul [ F7 1985 ], his former classmate since 1978 and now Senior Medical Officer at Prince of Wales Hospital, specializing in Radiotherapy. Congratulations to Lee Sing Fun for entering into parenthood. Wong Chi Pan and Lee Sing Fun had been very close friends ever since they were in the same Class F1C more than twenty years ago and have been keeping in touch all these years.
Pleased to hear again from Moshea Tsang [ F3 1991 ] who had earned her Master's degree from Imperial College last summer and now working in a London bank. However, she has found her job too relaxing to her liking. It is quite a big contrast to her university days when she used to keep her daily schedule fully occupied with no spare time to relax.
