Update # 29. November 4, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Chan Wai Man Johnny [ F7 1985 ], a respiratory physician at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, is here in San Francisco to attend a medical conference. Despite his tight schedules and brief stay in the Bay Area, we managed to have dinner together and with his classmate Lee Sing Fun. After a couple of days Johnny left SF to visit his relatives in Sacramento. Lee Sing Fun, on the other hand, has completed his two months with UCSF Medical Center and is at present with another hospital in United Kingdom. [ Photos of Chan Wai Man and Lee Sing Fun on Album Page 54 ]
 Dinner with Dr Chan Wai Man (center) and Dr Lee Sing Fun (right)
VANCOUVER, CANADA
 Great to hear again from Au Yuk Hang Peter [ F5 1978 ], who had visited us in Oakland back in March. Peter escalates fast on the corporate ladder, having recently been appointed Vice President from the board of Directors in his holding company in Vancouver. Congratulations! He is holding three Director's titles and is also appointed to be interim CFO. His recent major job is to reconstruct the company management scheme in order to get the company to go public.
In his email he enquired about CCSC.
How are the teachers I know? How is Miss Ng ("Little Ng" )? She was my Form One teacher. I always remember her. Is she having her own e-mail address? I would like to talk with her too.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Cheng Sau Ting Aileer [ F5 1994 ] is back to London, after staying for some time in Hong Kong. Her volunteer work with VSO will soon begin, and just got the news that she will be going to Kenya in Africa in a few months' time.
[ APPENDED: NOV 24, 2000 ] Aileer's long and well-written (as usual) e-mail just came. She is in high spirits at this time and wrote about her getting herself ready for the odyssey. I wanted you guys to share her story, but to cut down the size of this update I have trimmed the quote slightly. Here goes:
. . . . . The first compulsory VSO trainning was preparing for change. They play so
many games to make sure you are aware of a change of enviornment and cultural
sensitivity, which was interesting though personally it is not that useful for me as I am already abroad.
Last weekend I attended an optional training: Volunteers and Development.
Discussing the issue and understanding more about 3rd world countries'
problems was good. The best part came when we had a trade game. No offence
to Americans (as I just remembered you're one of them as well :>), but it
does reflect the truth about how the USA sucks up money everywhere. We
separated into 6 groups, 2 sat on a table playing USA and UK, 4 others on
the floor representing 4 other developing countries, one of our instructors
played the World Bank, and the other played UN. it was fun that we move
around, do our trade, and some countries obviously use more violence than
others. And then later we learned USA not only have everything (man and
resources) to get rich, but also they have good connection with the bank
so they know how the market price of things will go. . . . .
I just found more evidence to prove I am lucky. I happen to have some
connection with Swahili people (mainly East African), and like Kenya more
than other countries. Now I found out my Swahili may have more potential
application than just going to Kenya. Some western african countries do
not have 'mandarin'. If I go there and learn their dialects, it is still
interesting but not as widely known as 'mandarin' like Afrikan and
Swahili.
Back to my placement, the proficient date of leaving is 12 Feb.
I'll have 3 weeks in Nairobi for language training, then start my teaching
near Kisumu or Kisii (West Kenya near Lake Victoria). 12 hours sunshine,
fresh coconut, passion fruit and sweet corn, probably can't ask for more. I
may have a star TV and still watching the rubbish from BBC in there, and
they do have English newspapers and radio. The telephone and postage system
is not too good though, so I should sublime for 2 years. Generally people
think the locals are friendly. . . . . .
Love,
Aileer
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HONG KONG
From Pang Yiu Fai Vincent [ F5 1990 ] who returned to Hong Kong, after having completed his graduate degree at Columbia University and worked for a while in New York:
[ 11/13/00 5:02:50 AM PST ]
Hi Mr. Ching:
........ I'm currently in HK working in an architectural firm. I've been back since April this year! I'm "so far so good", enjoying my mom's cooking and the weather here, although the weather is getting cold lately.....
Last week was Vera Wong's wedding. A lot of us from Class of 1990 attended the wedding and the banquet at Causeway Bay. See if I can get some pictures from her and send them to you!!
I heard Tony Chan is coming back HK around Christmas time, we'll definitely get together and hang out!!
Also, thank you very much for the effort spending on the CCSC webpage. You did a really great job.
Take care!!
Vincent Pang Yiu Fai
F5 1990
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CCSC NEWS
 The heavyweights out there in tug-of-war.
Sports Day (October 17, 2000)
Once again we would like to show our appreciation for Mr C K Siu's input on CCSC News, a big bunch of Sports Day photographs that take up 5 Family Album pages. [ PAGES 55-59 ]. The coverage is impressively extensive, including a number of teacher close-up snapshots (which have always been a favorite for us over here), as well as pictures of the track events and the heated tug-of-war. It was unusual to rain in the previous Sports Days but it did happen this time, and the sogginess was well captured by Mr Siu's camera.
At my request Mr Siu also scanned and sent me the most recent Staff Photo of the academic year 2000-2001. [ PAGE 60 ] Thank you very much, Schick, and we do look forward to more. ;-)
[ APPENDED: NOV 15 ]
He did send more: Three pictures of teachers "playing" with cameras. PAGE 61. Thanks, Schick !
[ End of Update 29 ]
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