History of the Wah Yan International Conference

[Parts of this information are from the information given by the WYHK Past Students Association.]

The first International Conference was launched by the WYHKPSA in 1988, one year after the successful launching of the Student Ambassador Programme. The Conference was held in Hong Kong and was attended by over a hundred local and overseas alumni. It was resolved that a Wah Yan Alumni International Conference would be held on a bi-annual basis.

Objectives

The objectives of organizing the Conference are

• to provide fellowship opportunities between local and overseas Wahyanites;
• to allow Wah Yan alumni all over the World to better understand the well being of each other;
• to keep alumni informed about both Wah Yan Colleges in Hong Kong and Kowloon; and
• to explore possible ways to improve our Global Link Networking.

Conferences Held

1988

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	Host	Hong Kong Chapters
	Date	December 19–20, 1988
	Venue	WYCHK
	Theme	Wah Yan Family Around the World
	Organizing Committee Chairman	Philip Ching (WYHK 54)
	Conference Co-Chairmen	William Yeung (WYHK 69) and Alfred Lam (WYK)

1990

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	Host	Vancouver Chapter
	Date	August 23–25, 1990
	Theme	Unity Is Strength
	Conference Chairman	Francis Yeung (WYHK 54)

1992

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	Host	Hong Kong Chapters
	Date	December 21–22, 1992
	Theme	Wah Yan Spirit
	Organizing Committee Chairman	Patrick Wu (WYHK 58)
	Conference Co-Chairmen	Luke Wong (WYHK 59) and Ronald Tse (WYK 75)

1994

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	Host	San Francisco Chapter
	Date	July 29–August 1, 1994
	Venue	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Burlingame, California, USA
	Theme	Towards a Global Wah Yan Community
	Organizing Committee Chairman	Kelly Chang (WYHK 72)
	Keynote speaker	Mr Luke Wong, Director of Student Affairs, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
	Participating Jesuit Fathers	Fr Alfred Deignan, Fr Sean Coghlan
	Participating representatives from 2 schools	Fr Sean Coghlan, S.J. (WYHK); Fr Alfred Deignan, S.J. (WYK)
	Other honourable guests/speakers	Mr Philip Ching (INC)

1996

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	Host	Hong Kong Chapters
	Venue	WYK & WYCHK
	Theme	Wah Yan Towards The Year 2000
	Organizing Committee Chairman	Dr. Chung Ka Leung (WYHK 70)
	Participating representatives from 2 schools	Mr George Tam, (Principal WYHK) Mr Norman So, (Principal WYK)
	Other honourable guests/speakers	Fr Sean Coghlan, S.J. Anthony Neoh (WYK), Andrew So (WYK 59), John Chan (WYK 59), Dominic Wong (WYHK 59), Dr Lee Kin Hung (WYHK 51), Stephen Ng (WYK 69), Michael Suen (WYHK 61), The Hon. Donald Tsang (WYHK 62)

1998

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	Host	Calgary Chapter
	Date	August 1–2, 1998
	Venue	Penthouse, Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Theme	New Wave of Wahyanites
	Conference Chairman	Dominic Hon (WYHK 63)
	Keynote speaker	Fr Alfred Deignan, S.J.
	Participating Jesuit Fathers	Fr Alfred Deignan, S.J.; Fr George Zee, S.J.; Fr Tom O'Neill, S.J.
	Participating representatives from 2 schools	Mr George Tam (Principal WYHK); Mr W.S. Lo (Assistant Principal WYHK); Fr George Zee, S.J. (WYK)
	Other honourable guests/speakers	Mr Raymond Yu (Former Assistant Principal WYHK); Mr Philip Ching (INC); Mr Joseph Leung (INC)

2000

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	Host	Southern California Chapter
	Date	August 4–6, 2000
	Venue	Hilton Universal City & Towers, Universal City, California, USA
	Theme	Wah Yan Spirit in the New Millennium
	Conference Chairman	Dr Albert Young (WYK 62)
	Participating Jesuit Fathers	Fr Farren; Fr Foley, S.J.; Fr Zee, S.J.
	Other honourable guests/speakers	Norman So, George Tam, Anthony Ho, Raymond Yu, Wilson Hsueh, Francis Kong, Ping-chang Lai, Kan-koon Mui, Laurence Tam, Winnie Ting, Chin-wah Wong

2002

	Host	Ontario (HK) Chapter
	Date	June 29 – July 2, 2002
	Venue	Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Theme	Beyond Nostalgia
	Conference Chairman	Peter Yeung (WYHK 72)
	Participating Jesuit Fathers	Fr Stephen Chow, S.J.; Fr Sean Coghlan, S.J.; Fr Alfred Deignan, S.J.; Fr Frank Doyle, S.J.; Fr James Hurley, S.J.; Fr George Zee, S.J
	Other honourable guests/speakers	Norman So, George Tam, Anthony Ho, Raymond Yu, Wilson Hsueh, Cissy Lau, Helen Lee, Vincent Lee, Geoffrey Leung, Kan-Koon Mui Laurence Chi-Shing Tam Monica Tang