The 6th Wah Yan International Conference (Calgary, 1998) – “New Waves of Wahyanites”

Mission Statement

To provide a congenial forum for the Alumni and the teaching staff of Wah Yan to exchange their views on the conference theme “New Wave of Wahyanites” for the betterment of the affairs of the Alumni and the Wah Yan College

The Programme

Saturday, 1st August 1998

8:00 am	Registration – Continental Breakfast
	“Wahyanites Welcome the New Millennium” Session Chairman: Dr Peter Tsang, Calgary
8:30 am	“Conference Introduction” Video – “Welcome to the City of Calgary” Conference Chairman's Welcome Opening Remarks from His Worship Mayor Al Duerr Remarks from the Deputy Mayor of Vancouver, Mr Daniel Lee Introduction of the Conference Organizing Committee and Advisors School Song Conference Blessing
9:15 am	Chapters Update – Session I
9:30 am	Speaker: Mr George Tam, HK Principal, Wah Yah Hong Kong “Wah Yah and Its School Environment” (online Page 1)
9:50 am	Chapters Update – Session II
10:05 am	Speaker: Mr Percival Ho, Kowloon Teaching Staff, Wah Yah Kowloon “Wah Yah and its Educational Environment”
10:25 am	Coffee Break
10:35 am	Speaker: Mr Philip Ching, HK "Long Live Wah Yah Alumni"
10:55 am	Speaker: Mr Joseph Leung, INC Chairman, HK “INC Update” & “Wah Yan Websites”
11:15 am	Moderator: Mr King Yau, Calgary Panel Discussion Wah Yah Affairs Fellowship and Alumni Affairs
12:15 pm	Social Chairman: Mr Michael Chu, Calgary Social Events Intro
Luncheon, CP Room, Palliser Hotel
12:25 pm	Keynote Address: Rev. Fr Deignan S.J., HK “Jesuits and Alumni Affairs” (online Page 4)

Sunday, 2nd August 1998

8:00 am	Mass Celebrant: Rev. Fr Deignan, SJ, HK Turner Valley Room, Pailiser Hotel
Continental Breakfast (Video – Alberta Destinations)
	“Wahyanites Meeting the Challenges” Session Chairman: Dr Andrew Bau, Calgary
9:30 am	Speaker: Rev. Fr George Zee S.J., Kowloon Supervisor, Wah Yan Kowloon “Wan Yah Today and Its Global Mission: Creating a World that People Want to Belong” (online Page 6)
9:50 am	Speaker: Mr Mason Loh, Q.C., Vancouver “Wah Yah, Immigrants and the Host Community”
10:00 am	Speaker: Dr Edward Woo “Wah Yah School in Vancouver: Exploring the Concept”
10:10 am	Speaker: Mr Dominic Eng, Calgary “Tales of Two Cultures” (online Page 11)
10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am	Speaker: Mr Francis Chiu, Calgary “Business and Career Opportunities in Calgary/Canada” (online Page 14)
11:00 am	Speaker: Dr Albert Young, S. California “Business and Career Opportunities in the New Millennium”
11:20 am	Moderator: Mr William Tsang, Calgary Panel Discussion Wah Yah Affairs Challenges in the New Millennium Fellowship and Communication
12:20 pm	Conference Chairman: Mr Dominic Hon, Calgary “Selection of the INC Base for 1998 – 2000” “Selection of the Year 2000 Conference Host”
12:40 pm	Social Chairman: Mr Michael Chu, Calgary Social Events Intro
12:45 pm	Closing Remarks (online Page 16) Passing of the Torch to the Year 2000 Conference Host Conference Blessing School Song
1:00 pm	Closing of the Conference
	Luncheon – Harbour City Restaurant

Additional Documents

• Report/Minutes (online )
• Conference Speeches (online ) by George Tam, Fr Deignan, S.J., Fr George Zee, S.J., Dominic Eng, Francis Chiu, Dr Anthony Lam
• Afterthoughts (online ) by Dominic Hon, Fr George Zee, S.J., Philip Ching, Fr Tom O'Neill, S.J., Samuel Wu, Manson Ng, Francis Chiu, Dominic Eng
• Messages/Reports from Overseas Chapters and International Networking Committee (INC) (online )
• Message from the Organising Committee Chairman (online )
• Message from the Co-chairman of Publication (online )
• Message from the Mayor of Calgary (online )

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Pictures

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The Whole Gang: An official count of 78 alumni was recorded, representing all Chapters, except England and Thailand: such a confluence of talents and personalities. The mayor of Calgary is seated on the left of Fr Deignan. An affable person, he took time out of his busy schedule to come at 8:00 AM to give the conference the “kick off.”	After Sunday Mass, Fr Deignan dedicated an evergreen spruce tree “in commemoration of The Sixth International Conference of the Wah Yan Alumni Associations, August 1, 1998.” One can find it planted against the west wall of Knights of Columbus club house, towards the east end of the parking lot in front of Our Lady of Prepetual Help Catholic Church at 610 2nd Ave., N.E. Calgary.
Fr Deignan giving speech	Before the conference was declared close. The “torch,” not the “buck,” was passed to Dr Albert Young and William Ying of Southern California, the host of the Conference in the year 2000.

Organising Committee, Attendees