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文字方塊: Our new eNews From October 09 issue onwards, our "eNews" will be revamped in design and content, which would include “Highlights of Development”, “Education Focus”, “Upcoming /Recent Events”, “Members’ Sharing”, and “School Update”. The eNews is issued quarterly in January, April, July and October each year. Through this platform, members would learn about the latest development of the Foundation and its schools, get information about upcoming and recent events, and share knowledge and ideas of education. Your Participation - “Members’ Sharing” (please click here to see the details)

文字方塊: School photos Some memorable photos of the College and the Primary School have been uploaded to our website. You are welcome to go to “Archives” in our website to view the photos. If any member has photographs of the Foundation and its schools since their establishment and would like to share with our members, please contact Ms. Ivy Chan (Tel: 2240 6913) of the Secretariat.

文字方塊: “Learning for the Future” Series - Second Conference The “Learning for the Future” Series – Second Conference, organized by the Foundation, was held on Saturday morning, 16 May 2009. Over 200 principals, teachers, parents, Foundation members/friends and other members of the community attended the function. The speakers shared their valuable insights and experiences with the participants. Their talks were well-received and the feedback by the participants was very positive. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Jacky Cheung, Chairman & CEO of Shinhint Group, for his generous donation and support to the Conference. The details of the Conference, the presentation materials and video recording of all the speeches can be downloaded from our website.

文字方塊: Mr. Jacky Cheung, Prof. Tse Shek Kam, Mr. SY Choi, Prof. Amy Tsui, Ms.Tsang Enian, Ms. Chow Lo Sai, Mr. Wong Ming Hau, Mr. Cheung Pak Hong and Mr. Tai Hay Lap (from left to right)

文字方塊: 9th Anniversary Dinner Over 270 guests, members of the Foundation and the staff of its two sponsored schools attended the Anniversary Dinner on 9 May 2009 at Cheers Restaurant. We were honoured to have Prof. Amy Tsui, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of The University of Hong Kong as our Guest of Honour to deliver a speech on“The University's Preparation for 334”. Please click here to view the presentation notes. During the dinner, students from both HKUGA Primary School and HKUGA College gave brilliant performances to entertain the packed audience. Our guests were all very impressed with the high quality of our student performances.

文字方塊: New Principal of HKUGA Primary School Through the proper procedure of open recruitment and selection, the Principal Selection Panel recommended Ms. Wong Kwai Ling, Christina to the EXCO and the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) as the suitable candidate for appointment as the new Principal. The EXCO and the IMC members unanimously approved the recommendation. Ms. Christina Wong will take up the position of Prinicpal-Designate on 10 August 2009 and become Principal on 1 September 2009. Ms. Wong has a Bachelor of Education degree from Hong Kong Baptist University. She has recently received a Master of Education degree from The University of Hong Kong. Ms. Wong is an experienced educator with 26 years of working experience in the field, of which 12 years acting as the principal of two primary schools. In her last position, she was the principal of CCC Kei Chun Primary School. Ms. Wong received positive comments from the External School Review Team of the Education Bureau in 2005 on her professional leadership, care for students, communication with parents, teachers’ professional development and curriculum reform. Ms. Wong identifies completely with our education vision and mission. She will build on our School’s strengths while ensuring continuity in our School’s many initiatives. She pledges to strive for excellence in the quality of education we provide to our students. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Ms. Wong and we look forward to her leading our School to a new level of excellence.

文字方塊: New Supervisor of HKUGA Primary School Mr. Wong Kai Man, a Founding member of the Foundation, first jointed the School Management Committee (SMC) of the School in August 2002, just before the School commenced operation. He was subsequently appointed Treasurer, Chairman of the SMC and Supervisor of the School. In the past few years, under the leadership of Mr.Wong and the school managers, and because of the great efforts and dedication by all school staff, the School has developed into a reputable school in Hong Kong. After seven years of tireless service, Mr. Wong has expressed his desire on several previous occasions to retire from his post as Supervisor so that he could devote more time to his family and his other public and community services. After careful consideration, the Executive Committee of the Foundation (EXCO) has reluctantly accepted his decision to relinquish his current position and at his recommendation, appointed Mrs. Lam Fan Kit Fong, Fanny, one of the school managers, to succeed him as the Supervisor effective from 1 September 2009. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for Mr. Wong’s contributions to the Primary School and welcome Mrs. Lam to join us. Mrs. Fanny Lam is a former senior official of the Education Bureau. She has recently retired from Government after 26 years of service. In her last post as Principal Assistant Secretary, she was in charge of the development of government schools, special education services, educational psychology services, education subventions, Direct Subsidy Scheme, and student guidance & discipline. She was a secondary school teacher for 6 years before joining the former Education Department. Mrs. Lam also sits on the EXCO and is a School Manager of HKUGA College.

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文字方塊: Arrangements during school suspension Based on the assessment of the Department of Health on the latest information of the Influenza A H1N1 in Hong Kong, the Education Bureau (EDB) recommends secondary schools to advance the summer break for students after completion of their final examinations and all necessary arrangements. As such, the College decided to have the summer holidays from 26 June to 31 August, 2009. Except for the diving trip in Cebu, the Philippines, the other planned CAS trips to Beijing, Shanghai, Huangshan, Nanjing, Nepal and Singapore were all cancelled. But the Pre-Secondary 1 Hong Kong Attainment Test (Pre-S1 HKAT) was conducted on 14th July, 2009 as scheduled by the EDB. Parallel to it was a seminar with S1 parents (09/10) in the Assembly Hall on important information of the school. Nonetheless, the staff worked hard as usual during the children’s early holidays to get the report cards done, write the year-end reports and draft the teaching and learning plan for the next school year.

文字方塊: 5th Annual Concert l May 22 Over a thousand participants were entertained by the music performances by P1 to S3 students from the Primary School and the College in the 5th Annual Concert, which is also the first-ever concert jointly organized by the Primary School and the College. Everybody - the conductors, students and staff of the two schools - worked very hard for several months to prepare for the performances that have won rounds and rounds of applause from the audience.

文字方塊: The 4th Graduation Ceremony lJuly 14 Under the threat of the Influenza A H1N1, the Graduation Ceremony was finally held with the parents’ support. At the ceremony, the officiating guest was Mr.Yeung Pak Sing, former SMC Chairman and Executive Committee member of the Foundation. Both he and Ms. Jessie Yum, the Principal, gave encouraging words to the graduate students, Mr. SY Choi, Chairman of the Foundation, presented thank-you plaques to Mr. Wong Kai Man, the School Supervisor, Ms. Margaret Chan, former Academic Councillor and Ms. Jessie Yum respectively to express appreciation for their contribution to the Primary School in the past years.

文字方塊: Arrangements during school suspension Even though the Curriculum Integration Week, Student Led Conference and Interactive English Summer Camp were all cancelled due to H1N1, student learning was only slightly affected by the suspension because our teachers had prepared rich learning materials for the students to do at home.