Newsletter Vol. 02 - 1

Issued in May, 2002

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World Cup Nite

The whole world will be all eyes at the finale of the quad-annual event on 30 June 2002, when the two final contestants of FIFA World Cup compete for the championship and the all-time fame. The Alumni is holding a carnival at SFXC, Kowloon where hundreds of old boys together will witness the birth of the new star in World Cup Hall of Fame and enjoy the fun and fever.

We will make use of the big screen with powerful projector in Champagnat Hall, SFXC, and audio effect will be supported by large speakers. Where else can we have a better place? Details of the day's programme will be as follows:

5.00 p.m. Soccer "Games" for all ages (with prizes);
6.00 p.m. Annual General Meeting;
6.30 p.m. Party Starts;
7.00 p.m. World Cup Final 2002

Due to the limited capacity of the hall that can accommodate no more than 400 people, the Executive Committee, after due consideration, finds it necessary to impose certain control on the attendance. Admission tickets, free of charge, will be available by mailing with a self-addressed and stamped envelope to us, on a first-come-first-served basis. Each old boy may be given a maximum of 5 tickets. Interested parties please complete the attached form and send it with the aforesaid envelope as soon as possible and in any case not later than May 30, 2002.

Soft drinks, beers and snacks will be provided during the match on a 'pay-as-you-wish' basis. Surplus, if any, will be contributed to the Alumni's accumulated funds.

With the aim to get ourselves more acquainted with the teachers and the younger generation of Alumni members, invitations have also been sent to all the teachers and the current F5 and F7 students of the two SFX schools, who, by that time, should have finished their public exams. We anticipate quite a huge number of the students will join the event and we are trying to arrange another big screen at the playground to accommodate them.

Because of the construction work of the new school wing and the sports activities that will take place in the playground on that day, car owners are requested to use public carparks in the vicinity. For your information, there is a public carpark right beside the school premises. The entrance is at the junction of Sycamore Street and Tai Kok Tsui Road. Car parking charge is $4 per half hour.

Do come and share the fun with your buddies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

World Cup Nite
Seat-reservation form

This form is for alumni's use only. Current F.5 and F.7 students will receive invitation separately.

We beg your understanding that for better control of the number of audience and to avoid wastage, admission tickets will only be given to SFX old boys whose names appear below with other required information provided. A maximum of 5 tickets will be sent to you.

Once you receive the tickets, we hope you will definitely join the event. In case you no longer need the tickets sometime later, please let us know through email (sfxaa@xaverians.net) or mail them back to us, so that we can accommodate more alumni who also want to join the event. Thanks a lot for your consideration.

Please fill out the form below, and mail to us with a self-addressed and pre-stamped envelope. Specify your reservation as follows:

SFX Alumni World Cup Nite
c/o St. Francis Xavier's College
45 Sycamore Street
Tai Kok Tsui Kowloon

	Name (English and, if applicable, Chinese)	School (Shanghai, TW or KLN)	Year of graduation ( as at F.5)	Contact phone number
Example:	Chan Tai Man 陳大文	TW	1976	9123 4XXX
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Annual General Meeting 2002

The Executive Committee of the SFX Alumni requests the honour of your presence at the captioned event, the details of which are as follows:

Date & Time : 30 June 2002 (Sunday) 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Venue : Champagnat Hall, St. Francis Xavier's College
45 Sycamore Street, Taikoktsui, Kowloon

Agenda
1. Annual Report by President of 2001 - 2003
2. Annual Financial Report by Treasurer
3. A.O.B.

This year, the event will be preceded by football games and followed immediately by the World Cup Nite. So do turn up to give your valuable opinion to the Alumni so that we can keep on improving our work for the benefits of all SFX old boys and our mother schools, or just turn up to show your support to the Alumni, and at the same time pay a visit to the our beloved reverend Brothers. All events of the Alumni are family events and all SFX alumni, whether you have been to the AGM before, are welcome. Looking forward to seeing you then!!!!!!!!

New Alumni Web Site

The Alumni has registered a new Internet domain, xaverians.net, symbolizing the cyber presence of all Xaverians. Thanks to Joseph Leung (K00), we are now enjoying his company's free services of domain registration, web hosting and Internet connection. The new web site, http://xaverians.net, has already begun operating in March, 2002. The old web site, http://www.hkstar.com/~sfxaa, has ceased to operate. We have put a relocation notice on the page to inform every visitor of the change. Our account at hkstar.com will be removed very soon and thus all future correspondence to the Alumni should be directed to the new email address: sfxaa@xaverians.net.

With this new platform as the portal for all Alumni-related activities, we are determined to bring you more updated news, photos and other services. All photos we take during Alumni events will be found on the web site. For example, you may re-enjoy the moments of the Annual Gathering 2002 in the section "Past Events". As suggested by some old boys, we would also like to put on lists of ex-committee members to recognize their contributions towards the success of the Alumni in the past years, as well as to maintain a more complete repository of Alumni history.

If you are one of our ex-committee members, please send us your name, your term of service (e.g. 1991-1993), and also any names of your peer members that you can recall.

Should you have any comments and suggestions towards our web site, please do not hesitate and let us know: sfxaa@xaverians.net.

Report on Annual Gathering 2002

This year's Annual Gathering is the second time in a row that is held in the form of traditional Chinese cuisine. The event was held on 23 Feb, 2002 at Maxim's Palace Chinese Restaurant, Grand Century Place, Mong Kok.

Although the cost had already been lowered compared with a Western-style dinner we adopted some years ago, the response was not generally satisfactory due to very possibly this bleak climate of economy. We had 19 tables in the house this year, barely reaching two-thirds of our proposed target. Annual Gathering is the biggest annual event and bears a fine heritage of the Alumni. We pledge that we will try our best to keep the event running and at the same time control the cost so that more alumni can join it. We look forward to seeing you at the event next year, sing again our school songs, chat with old friends, and update yourselves with your alma mater.

Despite the response falling short of our expectation, the joy, the fun and the SFX spirit were all as usual. The love and care that old boys showed to our beloved Brothers and teachers remain the same, and cheers and warm greetings are still timeless. Should you want to join in the fun of the event, see the photos at this Internet address:
http://xaverians.net/AnnualDinner2002/

Our difficulties in organizing this event were also seen in soliciting prizes. We had amended our prize-giving proposals several times and at length table prizes had to be cancelled. However, amid times of hardship there always come great helping hands. We feel deeply grateful to the following old boys and friends of SFX for donating prizes for the lucky draw: Davy Choi, Philip Chu, Johnny Hung, Timson Kwok, Andrew Lam, Lam Kin, Ray Lau, Anthony Neoh, Francis Wong, Dragon Airlines, and Parent-Teacher Association of SFXC, Kowloon. Special thanks go to Timson Kwok who, being one of the eldest members of our family, handed the prize to us in person.

We had a prize-giving quiz session during the event. All the guests could participate by calling a mobile phone number, and the first one who successfully called in would be eligible to come up to the stage and testify their answer in mind. Of course, the mobile phone number would be different for each question so nobody could occupy the line in advance. The whole quiz was filled with fun and excited very good laughter.

All the quiz questions were related to both SFX schools in Hong Kong. They were not multiple choice questions as in "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" and absolute no tips would be given. You, therefore, must know something before you can answer them right. The ten questions asked in the quiz are reproduced below. Would you like to have a try? Test your SFX score!

1. What's the Chinese name of Bro. Vincent?
2. Who're the first principals of both SFX schools?
3. What're the full street addresses of both SFX schools?
4. What's the nationality of Bro. Konrad?
5. Who're the present principals of both SFX schools?
6. What're the "chang jie" (倉頡) Chinese input codes of the Chinese characters "聖芳濟"?
7. When're the two SFX schools established officially?
8. How many classes in total are now in both SFX schools?
9. What're the school mottos of both SFX schools?
10. How many years have Bro. James and Bro. Joseph been a Marist Brother by the end of this year?

Check with the answers at the end of this Newsletter.

Shanghai visit to our root

Mr. Simon Zee, an enthusiastic old boy, hopes to team up our alumni to visit Shanghai for a root searching activity. Apart from sight seeing, participants will pay a visit to the former Shanghai SFX school and meet with its teachers and students. Details are attached. Alumni interested in this meaningful activity please contact Mr. Aron Lo of Hong Thai Travel Agent direct through Phone no. 21088237 / 91259901. For enquiries, please contact Simon Zee with email simon.zee@greateagle.com.hk or tel at 91245124. Deadline for registration will be on 30 MAY 2002.

上海、蘇州、周莊(學術探訪) 4 天團 (團號: NGD04-INC)

第一天 香港 ->上海～探訪前上海聖芳濟書院 (現為北虹中學)～東方明珠電視塔(門票自理)
於指定時間集合於機場, 乘坐豪華客機飛往上海。
午、晚餐於市內餐廳
住宿: 3星級 園林賓館 或同級

第二天 上海～蘇州～虎丘山～寒山寺～留園
早餐於酒店, 午、晚餐於市內餐廳
住宿: 3星級 菇蘇飯店 或同級

第三天 蘇州～周莊(乘小船及三輪車遊覽)～上海
早餐於酒店, 午、晚餐於市內餐廳
住宿: 3星級 園林賓館 或同級

第四天 上海～玉佛寺 ->香港
早餐於酒店, 午餐於市內餐廳
稍後乘專車前往虹橋國際機場, 乘搭豪華客機直飛返港。

中 國 長 線 包 團 報 價 書
承 辦 人 : 康泰旅行社有限公司包團部 / MR ARON LO (羅國駒)
電話/傳真 : 2108 8237 / 2850 7999 手提電話 : 9125 9901
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出發日期 : 2002年6月14日 (星期五)
回程日期 : 2002年6月17日 (星期一)
人 數 : 20位
團 號 : NGD04-INC
團 費 : @HK$ 2,650.00 (成人費用, 以兩成人一房計算)
@HK$ 2,350.00 (小童費用, 2-11歲不佔床位計算)
航 機 : 採用港龍(KA) 航空公司 往返
住 宿 : 請參閱行程表所列
機 場 稅 : 去程 ~ 成人@HK$113.00 小童@HK$33.00
回程 ~ @RMB$90.00
航空公司保險附加稅: 全程@HK$ 90.00
小 費 : 全程@HK$ 220.00 (包括領隊, 當地導遊及司機在內)
綜合保險 : @HK$169.00

費用包括
機 票 : 乘豪華客機來回程經濟客位機票。
酒 店 : 行程表上所列酒店，以兩成人1房為原則。
交通工具 : 採用豪華空調旅遊巴。
膳 食 : 行程表內所列之膳食。
遊覽節目 : 行程表內所列各項遊覽項目及入場費用。
導遊領隊 : 本公司特派專業領隊隨團服務及當地導遊沿途介紹。(每車計)
平安保險 : 每位團友 HK$300,000.00。

費用不包括
1. 酒類、汽水、洗衣、電報、電話及一切私人性質之費用。
2. 因罷工、颱風、航機取消或更改時間，交通阻延及其他情況而不在本公司控制範圍內所引致之額外費用。
3. 行程以外觀光節目或自費活動項目。
4. 入境簽證費、綜合保險費。
5. 來回程機場稅及香港保安稅。
6. 領隊, 當地導遊及司機之小費
7. 航空公司保附加稅。

報名辦法及須知
1. 報名時，客人請先繳交每位HK$1,000訂金及人名單，作訂位手續。
2. 團費餘款於出發前14天付清。
3. 以上報價以每團20位以上人數計算, 如有變動, 報價則有所改變。
4. 以上報價如匯率浮動多於2%, 本社有權保留調整之權利。
5. 本公司於收到客人訂金及簽署合約後, 始進行訂房、機票、車票、船票等一切安排。

The First Happy Hours Gathering this year

Following last year's success and to provide a regular and causal occasion for all to meet, the Alumni will hold the first Happy Hours Gathering this year. Details:

Venue : Mariners' Club
3/F, Main Bar, 11 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Time : 17 May 2002 (Friday) from 5:30 pm to any time you like
Fee: Just about HK$20 per drink

You are cordially invited to join us. Just walk in any time after 5:30 pm. Don't miss the chance to call up your buddies and have a drink together in a nice place after a week's hard work. See you there!

Answers to Annual Gathering 2002 Quiz

1. 顧鴻勳	2. SFXS: Bro. Bosco SFXC: Bro. Kenny	3. SFXS: 60-64 Ham Tin Street, Tsuenwan SFXC: 45 Sycamore Street, Taikoktsui
4. Germany	5. SFXS: Mr. Yuen Chi Wing SFXC: Bro. Anthony Cheng	6. 聖: 尸口竹土 (SRHG) 芳: 廿卜竹尸 (TYHS) 濟: 水卜難 (EYX)
7. SFXS: 1963 SFXC: 1955	8. SFXS: 24 SFXC: 31 In total: 55	9. SFXS: 忠誠博愛; Loyalty, Honesty, Universality, Love SFXC: 溫良剛毅; Gentle in Manner, Resolute in Action
10. 50 Years, i.e., Golden Jubilee.

 

A message brought to us from Chow Ka Po (K91).

Establishment of "Anthony Poon Prize"

Our kind devoted teacher, Mr. Anthony Poon, who has served in SFXC for over 35 years, is going to retire this summer. As a token of appreciation of his contribution and devotion to the school, particularly for being the chief architect of school's information technology development, a number of his past students are working towards setting up a prize named "Anthony Poon Prize" to award students with the best performance in Computer Studies from F.4 to F.7. For more details, please refer to Internet address, http://ap-prize.sfxc.net/. If you would like to contribute to the establishment of the prize mentioned, please make your donation using the form below, with a cheque payable to "SFXC" and mail it to the school with attention to Mr. Joseph Kung on or before 31st May 2002.

I would like to contribute to the establishment of Anthony Poon Prize and I enclose herewith a cheque payable to "SFXC" for the amount: HK$ ____________ Full Name: ___________________________________ Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Email: _______________________ Contact Tel: __________________ Fax: _____________________ Year of Graduation: _____ at F.____ of SFXC

Please send your cheque to: Mr. Joseph Kung
c/o Anthony Poon Prize
St. Francis Xavier's College
45 Sycamore Street
Tai Kok Tsui Kowloon.

Support your alma mater! Live the SFX spirit!