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Olympic Torchbearers: William Hill, Sunny Lee (77) & Mike Chiu (84)
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Jat Sew-tong (82) - New Chairman of IPCC The Government today (May 23) announced the appointment of Mr Jat Sew-tong (82) as Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC). The appointment will take effect from June 1 for a term of two years. Mr Jat will succeed the incumbent IPCC chairman Mr Ronny Wong Fook-hum, whose term of appointment will end on May 31. (05/08)
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Kenneth Chen (82) - Under Sec for Education The Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang, today (May 20) appointed the first batch of eight Under Secretaries to bolster the strength and capacity of the Government's team of political appointees under the political appointment system... (05/08)
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Opening of Swimming Pool Notice is hereby given that the school swimming pool will be opened for all Sports Club members on Sundays from 1 June, 2008. It's time again for the renewal of your Sports Club membership for 2008/09. For those who are not yet our Sports Club member, now is the time to join. (05/08)
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DSOBA Newsletter In an effort to save the environment and improve cost effectiveness, you are invited to receive our Newsletters and correspondences in electronic format via email. Your support will greatly help the association reduce postage and printing costs. Please indicate your preference by returning the reply slip to Amy Au-yeung at Fax: 2761 0793 or by email to Amy@dsoba.org with your full name and Cert. Year. (Current Issue: Spring 08)
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John Goodair (58) John Goodair, Class of 1958, one of the key persons helping the incorporation of Old Boys' Association during late 70's, was passed away on 17 April, 2008. John supported the DSOBA Race Box every week and even when his health was not in sound condition. The funeral service will be held on 29 April, 2008 at 1:45p.m. at the Universal Funeral Home in Hung Hom. Old boys may pay your last respect to John on Monday, 28 April from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (04/08)
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Thomas Lee - Cape Town My family and in-law's family met Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee (car tung lo) in Cape Town, South Africa on 2 and 3 Jan 2008. Mrs. Camorie Ann, my in-law was a teacher at DBS from 1968 to 1974 and knows Thomas quite well. Thomas was very happy to see us since he has few visitors. He still remember quite a few of us like William Ong, Paul Chan, Edmund Choy, David Li and Pankee but he complains that we are naughty. We had dinner together twice and went to his house for watermelon. William King (64) (01/08)
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Robert Gibson Farrington Robert Gibson Farrington (Former Math Teacher of DBS 1966-1986) passed away peacefully in the early hours, on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at the Scarborough Hospital - Grace Division, at the age of 72 years. Beloved former spouse and dearest friend of Shirley. Loving father of Jimmy and Joanne and her husband David Gort. Cherished grandfather "Gongon" to Emma and Shane. Survived by his dear aunt Emily McKee and dear sister Elizabeth McAllister. Bob will be missed and lovingly remembered by his extended family and many friends. Family and friends may call on Sunday January 20th, 2008 from 2-5 p.m. at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home (6150 Yonge Street, at Goulding, south of Steeles). Funeral service will be held at the R.S. Kane Chapel on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 1 o'clock. Cremation to follow with interment at York Cemetery at a later date. (01/08)
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Class 78 Gathering Hanif Barma was in town during the holiday season to celebrate his parent's 60th wedding anniversary. Classmates were notified for a dinner gathering at Portland Cafe, owned by a couple of DBS boys, our classmate Casam Li being one of the owners. 6 classmates signed up for the dinner with Hanif but we ended up with 12. another 2, Michael Pan, math professor in Missouri and Normal Lo, both not in photo, also showed up for a chat. (01/08)
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Lowcock Birthday 2007 Our former headmaster Jimmy Lowcock celebrated his birthday with over 70 of his former students and teachers on 8-Dec-07 at the Clearwaterbay Golf and Country Club. (12/07)
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Henry Ho's 60th Birthday Party Ho Sir (Holland Bean) celebrated his 60th birthday on 31 Oct 2007. Over 120 of his ex-students attended together with friends and colleagues of his celebrity daughter Denise Ho. (11/07)
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Dinner Talk with Jason Chiu (88) DSOBA is proud to announce Mr. Jason Chiu as our guest speaker of the Dinner Talk Series on October 8. (10/07)
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Class 84 Donation The class of 1984 made a donation to the school on 8-Sep-07. It was a joyous occasion during the meeting with our Headmaster at the school. (09/07)
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Games Day Even though Games Day this year took place over the long National Day weekend, the turnout was still strong: 61 adults and 56 children showed up for the event. The annual family event, organized jointly by DSOBA and DBS Athletics Club (DBSAC), was held in a sunny afternoon at the School Field. (09/07)
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Poolside Party Our Annual Poolside Party received an overwhelming response this year with a record-breaking attendance. The attendance almost doubled from last year, with 118 members and guests joining in the fun. Attendees represented classes ranging from the 50's to the 00's. Many thanks for the members' strong support and for our school staff's efforts in making the event a great success. (08/07)
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1951 Old Photos I found some old photos which may be of some intetest to some of the alumni -- even though they may be tooooo old to be of any value! Robert Iching Yin (51) (07/07)
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Obituary Dr. Wong Siu Kit (55), Senior Prefect of DBS in 1955-56 and 1956-57 and teacher of the School from 1961 to 1964, passed away at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 November 2007 and the funeral service will take place in the Hong Kong Funeral Parlour at North Point on Saturday, 24 November 2007 at 11 a.m. Eddi Chan Hung To (63) passed away on April 26th 2007 in St. Teresa Hospital. Funeral service will be held on May 4th 2007 at the Hong Kong Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to MIT. Cheques payable to "MIT FOR THE EDDIE TO MEMORIAL FUND" can be left with the family or mailed to the Office the Memorial Gifts, MIT, Room E19-411, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Former chairman and chief executive of the KCRC Yeung Kai-yin (57) died of kidney failure and acute lung complications Thursday night Feb 8. He was 66. Since joining the government in 1964, Yeung had taken up 22 various posts during his 33 years with the civil service, including secretary for education and manpower from 1989 to 1991, secretary of the treasury from 1991 to 1993 and secretary of transport from 1993 to 1996.
Michael N. Harilela (64) passed away suddenly on Feb 1 here in Hong Kong. For those who wish to attend the ceremonies, please note the following: Peter W.H. Mark (51), aged 76 years, beloved husband of Anne, devoted father of Gerald (deceased), Karen, Sharon, and Jonathan, passed away peacefully on 25 January, 2007. Funeral service was held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home, North Point on Thursday, 1 February, 2007. Burial will talke place in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Eric Fox (51) passed away on 23 January morning in New Westminister B.C. Below is the details of his funeral:
With profound sadness I write to inform you that Frank Ma (77) passed away
on November 28, 2006 after months of good fight against the cancer. He was apparently in little pain, but slipped away quietly in his sleep this morning surrounded by friends and family. Frank is survived by his mom, his brother Bill, and his beloved wife Linda. Arthur Johnson passed away on 24th November 2006 at the age of 76.. His last post was Senior Superintendent of Health Inspection. Sir Murray Maclehose appointed him a JP in 1981. Arthur immigrated to Canada in 1986.
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First U.S. Army General From DBS Michael Albert Ryan (75) was promoted to Brigadier General on November 3, 2006 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He joined the U.S. Army's Tank Corps after finishing university, and has now been with the Army for about 25 years already. He's been mostly overseas, having been posted in Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo and the Middle East... (12/06)
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Class 56 Golden Reunion The Class of 56 held its Golden Reunion this year at DBS on Nov 4th. We were honoured by the presence of the Headmaster and Mr. & Mrs. Brittain, one of the eminent teachers of our time, who at the age of 86 came especially from England to attend our Reunion. (11/06)
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Class 85 Football Match It was Class of 1985 vs Class of 1986 on Sunday, 17 Sepember, 2006. The match ended 2-2 draw and there was great family fun. We'll play again before year 86's twenty year anniversary reunion. Hopefully we have more players with better fitness levels. (09/06)
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Celebration dinner for Ronnie Cheng (83) We had a great party with our Ronnie on August 26th in celebration for his recent promotion to be one of the Vice Principals of DBS. Over thirty of us were at the dinner party. Tommy Ho was so kind to offer his service by organising such a wonderful gathering. We even had raffle draw on prizes kindly donated by our classmates... (08/06)
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Class of 84 reunion dinner The DBS Class '84 Reunion Dinner 2006 was successfully held on 28 July, 2006. This is the 22nd Anniversary for our Classmates and we had 29 people who attended. (07/06)
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Class of 76 30th Reunion The class of 1976 celebrated its 30th anniversary on 2-Jul-2006. The schedule included a 1st July National Day fireworks, DBS school tour and dinner, golf day, drinks and dinner, and family outings.. (07/06)
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Jacland Lai was conferred Honorary Fellowship Jacland Lai (55) was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by HKUST on June 30 for his contribution to Hong Kong and HKUST. He is a founding member of HKUST and has served on various committees of the university. (06/06)
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New Mentor scheme for U6 & L6 students Since career planning is an ongoing process through which young people can have more understanding about their interests, personalities, families, schools, communities and world in making their career and lifestyle choices, the Careers Office is now proposing a new Mentoring Scheme ... (06/06)
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School History Project
This is to inform you that your Alma Mater has launched a school history project. The tentative title of the book is To Lead and to Serve: History of the Diocesan Boys' School, 1869 - 2004. The manuscript (in Chinese) will be ready for the publisher by the end of August 2007 and will then be translated into English. It is planned that the Chinese version will be published in mid 2008 and the English version in late 2008 or early 2009, just in time for the 140th Anniversary. (Read more...)
Fung Yee Wang (55)
DBS Archive Room
The school has recently set up an Archive Room on campus. We plan to house artifacts, pictures, documents and other relevant material and put them on display for visitors and guests. If you have anything that you would like to donate or loan it to the school for display please feel free to contact us! We hope that there will be sufficient material to share our glorious heritage with our visitors. The teacher-in-charge of this project is W.K. Im. Please feel free to contact him directly.
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Free Kung Fu Class DSOBA members and family, students of DBS and DBSPD are welcome to join us for free lessons on North Shaolin kungfu or Taichi taught by an experienced master. Every Sunday14:30 - 16:00 in DBS Gym - exercise attire. (11/05)
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DSOBA Shop
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