40th Graduation Anniversary Celebration

Celebration promotion video

…with School songs, panoramic School view, etc.

Confucian Tai Shing Secondary School is undoubtedly one of the smallest, if not the smallest, schools in Hong Kong. But remember? Every morning we began with lessons in the morning assembly from various teachers who were ready to share Confucian thoughts and advice based on their own life experiences. Those teachers then were younger than we are today. If wisdom accumulates along with time, we should be wiser than our teachers back then.

Visiting our school is a time reminiscing about the good old days－－and you will feel young again.

Look at the school hall where you started each and every of your school days and the playground where you had to line up for the morning assembly and the tuck shop where you filled up your stomach for the day. Look at the bell in a corner of the school playground and you can ring it without permission. Next to the bell are the washrooms where we girls spent our time talking during PE (Physical Education) lessons, the only lesson when we could talk to our hearts’ content. Memories like these might have been buried at the bottom of your heart. Digging them out and sharing them with your old fellow students would be heart-warming and you might find out even more treasured in your old fellows’ hearts. Indeed the collective memories might open up our hearts again and we can share more at the dining table in the reunion dinner on December 17 (Saturday), 2011.

Busy as most of us still are, a short trip to the vivacious city of Macau should be the second part of our reminiscing journey. There you can visit a variety of buildings, ranging from the European-style buildings like the façade of the ruined St Paul’s Cathedral to the modern ones like CN Tower overlooking the peninsula of Macau and part of mainland China and the glamorous casino resorts. The cultural heritage of such a ‘small’ city should enlighten us on its long-standing history for several centuries, much longer than that of Hong Kong.

Year 2011 marks the 40^th anniversary of our Confucian Tai Shing Secondary School graduation in 1971. All classmates, alumni and teachers are cordially invited to attend these celebration activities. We hope you can participate in all or part of the scheduled activities.

Celebration activities details

School visit

Date: 17 Dec 2011 afternoon

We will re-visit our old school in Wong Tai Sin at and gather at 2:30 p.m. at the entrance of the school. After the visit, we may go directly to our buffet dinner venue.

Cost: Free of charge

Buffet dinner

Date: 17 Dec 2011 evening
Venue: Function Room, 6/F, Chinese Recreation Club,  123 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (Entrance at car park)

Time: Registration will start at 5:30 p.m. and program will start at 5:45 p.m.

Entertainment: Mah-jong, watching our home-produced DVD, singing, chatting with old classmates, lucky draw……

Cost: On equal sharing basis with a ceiling cost of $300. If the cost exceeds $300 per person, our organizing committee members will bear the excess cost.

We will invite all our teachers to come.

Macau tour

Date: 18-19 Dec 2011

It is a good chance to mix together, relax and enjoy ourselves.

Time: Gather at 9 a.m., Western Bridge, 3/F, Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal, Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong.

Cost: On equal sharing basis

Memorable DVD

Besides, we are producing a DVD to commemorate this year’s celebration activities. It contains the following:-

• School photos and videos, its old and current views
• School songs, 孔聖頌, 大同篇
• Photos of activities when we were at school; gatherings since graduation, etc.
• Profiles of our classmates which include careers, qualifications, achievements, etc.
• Video of interviews of some of our teachers and classmates
• Plus many more…..

Every classmate and teacher will receive a complimentary copy of the commemorative DVD whether or not he/she takes part in any of our celebration activities.

You will receive it at our buffet dinner on 17^th December 2011. If you are unable to attend it, we will mail it to you later.

We need your help

We need your great support to make this a successful celebration. Please provide us with the following as soon as possible before our deadline:

1. Send us the soft copies of photos and videos of our previous activities concerning our classmates both at school and since graduation. If you mail us the hard copies, we will return them to you only upon your specific request.
2. If you are our 1971 graduate, please fill in the classmate’s profile as much as possible and email it back to us. Download the Classmate Profile here. The information so collected will only be used for producing the DVD, and will not be shared with or sold to any unrelated persons. The DVD’s will only be distributed among our teachers and classmates.

Please send items 1 and 2 above to our official email box:
taishing1971@gmail.com

Our organizing committee is working hard to make this celebration a memorable and exciting event. Check your email box constantly and we will update you regularly on our progress and occasionally notify you of some exciting news!

We are looking forward to celebrating this event with you!

Contact

Email: TaiShing1971@gmail.com
Blog: http://TaiShing1971.com