It is good to know that the website of CTSS 71 has been renewed for another 5 years to allow the classmates to stay in touch closely with each other and to be informed of any activity which we may have in the future.

Since I last posted an article in the blog in 2013, I was thinking it should be time for me to do it again.  Coincidently, it happened that we recently had a 45^th year anniversary class reunion celebration which was a tour on Lantau Island for 2 days on October 13 & 14, 2016.  Also, the celebration was followed by an anniversary dinner on October 15.  Since a lot of things had happened during the two events, I decided to simply describe the events and tell something about my feelings in order to share them with other classmates who were unable to join us for the fun.

The itinerary started on October 13, met the group at Tung Chung where we were transported by a cable car to Ngong Ping for about 25 minutes to the top of the plateau.  The cable car ride is a 5.7 km long crossing the Tung Chung Bay in the air towards North Lantau, browsing various views such as close distance from South China Sea, the Tian Tan Buddha Statue, a grassland slope and a mountainous terrain of Lantau Island.  The cable car I rode was a crystal cabin equipped with a glass bottom, and riding inside enabled me to experience an astonishing bird’s eye view so it was quite a soaring experience but scary.

The cable car ride ended at Ngong Ping Village which is just adjacent to the cable car terminal.  The village is an impressive cultural themed village that comes with many attractions such as “Stage 360”, “Motion 360” (which is a 5D movie theatre for visitors to experience amazing and breathtaking effects), a path for hiking which is called “Walking with Buddha”, and of course restaurants and souvenir shops to satisfy visitors’ demands.

The second day on October 14 was a tour in Tai O, which is famous for its natural scenes and historical sites, and we also took a motorboat ride sailing around the bay of this fishing village.

In general, the exclusive spots being picked by the organizing committee were top picks which allowed me to refresh my memory of a camping at YMCA with my classmates from art class on Lantau Island, led by our class master Mr. Siu during the final year of my secondary school.  For the October 2016 trip, I was so excited that this time it was also joined by many classmates from science class. Classmates who returned from overseas were Kimball Yip, Paul Chan, Johnny Shum and me.

The anniversary dinner on October 15 was a very successful one, filled with joy and affectionate speeches from the teachers and oversea classmates, including myself, ha ha!  There were lucky draw at the dinner with gifts sponsored by the enthusiastic classmates although I was not lucky enough to win one.

Before I end this message, I wish to see that more articles to be posted by other classmates in the website, not necessary to be for a specific topic, but just something interesting, or to express a feeling on what has happened to them which can be shared with other classmates in order to make the existence of this website valuable.

Thanks and stay in touch.

Tak Kwong Wong