2006 – Page 2

15 Sep01:33am

Games day
8 Oct 2006
DBS School Field

Let’s play!
We had a great turnout at the Games Day this year: 75 adults and 54 children showed up. The annual family event was organized jointly by DSOBA and DBS Athletics Club. It was held on the new school track with the new Clock Tower as the backdrop. The facilities provided an excellent environment for this occasion.

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Jointly sponsored by DSOBA and DBSAC.

Our old boys and their family members participated enthusiastically in the various games scheduled for the afternoon. As usual we had games for all ages: individual sprints, obstacle races, spoon-and-egg races and 1-lap runs. Several heats were set up for each event, and the nursery-kindergarten group turned out to be the largest of all age groups, with 7 heats scheduled for the individual 40M event alone! The 1-lap run was open to all ages, and it was really exciting to see our littlest “stars” completing one whole lap with such confidence and courage!

Everyone had such a great time that we ran overtime by over an hour and we had to cancel the last 2 family games in order to allow time for the prize presentation. Rudy Chan (‘79) and Willie Kung (‘77) kindly presented the medals to the winners of each event. The results of the various events are as follows:

Nursery-Kindergarten:

Position	40 Meters	Obstacle Race	Spoon and Egg
1st	Max Siu	Kwok Man Hin	Ho Yee Chun
2nd	Bui Chim Yiu	Max Siu	Tsang Tsz Ho
3rd	Jeremy Chan	Wong Pak Yiu	Ho Cheuk Hin
4th	Jerome Wong	Sit Chao Hei	Max Lee
5th	Man Ching Pang	Edwin Ho	Arthur Lin

P.1-P.3:

Position	60 Meters	Obstacle Race	Spoon and Egg
1st	Lexon Li	Lexon Li	Sharon Chan
2nd	Godfrey Wong	Nicholas Lau	Lexon Li
3rd	Ethan Wong	Ian Ng	Nicholas Lau
4th	Nicholas Lau	Yip Cheuk Lam	Sit Cho Chiu
5th	Sharon Chan	Ethan Wong	Horace Chik

P.4-P.6:

Position	60 Meters	Obstacle Race	Spoon and Egg
1st	Bryan Kung	Jason Chan	Bryan Kung
2nd	Ho Yee Yan	Harry Sze	Cheng Mang Kau
3rd	Kwok Man Hei Jacky	Bryan Kung	Harry Sze
4th	Cheng Mang Kau	Yoyo Ho	Sit Chuo Hei
5th	Ho Yan Yin	Vivian Ho	Jason Chan

TIME TABLE

*** The following times serve as a guide, the actual event may be held earlier or later than the times as printed.

TIME	AGE GROUP	EVENT
2:00 p.m.	Mothers	60M
	P.4 – P.6	60 M
	P.1 – P.3	60M
	Nur. – Kinder.	40M
2:20 p.m.	40 – 49	100M
	50 and above	100M
	30 – 39	100M
	20 – 29	100M
	F.3 and above	100M
	F.1 – F.2	100M
2:50 p.m.	Nur. – Kinder.
	P.1 – P.3	Spoon and Egg Race
	P.4 – P.6
3:05 p.m.	Open	1 Lap Run
3:10 p.m.	Nur. – Kinder.
	P.1 – P.3	Obstacle Race
	P.4 – P.6
3:40 p.m.	Family Games	Spoon and Egg Relay
		Hungry Bird
4:00 p.m.	Prize Presentation

*** Registration at 1:30 p.m.

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10 Sep02:14am

Class of 84 reunion dinner

The DBS Class '84 Reunion Dinner 2006 was successfully held on 28 July, 2006. This is the 22^nd Anniversary for our Classmates and we had 29 people who attended.

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I presented an opening speech to express the heart for all of us for 22 years and appreciated our strong unity as a group. The tradition will carry on every year and there will be a big celebration in 2009 having the 25th Anniversary. Our Class ’84 will continue to support DBS and DSOBA in the years to come.

Darwin Liu (84)

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10 Sep01:23am

Dear Members of DSOBA,

In reviewing the success in the past events, special thanks must be given to the old boys who supported those activities.

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.

We would like to invite our old boys to be the mentors of our Lower 6 and Upper 6 students. During the year, each mentor would be the careers-advisor of 4 to 5 current Form 6 boys. These mentors may only need to contact their mentees by email or meet them once or twice a year to give advice for their careers planning. For example, the mentor might give advice and share his own experience on the careers choices, university subject selections, allow the students to have a one-day or half-day attachment to his office, etc.

If you are interested in helping out in the new scheme, please fill in the attached form and email to dbscareers@gmail.com. For any further enquiries, please feel free to email us or contact Mrs. Jenny Tso or Mr. Mark Rosario on 2768 5625.

Yours truly,

The Careers Office

June 15, 2006

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05 Sep01:35am

When: 27 August 2006
Where: DBS Poolside
Event: Water Fun and Games and much, much more

Bring your family and friends to cap a great summer holiday season!
Where: DBS PoolsideEvent: Water Fun and Games and much, much more

Photos by Darwin Liu
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After a morning of rainfall, dark clouds made way for a beautiful afternoon of sunshine and warm summer breezes, perfect conditions for our Annual Poolside Party. This year, DSOBA members and their families were offered free admission to the event. Our members responded enthusiastically: 43 adults and 21 children showed up to enjoy a day of water fun.

The afternoon began with water polo. Our DSOBA President, Victor Tan (’80), led a group of young players to a friendly match. While the water polo teams were slugging it out at one side of the pool, the younger children showed off their aqua-basketball skills, shooting hoops from the water at the other side of the pool. They were challenged to a hoop-shooting contest, where the winners went away with prizes like water guns and inflatable ride-ons.

The Poolside Party was a great opportunity for old boys to catch up with each other and to meet new friends. Attendees represented classes ranging from the 50’s to the 90’s. It was truly amazing that even though we were from such a broad spectrum of classes, we all felt the same strong sense of belonging to the DBS family.

As always, food was an important item on the agenda for every Poolside Party. We would like to give special thanks to Alvin Li (’86) for generously sponsoring the food and to Albert Cheung (’83) for kindly arranging the catering this year. After an exciting water polo game and red-hot hoop shooting, everybody was hungry for a big feast. The grilled salmon salad, curry lobster balls, Swiss chicken wings and baked seafood rice did not disappoint.

Of course, we did not let our members and guests off the hook that easily. After recharging their batteries at the buffet table, the real work began: the swimming competition! Five races were held, according to age. Our youngest stars were only 5 years old; with their dads cheering by their side, they finished a 25-meter lap with flying colours. The older kids also participated enthusiastically in the event. It was really exciting to watch them swim with such speed and confidence—it must be the inherited DBS spirit! The last race was reserved for the old boys. Again we proved to be the “best of the best”, competing fiercely for this year’s “bragging rights”.

The party ended on high notes. We were honoured to have our Headmaster, Mr. Terence Chang (’65), present medals to the contestants and take pictures with all of us. Last but not least, we followed our poolside party tradition of eating watermelons, although by then everybody was too full to have a watermelon-eating competition! The party went on until dusk and we all went home with a nice tan, a content stomach and happy memories.

The Annual Poolside Party is a wonderful family event and a great old boy reunion in a casual setting. We all hope you can join us next year for more fun in the sun!

Anthony Siu (’83)

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06 Jul00:46am

Jacland Lai(55) – HKUST Honorary Fellowship

Jacland Lai (55) was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by HKUST on June 30 for his contribution to Hong Kong and HKUST. Jacland is a founding member of HKUST and has served on various
committees of the university.

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30 Jun13:02pm

DBS Spirit video (06)

This video highlights the feeling deep in each of our hearts.

Video developed and provided in 2006 by Jackie – A DBS old boy and AVT chairman 00-01, who loves aviation, computer, photography, travel & eating.

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04 Jun23:14pm

Some Views from Another Country

I browsed the Web for "DiocesanAND BoysAND School." I did not expect to find anything, but I was interested enough to have a try. I found a bright user-friendly site with video.

The clip of the Opening of the new Chi Athletics track was my introduction to DBS 2006. I saw something familiar to me - the arched windows of the original buildings: and something totally new - 21^st century Kowloon.

It is very hard to put across the shock of seeing buildings towering above the DBS campus. Most of you will have known nothing else. My mind sees only the parched soil of the NT hills stretching for miles. The nearest buildings were three story houses below the retaining wall at the site’s periphery. We boarders would perch there to watch the Harbour or kites fighting in the grey sky of an overcast evening.

A speaker on the video talked of chivalry being the enduring gift of DBS to its alumni. I feel I recognize that as indeed a legacy from my contact with DBS. In addition the film showed the cultural richness that was only foreshadowed in my short time at DBS.

A pop-up on the site lists the Achievements of the school. Who would have thought that there would be choral competitions won? The copy of ‘Steps’ beside me from December 1948 reports that the term’s ‘Gossip’ included that ‘people say that during singing lessons many boys creep out of the Hall’ and ‘that nine out of ten boys are found somewhere on that "famous Jordan Road"’.

The live performances at Chi Track’s opening celebrations of a Schubert quartet piece and of Classical Chinese music – not to mention Cliff Richard? – take to a different level Mr Du Toit’s gramophone recitals of Beethoven piano concertos in the Hall. But, those long ago evenings included members of the public as well as pupils and staff – a contribution to the total cultural fabric of Hong Kong society.

In that sense, it seems that little has changed in the significance of DBS, merely expanded many times. Even then, former pupils distinguished themselves in their contributions to the re-birth of public life after the chaos of the WW2.

I had not foreseen nor understood that an organisation like DBS would grow and thrive. I imagined that the land might have been sold and shopping malls have been built in its place. I was sure more recently that there was no place for a faith school in an officially atheist society. How wrong I was.

What I have discovered is a dynamic, welcoming community with a vibrant, distinct identity. I hope that my planned trip to HK and China takes place in 2007,so that I can re-visit DBS and renew contact with one or two at least of the people I knew. Then memories of new realities will be laid down alongside ancient shadows, and new relationships replace the ghosts of the past.

(Thanks to Daniel Ma for his research and encouragement.)

Tom Richardson 1949
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04 Jun15:44pm

Obitruary – Mohan Narain (63)

Mohan Narain (Class of 63)

We announce with great sadness the passing of our beloved Moni in Mumbai, India on 31-May-2006.(1945-2006)

His memory lives on with his daughters Nadia and Katia; loving companion Gabi Kapur; sister Devi-Chandru; brothers Lachman-Maina, Kishu-Bharti, and the mother of his children, Beth.

A memorial service will be announced later. May his soul rest in peace.

SCMP

4-Jun-06

Note:

Mohan was an excellent middle distance runner (re: Dr Stephen Chow)

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31 May22:24pm

DSOBA Golf Day - February 17, 2006
Our annual golf day was held at the beautiful Kau Sai Chau public golf course on Friday, February 17. There were a total of 29 participants of which 16 were old boys and 13 were guests, of the 13 guests 4 were ladies.

To make the event more enjoyable, all par 3's were marked with a prize for closest to pin and hole 17 was marked for 2 longest drive prizes, one for men and another for women.

In order to avoid incorrect handicap reporting and to give everyone a chance of winning, scoring for the tournament is based on the New New Preoria format, whereby 6 holes are drawn and discarded after the tournament and the scores from the remaining 12 holes are used to calculate the individual's handicap for the day, which is then subtracted from the player's gross score for his 18 hole round to decide the winners.

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All participants were eligible for the champion, 1^st runner up and 2^nd runner up trophies. The DSOBA President’s Cup trophy, to be presented at our AGM, is reserved for DSOBA member.

Conditions on the South Course where we had our tournament was ideal, the day was cool and breezy and to add to the challenge, the wind caused some problems with a few of the holes. The day began with the first tee-off at 12:09 and ended with a sumptuous dinner buffet and prize giving ceremony.

The winners are:

Men’s longest drive	Lewis Leung (84)
Women’s longest drive	April Chuen
Closest to Pin:	Helena Tsui
	Patrick Lee (83)
	Spencer Leung (83)
	Kenneth Lau (83)
Champion:	S.A.L. Rahman (71)
1st Runner up:	Jerry Chang (80)
2nd Runner up:	Manson Chan
DSOBA President’s Cup winner:	S.A.L. Rahman (71)

We thank all participants for their support and look forward to more members and guests participating in this fun and healthy sport.

Stanley Fong (78)
President, DSOBA

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Class of 83 Reunion Dinner

Class of 84 reunion dinner

The DBS Class '84 Reunion Dinner 2006 was successfully held on 28 July, 2006. This is the 22^nd Anniversary for our Classmates and we had 29 people who attended.

More photos

Jacland Lai(55) – HKUST Honorary Fellowship

DBS Spirit video (06)

Obitruary – Mohan Narain (63)

DSOBA Golf Day - February 17, 2006

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When: 27 August 2006Where: DBS PoolsideEvent: Water Fun and Games and much, much more Bring your family and friends to cap a great summer holiday season! Where: DBS PoolsideEvent: Water Fun and Games and much, much more

DSOBA Golf Day - February 17, 2006