Newsletter

Dear Friends,

It has been almost a year ago that we started to take precautions to protect ourselves from covid-19. We have witnessed its spread across the globe to become a pandemic of major dimension and I am sad to see it is still among us. Please take care and hope it will go away as soon as possible.

On the bright side, one secondary school ranking agency has put St. Paul’s on top of all-boys schools in Hong Kong, based on public examination results*. The list of schools includes all the familiar ones that perennially occupy the top spots. This is the first time in years that St. Paul’s has taken this honor and a big round of applause is due for our Principal, Mr. Dennis Yuen and his staff. Such achievement can only be realized by their dedication and efforts. Some agencies gave St. Paul’s a lower rank when other factors are also considered. One major measure that contributes to their assessment is the lack of adequate space for sports activities at the school. The School Enhancement Project is designed to overcome this shortcoming, not all but to a great extent, and will create more space to be equipped with better facilities for our students’ physical education and training.

On the warm side, we have received a donation from the US from Mr. Szeto Tin Ching, 司徒天正, who taught Chinese at St. Paul’s in the 60s. It is a real surprise as the last time we met was in 1974 in Boston Chinatown. It is touching that after all these years, he still feels an attachment to St. Paul’s and expressed it with a contribution to our project. 禮輕人意重, thanks Mr. Szeto.