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21 Nov22:45pm

Wong Siu-kit – Obituary

This is to inform you that 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.

Please pass the news around as you see fit.

Regards,

Fung Yee-Wang

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14 Nov20:36pm

Portland Cafe soft opened 10/6 and grand opened 10/29. Managed and co-owned by Albert Cheung '83 and Casam Li '78. The Portland Cafe is not your everyday local 'cha tsan teng', aside from local and western breakfast, lunch is a good mix of perfectly balanced dishes such as seafood and lobster e-noodles, hainan chicken rice, 牛坑腩飯and daily sets. Stir-fried crabs with shrimp roe, claypot fish blubber with sea turtle and seafood hotpot with premium Australian AA sliced beef is enough to make anyone's mouth water.

For the burger crowd, Portland Cafe serves up freshly minced premium Australian AA beef patties to delight the "M" buffs. No turning back after this burger. Then there is also the famous pork chop burger for non-beefers.

The basics such as fried rice, stir-fried beef rice noodles have all been re-engineered. The fried rice dishes uses freshly steamed rice then wok fried to perfection where each grain of rice has the correct amount of suppleness but yet not clumping together, a recipe only the most expensive restaurants in Hong Kong manages to produce consistently. The extreme stir-fried beef rice noodles dons premium Australian beef fingers, un-marinated to hold the beef’s juicy texture and taste, absolutely a must do.

Of note is that this restaurant uses Sea Salt in their cooking and NO MSG. Ever tried a plate of stir-fried instant noodles with meat and vegetable combination of your choice? Al dente?

Portland Cafe

75-77 Tung Choi Street,

Mongkok.

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14 Nov20:22pm

Daniel Chang

Samuel Hsu ( that giant from F5C who also swims), Ted ( man's best friend who has a big mouth) and Patrick Choy ( you know the Choy Longevity who also runs)went to visit with Mr. Lowcock in Sai Kung in the afternoon and picked me up on the way in for the gathering in the school. They have a good photo taken of Mr. Lowcock and I wonder if they can share it on the email with us.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsen ( by the way Mr. Jacobsen looked very well indeed and his ability to recognise most of us was stunning)and and all the other guys started showing up in front of the round about in front of the school. A photo was taken and Ted promises he’ll post it up electronically for all of us. There was a tour around the school. Then dinner.

Mr. Fung Yee Wang told us of the sad news that Mr. Wong Siu Kit ( Eng Lit teacher 61-64 DBS) passed away. He also asked us to contribute to his on going compilation of a history and journal of DBS and it’s boys, teachers etc.

Then the usual " don’t tell me you are XXXX. I wouldn’t have recognised you on the street" and all the nickname calling started to come out. There was plenty of comaraderie and esprit de corps. Luckily there were plenty of French red flowing that made the tuck shop buffet food barely eatable. Ted entertained us with one of his almost hysterical unstoppable laughter after drinking enough of those French red.

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14 Nov20:19pm

David T Fung, West Vancouver

It was truly wonderful to see in person so many familiar faces after 45 years. Although every one of us has ¡§matured¡¨ way beyond the youthful looks in the old class pictures, the mannerism and likely the associated personality for many of those present at DBS on Nov 9 did not appear to have changed significantly. There is an interesting life long story behind each of these faces. There was not enough time over the short reunion to begin exploring those stories. If you pass through Vancouver in your travels and have time to share a meal, please advise me by e-mail and we shall see if a mutually convenient time and venue can be arranged.

For those who have not been back to DBS for a while, you should know that drastic physical changes have occurred to the grounds and the surrounding communities. A huge building for the primary school classes has taken over the southern end of the field and the previous headmaster¡¦s residence. Hotels and office buildings are overlooking the field from the west side. Another huge building for the boarders has risen over the grounds on the north end (the steps to Prince Edward Road). During our short reunion, we did not even manage to get to the steps. All of these additions and renovations would not have been possible without the generosity of a number of old boys. I was told that one donated HK$120 million to make some of these improvements possible.

For those in North America interested to contribute to the growth and renewal of DBS, they should be aware of an organization called ¡§Give2Asia¡¨ (www.give2asia.org) which can help your group organize the donations to overseas charities, e.g. DBS, through a North American based charity so that the donation can be tax deductible in USA or Canada as the case may be. This is particularly beneficial to those in Canada where the qualified charitable donations are given tax credits based on the top marginal tax bracket.

As we advance in our age, memory will become a more precious commodity. I look forward to catching more of these memories with many of you whenever the occasion arises.

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10 Nov19:11pm

Hugo Hui class of 1978 is listing his company (033) in HK.

十友今招股入場費 3030
(星島日報報道)一美元消費品供應商十友控股（033）今日起公開招股，招股價介乎一點一二至一點五元，每手二千股入場費約三千零三十元，集資最多七千五百萬元。據悉，十友國際配售部分已獲超額認購。

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14 Oct20:12pm

Benjamin Hung – CE of StdChart

Standard Chartered Names Benjamin Hung As Hong Kong Chief Executive

HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN) said Wednesday its head of consumer banking in Hong Kong, Benjamin Hung, will succeed Peter Sullivan as the lender’s Hong Kong chief executive, effective Jan. 1.

Sullivan will retire as chief executive Dec. 31, the U.K.-based lender said in a statement.

The bank said Hung’s appointment still needs regulatory approval. Standard Chartered said in the statement that Hung joined the bank in 1992 and led the local consumer banking operation to a record profit in the first half.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

10-09-07 2350ET

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DSOBA

十友今招股入場費 3030 (星島日報報道)一美元消費品供應商十友控股（033）今日起公開招股，招股價介乎一點一二至一點五元，每手二千股入場費約三千零三十元，集資最多七千五百萬元。據悉，十友國際配售部分已獲超額認購。