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【明報專訊】問校長借錢圓「出書夢」，看似天方夜譚。拔萃男書院 、拔萃女書院等合共7名末代會考生向男拔校長張灼祥借款3萬元，出版《十二萬分之七的心事》。7名喜歡寫作的「90後」把讀書、青春、名校生活共冶一爐， 初版1000本已售罄，利潤已夠錢還校長1萬元，然後加印300本於市面銷售，試市場反應。
會考後無聊 7人合作寫書
《十》的作者包括4名男拔學生、1名女拔學生及2名嘉諾撒聖瑪利書院女生，擔任主編的拔萃男書院中六生劉健在2010年末代會考取得8A成為尖子，今日他會到港大參加入學面試，另一男拔生、項目發起人梁靖琛，取得3A2B成績，其他人順利升讀中六。
7 個名校生因為會考後「太無聊」而寫作，拔萃女書院中六生夏匯坦言：「2010年的暑假太悶，於是幾個喜歡寫作的朋友想寫書，講講末代會考生的心路歷程。」 劉健指出，去年會考前已想和朋友合作寫書，到暑假寫計劃書給男拔校長張灼祥，取得3萬元贊助借款，張灼祥早前還笑言：「學生借了我錢仲未還！」
下月辦分享會 評價90後
劉 健表示，初版1000本書已售罄，總營業額約5萬元，主要是自己的朋友、家人支持，但真正能「落袋」的利潤不多，作者只能取得每本5元的利潤，他們只能先 還1萬元給校長張灼祥，另外的利潤用作印刷 300本第二版本，並於書店銷售，「想試下我們的文章在市場上的反應如何」。
下月，劉健和其餘6名作者舉辦分享會，請來張灼祥擔任嘉賓，主題包括治療公開試考生的焦慮及中學生文藝創作的出路，又會評價「90後」和「港孩」的社會現象等。
寫出名校生樂與怒
《十》書中展示了名校生的樂與怒，男拔的梁靖琛的《補習旅行團》展示了名校生放學趕補習的「墟陷」場面，「同學迅速分為幾個旅行團，出發到不同的補習學校去。左邊的是到太子的『現X』補物理；中間的是去旺角 『英X』補中文；右邊的油麻地補生物。」
夏匯在《湯的製法》中，仔細描繪媽媽於清晨就為她預備愛心老火湯，母親用湯水支持女兒應付會考，愛心湧現，「我有的是每周保證款式不一、每早新鮮製造的上等極品愛心老火湯。臉兒掛上迷人小彎月的她（媽媽），此刻輕撫著我的幼髮。『我的寶貝，加油溫習，你一定行。』」
From Sing Tao <http://www.singtao.com/>
(星島日報 報道)今年十五歲，就讀拔萃男書院 中七的練卓賢，中一時「越級挑戰」英國 普通教育文憑高級程度考試，並取得3A佳績，去年更「連跳四級」升讀中六。卓賢去年獲三所世界知名大學取錄，包括英國劍橋 大學、加拿大 滑鐵盧大學及倫敦 大學，成為本港另一名「神童」。校長張灼祥表示，劍橋要求卓賢達十六歲才能入學，而卓賢則坦言「仍未揀定哪所大學」。
練卓賢小四時插班入讀拔萃男書院附屬小學，中一報考英國高考（GCE A-level）的數學、增修數學、英國文學及物理四科，取得3A成績；去年獲學校批准「連跳四級」，由中二升讀中六，成為男拔創校一百四十年來首位「四 級跳」學生。練卓賢前年亦曾報考英國劍橋大學的應用數學及物理學系，但當時由於仍未成年，劍橋大學回覆指暫不會取錄他。
男拔校長張灼 祥昨日與傳媒聚餐時表示，練卓賢現時已獲海外三所大學取錄，包括他心儀的英國劍橋大學、加拿大滑鐵盧大學及倫敦大學，但劍橋大學提供的是有條件取錄，「由 於卓賢仍未達十六歲的入學年齡，所以他最快下年才能入學」。張灼祥指出，練卓賢報讀劍橋大學的應用數學及物理學系，課程為期四年，修畢後，練卓賢可取得一 個學士及一個碩士學位。
對於學校出產「四級跳神童」，張灼祥笑言，練卓賢的小學成績其實不特別標青，「他小學及初中都不是讀精英 班」，後來才發現原來他認為中一的數學太簡單，反而愈抽象的數學理論，就掌握得愈好。張灼祥稱會邀請練卓賢出版一本書，教學生「面對數學時，應如何學 習」。另外，他又指學校會增撥基金資助學生到外國升學 ，基金去年已撥一百五十萬元資助學生。
另外，首屆中學文憑試將於明年舉 行，張灼祥指出，愈來愈多中五學生報考英國高考，「學生都好識計數，如果英國高考考得好，他們可以提早一年到外國升學；若考得不好，也可繼續報考文憑 試」。現時中五的蕭雋霖指出，班內十多名同學今年也有報考英國高考，「我明年都會報考，若文憑試考得不好，都有後路去外國升學」。
張灼祥續指，在新高中學制下只有一個公開考試，估計一半學生未必能升讀本地大學，「學生需要更多職業輔導，學校會額外增聘人手，加強校內輔導工作」。
Mr. Donald Brittan, former teacher of DBS from 1948 to 1957, passed away on the late evening of the 28th of October, 2010. He did not suffer any long-term illness and passed away at his home, in peace and in the company of his wife.
Dear Parents/Old Boys,
DBS Swimming Gala will be held on Wednesday 22 September 2010 at Kowloon Park Swimming Pool . Parents and old boys are welcomed to participate in the Old Boys’ 4x50m Freestyle Relay, which will be held at 12:00 noon on that day.
Please contact Sonia Hui (sonia@dsoba.org) for registration.
Best regards,
Kenny Yip
The School Committee regrets the negative inferences made at a recent media program concerning the entry process for the Primary Division. Whilst it appears that the focal point of the program was not the School itself, the School Committee will not hesitate to take all available steps to protect the School’s integrity and reputation should this be necessary.
The Rt. Rev. Louis Tsui,
Chairman,
Diocesan Boys’ School Committee.
The Inter-School Athletics Competition Finals was held on 12th March 2010. Once again we have captured the overall champion for the seventh consecutive year, as well as capturing the A Grade and C Grade Champion. Congratulations to all our athletes who have worked so hard to achieve this result.
DGS was also champion in the girls division.
photos courtesy of DBS.
Scroll down for summary by Norman Lo (78)
| C | Total | |||
| DBS | 171 | 157 | 147 | 475 |
| LSC | 124 | 171 | 136 | 431 |
| HPCCS | 77 | 110 | 77 | 264 |
| Girls | ||||
| School | A | B | C | Total |
| DGS | 180 | 142 | 143 | 465 |
| GHS | 172 | 137 | 149 | 458 |
| HYS | 82 | 131 | 74 | 287 |
Summary by Norman Lo (78)
This is a summary of this year’s Interschool Athletics Championship. After 2 days of intensive competition (day1 and 2), we were 8 points behind our archrival LSC in the overall. As I had mentioned in my previous e-mail, both school had the chance to win the coveted Overall trophy.
Day 3 was warm and humid, and it was much better than the weather at day 2 which was freezingly cold. We performed superbly in the morning gaining as manly points as we can in A 400 hurdles, triple jump, B high jump, 200, 800 and hurdles, not to let LSC widen the lead. After the morning events, we found out that we were only 2 points behind in the quest for the overall champ! At the afternoon events (100, 400 and 1500), our athletes also performed brilliantly and began to take the lead in the overall before the relays.
Then an expected accident happened to the LSC B 4 x100 relay, they dropped the baton during the exchange between their 1st and 2nd leg; although they could still completed the changover within the takeover zone, they could only finished the race a distant 8th. Last year, LSC had their C 4 x 100 relay team dq for stepping into the neighbouring lane during 3rd and 4th leg change over. It is curious as in the past DBS 4 x 100, relay teams were notorious for dropping relay batons and exchanging outside the takeover zone, and LSC relay teams never committed such mistakes.
With our relay teams doing their utmost best, they came first in the C and B 4 x100, C and B 4 x 400 and second in the A 4 x 100 and 4 x 400, we made a huge come back and won the overall champ by a handsome 44 pts for the seventh consecutive year. Results as follows:
A B C Overall
1st DBS 171 LSC 171 DBS 147 DBS 475
2nd LSC 124 DBS 157 LSC 136 LSC 431
3rd CGHC 121 SJAC 110 SJAC 77 SJAC 264
4th HPCCS 89 HPCCS 65 CSWCSS 65 HPCCS 215
CGHC Chong Gene Hang College HPCCS Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
SJAC St Joesph Anglo-Chinese School CSWCSS Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School
Details are available at the website: www.hkssf.org.hk
Boaarding School Social Event: (Dionysiac Delights)
17th March 2010, 20:30
We are holding a social gathering for boarders’ parents in the Glass Pavilion. The evening will take the form of a “Wine-tasting” and there will be an opportunity to purchase wine from an importer of Australian and New Zealand wines. A wine producer from Australia will also be present. There will be a “Lucky Draw” with valuable prizes. Tickets will cost $50.00 per person and can be bought from the Boarding School Office. As space is limited, only 100 places are available. We would also hope some old boys can join us. We hope the evening will be of interest to you and will also raise some funds for the Boarding School.
Yours faithfully,
Rev’d. Dr. W. Robertson
Warden
Mar 2010
Unfortunately our C Grade lost to HKIS by 1:2. The HKIS boys were much bigger and very strong in their ball control. In spite of several very good tries, luck was not on our side this time.
