Friday, February 24, 2006
A Call for Class64 Reunion
Rationale
We had our Class Reunion in 1994. It was not a truly global reunion, because it was actually taken place in four different places, namely Hong Kong, Sydney, Vancouver and Toronto. After the reunion, we created our Internet Newsletter, which later changed to an Overseas Alumni Newsletter. It has been 10 years, and it is time for us to think a true global reunion.
Lindy Chan Suk Kam and others put up an almost complete list of Class64. It contains names, mailing and email addresses. It is a great task of work, and we must congraduate on their efforts. With that list, it brings us closer to each other.
A lot of you express to me that we should have a truly Class Reunion. I would, therefore, like to call for a Class Reunion in the near future, and I turst you would support it heartily.
Venue
Based on previous survey and through exchanges of emails, I sense that the first choice is Hong Kong. We should not be suprised of this choice, since our root is there. We spent 5 years together, and it was the birthplace of our friendship.
Moreover we could visit our Alma mater, and some of us might take this opportunity to visit our country motherland.
Others suggest that we could have the reunion on a Cruise tour e.g. Alaska Cruise. This has the advantage of saving a lot of time in planning, and we have more time together (7-14 days). At the same time we could bring our families along as vacation.
Time
Our classmates mainly reside in the following countries: Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Australia, Taiwan, the USA and Canada. It is almost an impossible task to find the right time to suit everyone. However timing may be an important factor.
Most of us are very close to 60 years old now. Some of us have already retired, others are thinking and planning while the rest would not retire. As we retire, we should have more time for travelling. On the other hand, as we get older, it is more inconvenient to travel due to changes in our bodies.
Some suggest to have reunion in 2006. It may be too rush for the overseas classmates. Year 2008 is not very good because of the Olympics in China. The hotels and airfares to Hong Kong would be very expensive. Therefore it leaves only 2007 and 2009.
I would suggest 2009 is the year for our Class Reunion for the following reasons:
(1) It is the year after the Beijing Olympics, we can then cash in the infrastructure of China, if we decide to organise a tour there.
(2) Year 2009 would be the 50th Anniversary of our Alma Mater. I am quite sure that there would be celebrations. We then can arrange the time and join their activities.
(3) By 2009, most of us would retire (or very close). This would encourage more classmates to join the reunion.
The final date and time should be determined by the local planning committee. However I would like the committee to consider the cheap airfare season and weather. Overseas classmates usually prefer cheap airfare and not so hot and wet seasons. November or early December seems to be reasonable.
Action
I suggest to setup a planning committee - those who are residing in Hong Kong Plus one or two from overseas who travels to Hong Kong frequently.
(1) Talk to all classmates and collect all ideas.
(2) Keep in touch with each other via emails and strengthen our friendship
(3) Make the following recommendation to the classmates
(a) year and date of reunion
(b) if it is in 2009, the committee should get in touch of Alma mater about her celebration activities.
Final Words
It seems that the reunion in 2009 is too far away. Perhaps. But if you consider some of us are still having young teenagers, it is very difficult and expensive to travel to Hong Kong. It takes time to save and plan. We have been waiting for a long time to have our first reunion. We want to include as many classmates as possble.
This is only my personal thought. The final decision will be in the committee's hand.
Please click on comment (below) and post your comments. Or you may send your suggestion to me via emails and I will post it on this blog site.
We had our Class Reunion in 1994. It was not a truly global reunion, because it was actually taken place in four different places, namely Hong Kong, Sydney, Vancouver and Toronto. After the reunion, we created our Internet Newsletter, which later changed to an Overseas Alumni Newsletter. It has been 10 years, and it is time for us to think a true global reunion.
Lindy Chan Suk Kam and others put up an almost complete list of Class64. It contains names, mailing and email addresses. It is a great task of work, and we must congraduate on their efforts. With that list, it brings us closer to each other.
A lot of you express to me that we should have a truly Class Reunion. I would, therefore, like to call for a Class Reunion in the near future, and I turst you would support it heartily.
Venue
Based on previous survey and through exchanges of emails, I sense that the first choice is Hong Kong. We should not be suprised of this choice, since our root is there. We spent 5 years together, and it was the birthplace of our friendship.
Moreover we could visit our Alma mater, and some of us might take this opportunity to visit our country motherland.
Others suggest that we could have the reunion on a Cruise tour e.g. Alaska Cruise. This has the advantage of saving a lot of time in planning, and we have more time together (7-14 days). At the same time we could bring our families along as vacation.
Time
Our classmates mainly reside in the following countries: Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Australia, Taiwan, the USA and Canada. It is almost an impossible task to find the right time to suit everyone. However timing may be an important factor.
Most of us are very close to 60 years old now. Some of us have already retired, others are thinking and planning while the rest would not retire. As we retire, we should have more time for travelling. On the other hand, as we get older, it is more inconvenient to travel due to changes in our bodies.
Some suggest to have reunion in 2006. It may be too rush for the overseas classmates. Year 2008 is not very good because of the Olympics in China. The hotels and airfares to Hong Kong would be very expensive. Therefore it leaves only 2007 and 2009.
I would suggest 2009 is the year for our Class Reunion for the following reasons:
(1) It is the year after the Beijing Olympics, we can then cash in the infrastructure of China, if we decide to organise a tour there.
(2) Year 2009 would be the 50th Anniversary of our Alma Mater. I am quite sure that there would be celebrations. We then can arrange the time and join their activities.
(3) By 2009, most of us would retire (or very close). This would encourage more classmates to join the reunion.
The final date and time should be determined by the local planning committee. However I would like the committee to consider the cheap airfare season and weather. Overseas classmates usually prefer cheap airfare and not so hot and wet seasons. November or early December seems to be reasonable.
Action
I suggest to setup a planning committee - those who are residing in Hong Kong Plus one or two from overseas who travels to Hong Kong frequently.
(1) Talk to all classmates and collect all ideas.
(2) Keep in touch with each other via emails and strengthen our friendship
(3) Make the following recommendation to the classmates
(a) year and date of reunion
(b) if it is in 2009, the committee should get in touch of Alma mater about her celebration activities.
Final Words
It seems that the reunion in 2009 is too far away. Perhaps. But if you consider some of us are still having young teenagers, it is very difficult and expensive to travel to Hong Kong. It takes time to save and plan. We have been waiting for a long time to have our first reunion. We want to include as many classmates as possble.
This is only my personal thought. The final decision will be in the committee's hand.
Please click on comment (below) and post your comments. Or you may send your suggestion to me via emails and I will post it on this blog site.
