YEAR
|
EVENTS |
|
1924 |
Wah Yan College
Kowloon Branch opened by Mr. Tsui Yan-Sau on December 1 at |
|
1928 |
School moved to |
|
1929 |
First graduating
class with 8 students, among them were The Hon. Mr. Eugene Li Yiu-Bor and Mr. Tso Kwok-Cheung
who is still residing in |
|
1933 |
Wah Yan College Kowloon Branch operating as an
independent grant-in-aid school Wah Yan College, Kowloon Investiture of 11th
Kowloon Boy Scouts Group |
|
1936 |
The first Sports Meet
held on April 24 at Kowloon Football Club |
|
1941 |
Senior school opened
at School interrupted
during Japanese occupation |
|
1945 |
School reopened on
Nelson Street on September 8 |
|
1946 |
School administration
transferred to the Society of Jesus, renamed the College of the Sacred Heart Fr. Patrick Grogan,
S.J. appointed the 1st Jesuit School Supervisor and Fr. Patrick
Toner, S.J. the Co-respondent |
|
1949 |
56 Waterloo Road, with
an area of 41,000 square metres, selected as site of new campus |
|
1952 |
Staff and students of
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong PM School and Nelson Street transferred to new
campus on September 15 New school officially opened by The Governor of Hong Kong Sir Alexander Grantham on December 12 Fr. Patrick Toner, S.J.
appointed the 1st Rector |
|
1953 |
The first volume of
school magazine, The Shield, with 120 pages, published; edited by Fr. L.
Egan, S. J. and Mr. Liu Ki-Ming |
|
1955 |
School Auditorium
opened |
|
1959 |
St. Ignatius Chapel
consecrated by Bishop Lawrence Bianchi |
|
1964 |
School newspaper, The
Signum, published |
|
1966 |
Student Association
founded |
|
1967 |
Mr. Anthony Ho became
the first lay Assistant Principal |
|
1968 |
New East Wing opened |
|
1970 |
Wah Yan College
Kowloon Past Students’ Association founded |
|
1988 |
Swimming Pool opened |
|
1989 |
New West Wing opened |
|
1992 |
Fr. Alfred Deignan, S.J. retired as the last Jesuit School Principal Mr. Norman So of the
class of 1965 appointed School Principal, the 1st layman
since the Jesuits take-over |
|
1994 |
WYK web site set up |
|
1995 |
Student Computer Team
formed |
|
1997 |
School-provided
e-mail service for teachers & students started |
|
1998 |
Fr. George Zee, S.J.
of the class of 1958 became the 1st past student appointed School
Supervisor |
|
1999 |
Parents’ Association
founded |
|
2001 |
Ms. Eva Chau became the first female Assistant Principal |