YEAR

EVENTS

 1924

 

Wah Yan College Kowloon Branch opened by Mr. Tsui Yan-Sau on December 1 at 70 Portland Street with two classes of 24 students

 

1926

 

Mr. Lim Hoi-Lan became Principal

 

1928

 

Mr. Chow Ching-Lam became Principal

School moved to 8 Nelson Street on April 26 with 800 students

 

1929

 

First graduating class with 8 students, among them was The Hon. Mr. Eugene Li Yiu-Bor

 

1932

Mr. Lim Hoi-Lan’s second term as Principal

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 103 Austin Road on September 8, administered under the direction of Fr. Edward Bourke, S.J., Rector of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong & with Fr. Richard Gallagher, S.J. as Prefect of Studies

Both Senior School and Nelson Street campus interrupted during Japanese occupation

 

1946

 

School reopened.  School administration transferred to the Society of Jesus, added to the school name “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 while Mr. Lim Hoi-Lan remained as Principal

 

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

Fr. Patrick Toner, S.J. appointed the 1st Rector

New school officially opened by The Governor of Hong Kong Sir Alexander Grantham on December 12 

 

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

 

1957

Fr. Herbert Dargan, S.J. became Rector

1959

 

St. Ignatius Chapel consecrated by Bishop Lawrence Bianchi

 

1960

Fr. Anthony Farren, S.J. became Rector

1962

 

Last Primary 6 class graduated

 

1964

 

School newspaper, The Signum, published

 

 

1966

 

Fr. Derek Reid, S.J. became Principal

Student Association founded by Edmund Kwok Siu-Tong

 

1967

 

Mr. Anthony Ho became the first lay Assistant Principal

1968

 

New East Wing opened

Wah Yan College Kowloon Past Students’ Association founded April 24, Bernard Wong Kong-Sum elected Chairman

 

1978

Fr. Alfred Deignan, S.J. became Principal

 

1988

 

Swimming Pool opened

 

1989

 

New West Wing, The Law Ting-Bong Building, opened

1991

1st Student Ambassador, Medes Ma King-Cheung, visited western Canada

 

1992

 

Fr. Alfred Deignan, S.J. retired as the last Jesuit Principal

Mr. Norman So of the class of 1965 appointed Principal, the 1st layman since 1952

 

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

2004

New Annex, The Ricci Building, opened

2005

Mr. Francis Kong passed away after 44 years of service

2009

Dr. John K. Tan became Principal