YEAR
|
EVENTS |
|
1924 |
Wah Yan College Kowloon Branch
opened by Mr. Tsui Yan-Sau on December 1 at |
|
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 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 |