President's Message
Herbert YEUNG,
President (2015-2016),
KCOBA
Dear Fellow alumnus, students and friends:
I am deeply humbled to have been elected as the President of the King’s College Old Boys’ Association 2015-2016. Being a member of this association for the past 15 years, I have watched my predecessors working tirelessly on behalf of our association and our School and I know that I have some very big shoes to fill. I fully embrace the opportunity and I am genuinely excited about the future of this association.
King’s College has always cherished its motto, Meticulous thoughts, Diligent actions(慎思篤行). Over the years, it has been a training ground for whole-person education for members of our community. “Whole Person Development” is a progressive process through which the intellectual, physical, professional, psychological, social and spiritual capacities of an individual can be holistically enhanced.
Our School routinely organizes and promotes cultural exchange programs to broaden students' horizons and enhance their ability to meet various challenges. These programs not only enrich students' college life and experience, but also broaden their horizons and enable them to achieve lifelong learning. The School targets to help every student discover and develop their potential fully and promote their development as a whole person by providing a balanced education in the moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic spheres and by providing a learning environment that is disciplined, stimulating and forward-looking.
We believe in students and teachers of King’s College. It’s as simple as that.
It must be fully recognized that the School’s achievements have been due to the hard work and dedication of successive generations of School Management Committee members, Principal, Vice Principals, teachers and supporting staff. I must take this opportunity of paying the highest and warmest tribute to them all.
Over the past few years, our present Principal, Mrs. Nancy Chan, has been an inspiring leader. She has transformed the School and has taken it to even greater heights. The School has achieved excellent academic results and has also attained distinctions in various international science competitions, as well as in music, sports and other fields. More than ever before, the School can, with every justification, lay claim to its premier status.
Statistics can demonstrate the School’s achievements, academically and in various activities. But they cannot show the true essence and spirit of an education at King’s College. The fundamental aim of the education here is to instill in our students high moral into Kingsians' core values.
These values are the everlasting hallmarks of the great education at this School. They form the immutable tradition on which the School is and should forever be based.
Companies in Hong Kong and other parts of the world face two major challenges in finding and developing leaders. They need to identify qualified candidates to fill current and future leadership roles, and they need to develop a comprehensive leadership program to cultivate and develop the leaders of tomorrow. King’s College is definitely a nourishing place for future leaders.
In essence, a King’s education provides its students with wings and a moral compass. Wings which would enable each individual to fly as high as his determination and ability will take him. A moral compass which would enable each individual to distinguish clearly between right and wrong as he travels on his life journey and faces the many challenges, with all its trials and tribulations.
King’s College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA) has been committed to supporting the development of King’s College for over 80 years, and will continue to extend its full back up in the future. The establishment of King’s College Education Foundation Limited in 2013 plays a remarkable achievement in providing financial and other forms of supports to the School, students and teachers. The Foundation is one of the approved charitable institutions under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance in the Laws of Hong Kong.
Each member of KCOBA has a role to play in keeping our association vibrant and growing – we treasure every single input from you to KCOBA to accomplish this together. Our executive members need you and are depending on you for ideas, guidance, and participation. Let us do our very best to keep this King’s spirit thriving!
The School has served the community well over the last 90 years by nurturing successive generations of inspiring leaders and responsible citizens. In the coming years and beyond, I have every expectation that it will continue to do so. We should face the future with renewed vigour. We should have every confidence that the School will go from strength to strength and that it will rise to meet the exciting challenges ahead as successfully as it has done in the past.
As President of the KCOBA, in addition to continuing the excellent support initiated and continued throughout the years to King’s College, to strengthening the bonding of our alumni network will be one of my planned contributions as it relates to how alumni can use their experiences and positions in life to assist students and recent graduates .
There are many ways for alumni to contribute and give back to our School. There are a variety of ways you can show appreciation and play your part in the continued success of King’s College, KCOBA and the King’s College Education Foundation. Wherever you are, at whatever stage of life you are, there is something here for you. The KCOBA Executive Committee and I encourage you to share and use this website as one of the ways to engage with the Association and maintain your personal connection to the King’s College, our Alma Mater. Thank you.
Herbert YEUNG Kai-kin
President, KCOBA
I am deeply humbled to have been elected as the President of the King’s College Old Boys’ Association 2015-2016. Being a member of this association for the past 15 years, I have watched my predecessors working tirelessly on behalf of our association and our School and I know that I have some very big shoes to fill. I fully embrace the opportunity and I am genuinely excited about the future of this association.
King’s College has always cherished its motto, Meticulous thoughts, Diligent actions(慎思篤行). Over the years, it has been a training ground for whole-person education for members of our community. “Whole Person Development” is a progressive process through which the intellectual, physical, professional, psychological, social and spiritual capacities of an individual can be holistically enhanced.
Our School routinely organizes and promotes cultural exchange programs to broaden students' horizons and enhance their ability to meet various challenges. These programs not only enrich students' college life and experience, but also broaden their horizons and enable them to achieve lifelong learning. The School targets to help every student discover and develop their potential fully and promote their development as a whole person by providing a balanced education in the moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic spheres and by providing a learning environment that is disciplined, stimulating and forward-looking.
We believe in students and teachers of King’s College. It’s as simple as that.
It must be fully recognized that the School’s achievements have been due to the hard work and dedication of successive generations of School Management Committee members, Principal, Vice Principals, teachers and supporting staff. I must take this opportunity of paying the highest and warmest tribute to them all.
Over the past few years, our present Principal, Mrs. Nancy Chan, has been an inspiring leader. She has transformed the School and has taken it to even greater heights. The School has achieved excellent academic results and has also attained distinctions in various international science competitions, as well as in music, sports and other fields. More than ever before, the School can, with every justification, lay claim to its premier status.
Statistics can demonstrate the School’s achievements, academically and in various activities. But they cannot show the true essence and spirit of an education at King’s College. The fundamental aim of the education here is to instill in our students high moral into Kingsians' core values.
These values are the everlasting hallmarks of the great education at this School. They form the immutable tradition on which the School is and should forever be based.
Companies in Hong Kong and other parts of the world face two major challenges in finding and developing leaders. They need to identify qualified candidates to fill current and future leadership roles, and they need to develop a comprehensive leadership program to cultivate and develop the leaders of tomorrow. King’s College is definitely a nourishing place for future leaders.
In essence, a King’s education provides its students with wings and a moral compass. Wings which would enable each individual to fly as high as his determination and ability will take him. A moral compass which would enable each individual to distinguish clearly between right and wrong as he travels on his life journey and faces the many challenges, with all its trials and tribulations.
King’s College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA) has been committed to supporting the development of King’s College for over 80 years, and will continue to extend its full back up in the future. The establishment of King’s College Education Foundation Limited in 2013 plays a remarkable achievement in providing financial and other forms of supports to the School, students and teachers. The Foundation is one of the approved charitable institutions under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance in the Laws of Hong Kong.
Each member of KCOBA has a role to play in keeping our association vibrant and growing – we treasure every single input from you to KCOBA to accomplish this together. Our executive members need you and are depending on you for ideas, guidance, and participation. Let us do our very best to keep this King’s spirit thriving!
The School has served the community well over the last 90 years by nurturing successive generations of inspiring leaders and responsible citizens. In the coming years and beyond, I have every expectation that it will continue to do so. We should face the future with renewed vigour. We should have every confidence that the School will go from strength to strength and that it will rise to meet the exciting challenges ahead as successfully as it has done in the past.
As President of the KCOBA, in addition to continuing the excellent support initiated and continued throughout the years to King’s College, to strengthening the bonding of our alumni network will be one of my planned contributions as it relates to how alumni can use their experiences and positions in life to assist students and recent graduates .
There are many ways for alumni to contribute and give back to our School. There are a variety of ways you can show appreciation and play your part in the continued success of King’s College, KCOBA and the King’s College Education Foundation. Wherever you are, at whatever stage of life you are, there is something here for you. The KCOBA Executive Committee and I encourage you to share and use this website as one of the ways to engage with the Association and maintain your personal connection to the King’s College, our Alma Mater. Thank you.
Herbert YEUNG Kai-kin
President, KCOBA
KCOBA Dinner cum Inauguration of King's College Education Foundation Limited