Last row left to right: Eric Fung, Eddy Lo, Ben Chui, Eddie Wong, Kevin Lee, Eric Tong, Andy Lau, Brian Au, Dominic Chui, Raymond Wong, Patrick So, Brian Yiu, Iris Yiu, Mary Yu, Viola Wong, Jess To, Paullina Lui ; Middle row left to right: Ernest Chan, Joseph Leung, Barry Chan, Stephen Lee, Noel Chan, Eva Ma, Wylie Cheung, Kitty Tai, Jenny Fung, Gloria Lau, Mayee Wong, Reddy Lau, Aileen Chu, Michelle Yuen, Cynthia Wong, Alice Chan, Sharon Leung, Alice Leung, Josephine Wong ; First row left to right: Kenneth Fong, Dane Wong, Julian Chiu, Chetwyn Chan, Francis Kung, Hector Tsang, Kit Sinclair, Robert O’Brien, Shelley Chow, York Chow
Organizing committee: Left to right: Brian Au, Kenneth Fong, Alice Chan, Jess To, Julian Chiu, Mayee Wong, Josephine Wong, Joseph Leung, Raymond Wong
The occupational therapy graduates from The Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1989 was recently celebrating their 30th anniversary. A dinner reception was held on October 18th 2019 at the Hong Kong Bankers’ Club. Seven guests were being invited and four tables of buddies had attended the event. Our dear guests included Prof. Chetwyn Chan, Dr Francis Kung, Dr Kit Sinclair, Mr Robert O’Brien, Mrs. Shelley Chow, and Dr York Chow, who had taught us at school (Picture 1). Prof. Hector Tsang, Head of Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, was representing the pleasure of the Alma Mater to attend the anniversary dinner. During the dinner, the teachers shared their memories of the old days when they were teaching at the occupational therapy programme. Dr. Francis Kung, who currently resides in Melbourne, Australia, travelled afar to attend the dinner. Mr Robert O’Brien, who taught design and printing during the days, is still running a design studio in Cheung Chau. During the dinner, there were sharing of stories of now and then, photo-taking, quizzes, etc. arranged by the organizing committee led by the chairlady Ms Mayee Wong (Picture 2). Moreover, there was a FaceTime session with the past programme leader - Dr Baboo Dasari, who is now teaching at the University of Southampton. Ms Joanna James and Ms Donna Murphy, who are now living in the United Kingdom and on the Gold Coast, Queenstown, Australia respectively, also sent their greetings and very best wishes to our celebration. The graduates also played a game to recall the names of the teachers at their times of study in 1986-87. Although not all graduates were now working as occupational therapists in the field, they were all happy to have such a precious gathering, connecting each other after so many years. They are also looking ahead to meet again at the 35th anniversary.
