WYCAA

Title: Fictional and Non-Fictional China 虛構與非虛構的中國
Date: Saturday August 14, 2010
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church
Address: 5771 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC
Contact: Vincent Chik (wahyanvancouver@gmail.com)

Dear members,

It is our great honour to have Mr. Chan Koon Chung (陳冠中) to share with us his views about China at the 2010 Midsummer Afternoon Talk. He is an alumnus of the 1969 class of Wah Yan College Kowloon.

Born in 1952, Mr. Chan Koon Chung has lived in Taipei for six years, and studied Sociology, Politics and Media in University of Hong Kong and Boston University. He is one of the cultural pioneers in Hong Kong, practicing as a writer, critic and media practitioner. He is one of the founders of the ‘City Magazine’ 《號外》, which has been the most influential cultural magazine in the 1970s and 1980s. His latest novel In an Age of Prosperity: China 2013 is a sardonic and disturbing fictional consideration of the ‘harmonious society’ engineered by China’s party-state since the tumultuous events of 1989. He resides at Beijing and shuttles between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan etc.

For more information about our guest speaker, please refer to the following links:

• People: Chen Guanzhong (aka Chan Koonchung): www.danwei.org/people/people_chan_koonchung.php
• 陳冠中談城市說「盛世」: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLBd_05XYFU&feature=related
• CityMagazine: www.cityhowwhy.com.hk

Seats are limited and registration is required. Free admission. Please register and indicate the number of attendees by Sunday August 1, 2010.

In 1990 WYCAA (Vancouver)  hosted the first International Conference held outside of Hong Kong . To mark the occasion we donated $3000.00 to the Vancouver Park Board to plant 3 mature trees in Vanier Park. We chose to plant trees as a symbol of Wahyanites settling and taking roots in Canada, growing in number and  stronger year after year. Two 10-year old , 20-foot tall trees (an oak, a maple) were planted in June, 1990. Father A.J. Deignan S.J. and Father Sean Coghlan S.J. were present with about 20 local Wahyanites for the tree planting ceremony. A third tree (a hemlock) was planted  a few months later.

The trees are now 30 years old standing tall, sturdy and strong in scenic Vanier Park. To mark the 20^th anniversary we are organizing an outing on Saturday, July 17, 2010 starting with lunch in Kirin (Cambie & 12^th Ave) at 11:00 a.m. followed by site visit to Vanier Park at 12:30 p.m. The objectives of this event, organized in memory of the late Ken Suen, WYCAA (Vancouver) president in 1990, are:

1. To show younger Wahyanites the location of the WYCAA trees

2. To take a group photo which will be presented  to WYCAA (Los Angeles) at the 2010 International Conference.

All members, their spouses, families and friends are invited to participate in the celebration of this important anniversary. Details are as follows:

Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010

Program:
1) Lunch 11:00 a.m. Kirin Seafood Restaurant, (Cambie & W. 12^th Ave.,Vancouver)

2) Site Visit, Vanier Park. Assemble outside HR MacMillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver

3) Group photo at 1:30 p.m. under the Oak Tree

Cost (lunch): $18.00 pp. adults and children over 12 years of age; $10.00 pp children 12 and under

Please note that those who cannot join us for lunch, may join the group outside HR MacMillan Space Centre at 12:30 p.m. As it is necessary to reserve enough places for lunch on a busy Saturday, please return the reply slip on the following link with payment before Friday, July 9, 2010, to ensure sitting together as a group.

http://www.arthuryip.com/wahyan/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tree_planting_reply_slip_20101.pdf

The tree planting video taken in 1990 is available in the following link:

Summer is approaching and it’s time to enjoy beautiful sunshine in Vancouver! As is our tradition, Wah Yan boys in Vancouver celebrate Father’s Day together in June. Set against forest and mountain, with English Bay as its front view, Stanley Park’s Ceperley Meadow is just the site for such an event.

Fees: $20 (Adults) $10 (Children)

[*Early-bird: $15 (Adults) $8 (Children)]

Please have the completed form and payment sent to us on or before Jun 6 for the discounted price.