General Circular (1) Wash-up dinner meeting minutes

Dear teachers and students,

Please be informed that a wash-up dinner was held on 14 December, 2009 and the ten participants (Committee Members) were Mr. Chan Pun Hon, Mr. Ho Man Sum, Ms Ho Yuk Kam, Ms Chiu Wing Fu, Chung Chi Hung (61 AM), Ng Yuen Wah (63 PM) Ma Yuk Wah (63 AM) Tse Shuk King (63 AM), Pang Suk Yee (63 AM) and Ma Sha Pun (63 AM). ( Lai Wai Kam (63 AM), LAU Kam Ling (64 pm), Chan Wai Yee (66 PM) and Tom Chan (69 PM) failed to come ) because they were too busy. Mr. Chan Pun Hon chaired the meeting and after a long and hot discussion for nearly an hour's time, the following information and decision were made:-

1. Appreciation and Gratitude
Mr. Chan Pun Hon and Mr. Ho Man Sum would like to take this opportunity to show their appreciation and gratitude to those members in the working group and the information team for their enthusiasm in the planning, industrious working and cooperation to make the dinner party a success. We particularly treasure the efforts and assistance contributed by Wu Ka Sing (63 PM), Simon Li (63 PM), Li Chi Kwong (62 PM), Stella Chu Shuk Chun (64 PM), David Ho Wai Kin (68 PM) etc in the previous gatherings and we sincerely hope they will join our working team again in time to come. (Kindly note that most working members in this gathering were from Year 1963 and we sincerely hope that more students of other years will offer their services to join the working group voluntarily in the hope that the future gatherings will be even more successful and fruitful. Will the school representatives nominate at least one student as committee member and we will negotiate with them in person? I should like to thank those class representatives of various years in the PM session who have the charm and cohesion force to tightly link their classmates together. Without them, the coordination of the party would not have been so smooth and fast.)

2. Annual dinner held on 5 December 2009
There were exactly 170 teachers and students participating in this party. Mr. Kong Tai Chi, Headmaster in the PM session did not turn up because he was busy and we should like to thank Ms Lam Lai Sau, Ms Mak Chow Po Ching and Ms Lau Tsang Ming Har who made their best effort to attend the party and also Mrs. Pang Wong Kar Ching and her spouse specially took a flight from San Francisco, USA to honour us with their presence. According to the feedbacks and comments from some participants, the gathering was generally regarded satisfactory and successful though the drastic drop of participants was rather unexpected (from 34 tables fall to 15 tables). In order to add more fun to the party, some students suggested to invite volunteers to perform some talent shows, singing more songs, etc in the future gatherings to bring the party to a climax.
(The food was up to the standard; the venue was much more spacious than the previous one and the dinner fees were reasonable and the firework in celebration of the Eastern Asia Athletic Competition added as an extra entertainment to our party.)

3. Dinner Fees
We should like to clarify that all teachers participating in the dinner parties paid the same dinner fees as those students except the honourable headmasters. From most feedbacks, the dinner fees were considered quite reasonable. To lower the dinner fees would mean to lower the standard of food and venue which are not at all desirable by most of the students.

4. Ledger and Surplus
According to the report given by Ms Lai Wai Kam who is responsible for the income and expenditure of the latest gathering that as at 15 December 2009 there is altogether a surplus of $29,223.30 accumulated from a. 50 Anniversary Dinner Party (1 December, 2007), b. another 50 Anniversary Dinner Party (14 March, 2008) and c. the 3rd Annual Cocktail & Dinner Party (5 December,2009) to be carried forward to the next dinner party. For detail, please refer to the balance sheets and ledgers attached previously.

5. Next Annual Dinner Party
The next annual dinner party will be tentatively held in December 2011; the exact date and particulars will be announced in due course. We hope that teachers and students will continue supporting this meaningful gathering. Cocktail party and dinner party are to be regarded as one function and that purpose of the cocktail party is to give more time to teachers and students to greet and chat after an absence of such a long time.

6. Donations and Gifts
In future gatherings, donations are welcome and that if they are in the form of gifts, please state their value in order to decide the orders of prizes.

7. Publication of a book
Mr. Ho Man Sum announced in the last dinner gathering that he had an idea to publish a book named "They come from Eastern Hospital Road Government Primary School". He has already found sponsors, publishers and editors. As there has never been a book published in this way in primary schools and that it is quite meaningful to arouse the interest and attention of parents the importance of primary education, I hope all students would support this by contributing valuable articles such as events in their childhood, their impression about their former teachers, sweet and bitter memories, their struggle to success, etc to accomplish this meaningful book. Detail will be announced later.

8. Re-organization of the Committee
With immediate effect, all working groups, information team, financial team will be grouped under one name, i.e. The EHRGPS Executive Committee. Mr. Ho Man Sum and Mr. Chan Pun Hon will be the Chief Executive Member 1 & 2 (CEM 1 CEM2) respectively while all students in the committee will be committee members, e.g Ma Sha Pun, EHRGPS Committee Member. In order to avoid repetition and confusion, care should be taken not to repeat sending out General Circulars and correspondences. We have the feeling that too many copies of repeated circulars will only confuse other teachers and students. If by special request, we should only forward the original one for the EHRGPS Committee to the person concerned. In future, General Circulars to all teachers and students should be in a series of numbers, i.e. General Circular 1, General Circular 2, etc. (Please don't repeat using the same number for any new general circular and that circulars among members in the committee should be regarded as "Restricted". Sender names alone should only be used for private exchange of views, ideas and correspondences confining to the persons concerned. We will keep all of you informed if there are any new members joining the EHRGPS committee.

9. New Ideas or Requests
Feedbacks, new ideas and requests are always welcome. We will group them together to be discussed in the committee and that a reply will be officially given to you once our decision has been made. Looking forward to meeting all of you in the coming dinner party!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Chan Pun Hon Kenneth. CEM 2

2009 晚宴程序

東 院 道 官 立 學 校
週 年 聚 餐
二零零九年十二月五日(星期六)

九龍柯士甸道8號香港童軍中心8字樓
香港童軍總會總監俱樂部—金陶軒

司儀 鍾展鴻同學 劉錦綾同學
程序：
4:45 p.m. 接待來賓
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 雞尾酒會 — 師生言歡及留影
晚宴節目開始:
7:00 p.m. – 7:05 p.m. 來賓就座
7:05 p.m. – 7:20 p.m. 校長及老師致詞
7:20 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 抽獎
7:30 p.m. –10:00 p.m. 晚宴

週年聚餐2009通訊(三) -- 延長參加聚餐報名日期

東院道官立學校網站 http://www.ehrgps.com/
網上相簿 http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/ehrgps

各位校長，老師及歷屆畢業同學：

為使更多同學們可以參加我們的聚會，截止報名日期將延至2009年11月14日，請未參加的同學盡快報名。工作小組已經決定，下次聚餐時間將是3年之後，約在2012年12月至2013年3月之間舉行的55周年聚餐，故此請各位珍惜每一次相聚的機會。

現將本年度週年聚餐詳情及參加方法重錄如下：
(一) 日期 ：二零零九年十二月五日(星期六)
(二) 時間 ：酒會 - 下午五時至七時
宴會 - 下午七時開始
(三) 地點 ：香港童軍總會總監俱樂部—金陶軒，
位於九龍柯士甸道8號香港童軍中心8字樓
電話：2730 8668
(四) 費用 ：成人每位叁佰伍拾元正
小童(十二歲以下)每位弍佰元正
(五) 截止日期 ：二零零九年十一月十四日
(六) 參加辦法 ： [甲] 將所需費用存入滙豐銀行:--
戶口號碼 ： 820-043354-001
戶口名稱 ：Ma Yuk-wah/Pang Shuk-yee/Ho Yuk-kam
[乙] 入賬後請隨即將中文姓名、畢業年份及上/下午校/全日等資料
致電通知 - 謝淑瓊同學(63AM) 或吳婉華同學(63PM)
[丙] 請保留入賬紙以便在晚宴當天覆核，不便之處，祈為原諒！

總召集人何萬森老師，陳本漢老師同啓
(2009周年聚餐工作小組代行)

二零零九年十一月三日

東院道官立學校週年聚餐通訊(二)

東院道官立學校網站 http://www.ehrgps.com/
網上相簿 http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/ehrgps

東院道官立學校週年聚餐通訊(二)
有關聚餐報名辦法及期限

各位同事及歷屆同學：

我們在較早前曾用電郵通知各位本年度的週年聚餐日期、時間及地點，並呼籲各位踴躍參加，好趁此機會，與老師及兒時好友，把酒言歡，暢談往事。為此，我們遵照有等同學的建議，特意安排在當日宴會前舉行酒會，以便各位有較充裕時間歡聚，務請依時蒞臨，此外為著方便各工作人員统計參加人數，編排座位，購買抽獎禮物及場地佈置等事項，承請各位能盡早在指定時間內報名參加。

玆將本年度週年聚餐詳情分列如下：
(一) 日期 ：二零零九年十二月五日(星期六)
(二) 時間 ：酒會 - 下午五時至七時 宴會 - 下午七時開始
(三) 地點 ：香港童軍總會總監俱樂部—金陶軒
位於九龍柯士甸道8號香港童軍中心8字樓
電話：2730 8668
(四) 費用 ：成人每位叁佰伍拾元正 小童(十二歲以下)每位弍佰元正
(五) 報名日期 ： 由七月二日開始至十月三十一日止
(六) 報名方法 ：
[甲] 將所需費用存入滙豐銀行:--
戶口號碼 ： 820-043354-001
戶口名稱 ：Ma Yuk-wah/Pang Shuk-yee/Ho Yuk-kam
[乙] 入賬後請隨即將姓名、畢業年份及上/下午校/全日等資料 用電郵通知 ehrgps@gmail.com

『各位請特別注意，無論用電郵或電話通知，切勿重複，以免混淆而嚴重影響核算參加人數，又報上畢業年份及上/下午校乃為方便工作人員編排座位。』

[丙] 請保留入賬紙以便在晚宴當天覆核，不便之處，祈為原諒！

總召集人何萬森老師，陳本漢老師同啓
二零零九年七月一日

東院道官立學校週年聚餐

東院道官立學校網站 http://www.ehrgps.com/
網上相簿 http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/ehrgps

東院道官立學校週年聚餐

各位同事及歴屆畢業同學：

時光飛逝，歲月催人，自二零零七年五十週年校慶聚餐迄今，轉瞬經年，其間社會動盪，令港人情緒欠佳，先有金融海嘯，繼有豬型流感，想各位或多或少也會受到牽連，但願吉人天相，很快便能平安渡過，有厚望焉。

上次週年聚餐，獲得各屆同學鼎力協助及支持，踴躍參加，節目十分豐富，進行得甚為順利，可算是舉辦得很成功；更喜的是少離群孤雁，迷途知返，紛紛回巢，終能共聚一堂，久別重逢，互訴離情，悲喜交集，此景此情能不倍加珍惜?其中環節，同學們重返母校參觀，紛紛各自找尋兒時上課的課室座位，遇到印象模糊時，更互相提點，感懷往事，盡唏噓，盡顯童真，拍照留念，以示不忘；復在禮堂內共唱校歌，歡欣不已，不少同學在校園內流連忘返，不忍遽去，參加者深覺該次聚會，饒有意義，實應斷舉辦，延續下去，故建議每五年舉辦兩次，用以維繫「東院道官立學校的精神」，不因學校停辦而終止。該次聚會，唯一憾事，便是主辦者錯誤估計參加人數而引至選錯場地，酒樓內地方狹窄，嚴重地阻礙同學們的活動，更有遲參加者因額滿而見遺，誠甚可惜，謹此致歉。

有關本年度週年聚餐事宜，十數敎師及同學曾在二零零九年六月二日茶聚，及六月八日晚宴進行商討，希望各老師及同學繼續支持，踴躍參加，兹議决如下：

日期：十二月五日(星期六)
地點：好彩酒樓-位於灣仔華潤大廈三字樓
費用：每位三佰伍拾元正，十二歲以下小童收弍佰元
酒會時間 ：下午五時至七時
宴會時間 ：下午七時開始

總召集人：何萬森老師 、陳本漢老師

2009年6月10日