Issue No.5 - Faculty of Education - The University of Hong Kong

Volume 3, No. 1 第三期 第一號 11
Farewell Message
In July, colleagues at CASE bid farewell to our “Guardian Angel”. After two years of total immersion
and selfless commitment in nursing CASE the “baby” and seeing it grow into a healthy child, Miss Alison
Li, the only full-time paid staff of CASE, finally informed us that she had to respond to her other career
calls and commitments. Anyone who knows Alison must be extremely impressed by her multiple
talents and “mistress of all trade” capabilities. Although recruited as CASE Executive Office she played
many roles in one person. She is a lot more than an Executive Officer, serving the Centre also as a
teacher, a Research Officer, an IT “Wizkid”, a Public Relation Officer, a Project Manager and a most
efficient Secretary. The surprising thing was: she assumed all these roles well and met all deadlines. It
was through her executive efficiency that CASE had been able to accomplish the many projects we so
ambitiously initiated and accomplished with extensive degrees of achievement.
We were very moved and appreciative when we received her Letter to CASE. We would therefore want to share this SPECIAL
letter from a SPECIAL colleague and dear friend and the once “Guardian Angel” of CASE.
Dear CASE,
YOU are SPECIAL!
YOU are a SPECIAL home for my personal development with all wonderful colleagues and supporters in my life. Thank
you all for every smile YOU brought to my heart; for every wise word of encouragement YOU have shared; for
every time YOU have been there for me when I needed you most. I am so thankful for the gift of YOU in my life.
YOU make me understand the importance and value of special education and enjoy the life of joy and challenges
working in the field of special education.
YOU are a SPECIAL platform for the community with a variety of professional sharing, and collaborative projects with
the local special schools, organizations and tertiary institutions.
YOU are a SPECIAL academic base for frontline practitioners and students in special education to develop themselves
via professional training and consultancy.
It is not easy saying goodbye to YOU, CASE and the hardcore”鐵三角”, Dr. John Lian, Mr. Andrew Tse, and Ms. Maria
Wong as well as the lovely Research Assistants, Miss Elsa Ling and Miss Janice Poon and all “SAME” principals and
team members; but I want YOU to know how deeply YOU have touched my life and how I appreciated everything with
YOU. These should be the happiest days for me in my life where I was dearly loved by YOU.
I will never forget every word YOU have delivered to me, and I am and will
always be a part of CASE and special education. May happiness and success
be yours in the continuing journey of CASE!
Take care and keep in touch!
With Best Wishes,
Alison
Welcome New Faces of CASE
Miss Elsa Ling Ka-wei, Executive Officer, is graduated from University of British Columbia
with a degree in Special Education. Her major duties in the Centre are assisting in centre
development, coordinating activities and managing daily operations of the Centre.
Miss Keri Fung Kwan-yee, Research Assistant, graduated with an honors degree in psychology.
In CASE, she is responsible for the Consultancy Projects of New Senior Secondary
(Intellectually Disabled) Mathematics Curriculum and Chinese Curriculum.
Miss Alice Tse Ping-ping, Research Assistant, just completed her Master of Philosophy
programme in HKU. In CASE, she is responsible for the QEF SCALE Project.
From left to right
Alice Tse, Elsa Ling and Keri Fung