YCIS Hong Kong - Yew Chung International Schools

YCIS Hong Kong 

Participation at Harvard Model United Nations Conference a Great Experience 

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A group of ten Model United Nations Club students from 

YCIS Hong Kong’s Secondary section traveled to the United 

States to attend the Harvard MUN Conference in December, 

2004. 

The crowd of over a thousand 

delegates at the Opening 

Ceremony intimidated us 

somewhat. However, after the 

first day of the conference, we 

learned the ropes and everyone 

became quite excited and 

pleased because some of us had 

spoken publicly in front of all the 

delegates, and many others had gathered their 

courage to approach other delegates to make allies. 

Throughout the intense days of the conference, we 

worked with many different people, drafting working 

papers and solutions, making new friends from different 

countries and polishing our communication as well as 

presentation skills. Although most members of the 

group served on different committees, and dealt with 

different issues, we encouraged and supported each other 

very well, and made an excellent team effort. 

By the end of the conference, all of us had gained a great 

deal of confidence in public speaking and had increased 

our knowledge of current affairs and world issues. Although 

the length and sheer intensity of the sessions had us 

completely exhausted, we were very happy and felt that 

every moment had been worth it. 

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Four YCIS Hong Kong students have achieved brilliant 

results in the 56th Annual Hong Kong Schools Speech 

Festival (Chinese). They were awarded one champion, one 

first runner-up and two second runners-up places in 

improvised speech Senior Division (Secondary School). 

Yancy Chu of Year 10, who became the champion of group 

108, was praised by the judge for her intonation and good 

eye contact. Jimmy Chow, Year 13, who gained the first 

runner-up of group 6, successfully demonstrated the air of 

an orator. His vocal inflection appropriately matched the 

argument and the ambience. Joyce Tang and Samantha 

Chan, both Year 12 students, were the second runners-up 

of their own group. 

In general, there were approximately 40 enrolments per 

group; therefore, all of the award winners had to go through 

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cut-throat competition. 

This year, a total of 39 YCIS Hong Kong students 

participated in different categories of the Festival. 

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To mark the start of 2005, both the primary and secondary 

sections welcomed their new Co-Principals, and anticipated 

that they will add new dimensions to quality education at 

YCIS Hong Kong. 

Dr. Katherine Yau assumed the role of Chinese Co-Principal 

of the secondary section on January 3. Dr. Yau has replaced 

Dr. Troy Lui, who has been appointed as the Executive 

Secretary of the Culture Committee of the Yew Chung 

Education Foundation. Dr. Yau holds a Ph.D in Education 

from the United States. She brings with her a wealth of 

experience in education and has served as the Founding 

Director of the Administration of the Hong Kong Academy 

for Performing Arts in 1983. Dr. Yau also contributes her 

time to community service as the Programme Director of 

the Moral Education Concern Group. 

“I feel that our students are active and intelligent and they 

have a wide variety of talents,” said Dr. Yau. “In a 

knowledge-based society, I would like to see our young 

people well-equipped with the ‘A, B, C skills’, that is 

Adaptability/Adjustment, Brain power (critical thinking) and 

Creativity,” she added. 

Meanwhile, Mrs. Julie Foster took on the role of Western 

Co-Principal of the primary section on January 24 while Mrs. 

Shirley Mead was promoted to the position of 

Superintendent of YCIS Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. 

Educated in Australia, Mrs. Foster comes to us with 

extensive experience, having served as principal, deputy 

principal, educational adviser as well as curriculum 

development officer. 

“My first impressions of Yew Chung are of happy and 

motivated students, hard working and delightful staff and 

the blending of the best of different cultures,” said Mrs. 

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New Appointments Bring New Dimensions to Quality Education 

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Years 7 to 9 students at YCIS Hong Kong attended a 

multi-media presentation on Saudi Arabia by the country’s 

envoy in Hong Kong. 

Ambassador Maudeen A. Maskary, Consul-General of Saudi 

Arabia, gave a vivid description of various aspects of his 

country, including its government 

system, economy and religion. 

The presentation, held in the Hall of 

the Secondary Section on December 

7, 2004, was well received by the 

students who found it very informative. 

Foster. “To work with Chinese students who have the 

opportunity for a bilingual education is fascinating and I am 

continually amazed by the ability of students to constantly 

change from one language to another as they move from 

lesson to lesson.” 

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Caregivers are going to “school” alongside children thanks 

to Hong Kong’s Early Childhood Section which extended 

its effort in quality education to grandparents and domestic 

helpers. The two parent education evenings, held in October 

and January, 2005, were as popular, too. 

Positive feedback was received from participants at the 

grandparents’ workshop. They particularly liked the 

opportunity to share their ideas with each other on 

child management as well as ideas about working 

with children. Grandparents became very involved 

in the discussion about the independence of children. 

The high turn-out at the Helpers Workshop proved to 

be another success. Over 100 helpers attended the 

evening. They participated in various activities about 

child safety and child behaviour management. They 

also shared their thoughts in group discussions. 

To answer a common question from parents, “What does 

my child do at school”, two parent education evenings were 

organized. This was to help parents to get a better 

understanding of the curriculum. Led by teachers, 

participants conducted small group activities and 

discussions under different topics. Both evenings were 

well-attended, reflecting the importance of their children’s 

education to parents. 

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On February 1, four YCIS Hong Kong girls (Year 10 

Shanty Cheung, Year 9 Cherry Mok, Year 8 Katrina Lee 

and Year 7 Rosalyn Ng) set off to compete in the Hong 

Kong Inter-School Division III Athletics Championship - 

Kowloon and Hong Kong Area (Area 2). After the 

preliminary rounds of qualification and a semi-final, they 

had eventually edged out students from more than 30 

other schools in order to reach the finals of the 

competition. Even the cold weather warning could not 

dampen the girls’ spirits, instead they were charged up 

with excitement in anticipation of finishing in a medal 

position. The girls’ effort and determination 

throughout the 3-day competition finally 

reaped reward when Shanty struck gold 

by producing a winning time of 13.90 

seconds in the 100 m (B Grade) event. 

The team had a further cause for 

celebration when Katrina edged out her 

rivals to take a second gold medal in the 

400 m (C Grade). Despite being in the 

youngest age group, Katrina’s winning time of 1:07.77 

was the best in 400m run among all girls’ groups in the 

organizer’s record! Congratulations to our first Yew 

Chung Athletics Team for their very fine and gutsy 

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The 5-year-old classes of the Early Childhood Section had 

their best wishes sent to the children in Sri Lanka who were 

injured by the tsunami in December. Ms. Tania de Saram, 

a former teacher at Yew Chung, took many cards and soft 

toys made and donated by the 5’s classes to distribute to 

hospitalized children in Sri Lanka. Some of our students 

even gave their favorite soft toy and teddy bears to help 

the sick and injured children feel better. 

During the Christmas Tree 

Fund-Raising Campaign 2004 

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Section students raised a total 

of $9,550 for Hong Kong Blood 

Cancer Foundation. In addition, 

the children were allocated a 

Christmas tree to display cards 

that they had written their wishes on. The Christmas tree 

was on display at Ocean Terminal from December 10, 2004 

to January 5, 2005 alongside another one sponsored by 

the Secondary Section. 

The children also shared, gave and cared for other people 

through contributing non-perishable food items to the 

People’s Food Bank. They learnt that many children go to 

school each day hungry. They were able to understand the 

concept and brought different food 

items to place into a donation box at 

school. All of the donations were sent 

to the People’s Food Bank which is an 

organization set up to provide food to 

people in need on a short-term or daily 

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The Early Childhood Section in Hong Kong 

was invited again by the MTR Corporation to 

showcase the artistic talents of our young 

children. 

The children’s Chinese New Year artworks 

were displayed at the Kowloon Tong station in 

February. It was also a wonderful opportunity 

for the students to send their New Year wishes 

to the community. It also followed the success 

and warm response from the public on another 

art exhibition by Yew Chung children during Christmas. The children’s 

artworks showed a great variety of mediums as well as aspects of the 

children’s art including painting, drawing and model-making. 

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everything that their classroom amahs did for 

them by serving them morning tea just before 

Christmas. They made a big thank-you card 

and also gave their amahs a special treat - a 

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“Sleepout” Teaches Students Not to Take Things for Granted 

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On December 16-17, 2004, approximately 100 students from 

Year 7 to Year 13 participated in the first ever “YCIS 

Sleepout”. The activity was organised by the United Year 

11 and it turned out to be a great success. Each sleepouter 

was to spend the night in their warmest clothing, blankets, 

cardboard boxes and reused materials to experience what 

a night of homelessness is like. At the same time, they 

raised funds to assist non-schooled children on Mainland 

China. 

The “Sleepout” officially began at 5:00 p.m. and boxes began 

piling up on the basketball court. Some box shelters looked 

like a mansion, some had no roofs and some looked like a 

spaceship. It was really a rough night as 

temperature dropped from 19 C to 12 C=. 

At 10:30 p.m., our first all-girl band, Lily Ho, was 

welcomed and gave a wonderful performance. The 

United Year 11 security team took up the patrol 

role through the night. Some of them did not sleep 

at all and still resumed a normal school day. 

Wake up call was at 6:00a.m. in that cold morning 

and everyone began to 

clean up. Once the 

basketball courts were 

cleared of cardboards, 

helpers gave out bread and 

school day resumed. 

Rev. Yan Shu-yun of 

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Education Division (CMED) 

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opportunity for the students to learn that we do not take 

things for granted. It was also a precious experience for 

the students’ personal growth. 

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Gospel Church, on the invitation of the Christian and Moral 

Education Division (CMED), gave a performance in the 

Secondary Section’s Christmas Special Assembly where 

they sang beautiful Christmas and pop songs. They were 

excellent dancers and received lots of applause from our 

students. 

The drama they played was also very interesting. It was 

about how God loves people and saves them from their 

sins. It was a very touching story that aroused the students’ 

interest in wanting to learn more about Jesus. Between 

acts of the play, the team members shared their testimonies 

and received many positive responses from the audience. 

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During November, Ms. Anna Chan 

(Vice-Principal of Primary) and Mrs. 

Janene Grant (Lower Primary 

Coordinator) from YCIS Hong Kong 

visited Los Angeles to attend the 

National Association for the 

Education of Young Children 

(NAEYC) annual conference for early 

childhood educators. They talked 

about the transition children 

experience in Hong Kong as they move from the various 

kindergarten programmes available to our international 

primary school. The presentation was based on active 

research, surveys and interviews conducted with parents, 

teachers and students. 

The audience was very interested in the rich language 

environment which Yew Chung provides. Many questions 

were raised on how to maintain and 

help children in adjusting to the 

complex language environment. Both 

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opportunity to participate in this 

significant event professionally 

stimulating and very beneficial. 

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Under the theme “We Care”, YCIS Hong Kong’s Primary 

Section celebrated Christmas with creative and interesting 

activities. Teachers and students were asked to think of 

their own means of showing their concern for others in 

practical ways. 

The Year 1 children shared Christmas carols and stories 

with the younger ones as they revisited the kindergarten. 

The Year 2 children participated in a “Christmas Sing - a - 

thon” on December 3 and raised 

$29,687 for Operation Santa 

Claus. The Year 3 classes took 

turns to provide snacks for their 

fellow classmates and were able 

to raise nearly $5,000 for the 

Salvation Army. 

Year 4 went to Ebenezer School 

for the Visually Impaired and the Heep Hong 

Society for the mentally challenged and gave 

performances at these venues. Year 5 students 

gave food and organised mini concerts for the 

elderly and mentally challenged at the St. James’ 

Settlement. Year 6 visited an elderly centre in 

Shatin where they performed and gave gifts to the 

residents. 

The choir, recorder ensemble and strings ensemble 

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of our school also participated in the Christmas carol 

performance at Festival Walk on December 15. It was 

certainly a wonderful performance and added to the 

Christmas spirit of the community. 

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Creativity and Cooperation Make History Study Fun and Exciting 

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If boring and dull are the words which come to mind when 

trying to describe History lessons, try asking the Year 8 

students at YCIS Hong Kong what they think of History 

lessons. They not only made their History study fun and 

exciting with their creativity and cooperation, but also made 

their very own Roman Board Game. 

The project, led by Mr. James Chapman and Mr. Edward 

Hepting, was to round off the study of Ancient Rome in the 

first term. Students were to combine their subject 

knowledge, teamwork and creativity in a practical and fun 

way. They were asked to put together the elements of 

present-day board games such as “Monopoly” and 

“Trivial Pursuit”. The students combined both class 

work and homework time and then played each 

other’s games at the end to test them out! A great 

time was had by all. 

Natalie Sheung and Yvonne Tong of Year 8D were 

proud with their board game. They said, “When we 

did the game together, we learned that many things 

have to be done by helping each other and by 

working hard.” Both enjoyed the project and are 

looking forward to doing more of this kind in the future. 

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As part of the industrial visit project, 20 Year 12 students at 

YCIS Hong Kong went on a visit to a factory in Tai Po on 

January 23. IB Business Management students were given 

valuable hands-on experience on the subject. 

Our visit started with a six-minute video on Lee Kum Kee, 

business trends, products and the numerous business 

awards that the company has won over the years. Later 

we toured their testing lab, production floor, kitchen and 

packaging department. The final stop was at the quality 

control unit where we gained useful knowledge on the 

various elements that encompass the quality control process 

in the food industry. 

The visit culminated in a question-and-answer session. 

Some logistics and marketing issues on the various sauces 

being manufactured were also discussed. 

Overall, the visit was quite inspiring as students were able 

to gain a greater understanding of manufacturing processes 

and of the food industry in general which was both interesting 

and informative. 

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