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Bro. Casimir L’Angelier

Date of Birth: 6th May 1900 Period of Service: 1969 – 1970 Date of Death: 18th December 1975

Categories: Brother, Deceased, Teacher

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Mr. Fredrick Lam

Date of Birth: 1940s Years of service in LS: Approximately 20 years Usual Classes Taught: Forms 1-5 Subjects taught / role: Intergrated Science and Biology

Categories: Old Boy, Teacher

Mr. Edward Lau

Class of Graduation: 1973 Date of Death: March 30, 2007

Categories: Deceased, Old Boy

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Mr. Francis Tak Lau

Date of Birth: Late 1940s Usual Classes Taught: Forms 1-2 Subjects taught / role: English

Categories: Old Boy, Teacher

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Mr. Henry Lau

Date of Birth: 21 March 1925 Years of service in LS: 43 Usual Classes Taught: Forms 3, 4 and 5. 5S4 Period of Service: 1947 – 1990 Subjects taught / role: English, Mathematics and Religious Studies

Categories: Old Boy, Teacher

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Mr. Ka Hung, Francis Lau

Class of Graduation: 1981 Date of Death: 2009

Categories: Deceased, Old Boy

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Dr. Paul Lau

Years of service in LS: 2 Period of Service: 2004 – 2006 Subjects taught / role: Principal

Categories: Old Boy, Teacher

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Copied from the Supervisor’s Announcement of the New School Principal The Supervisor and the School Management Committee of La Salle College are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Lau to succeed Bro.Thomas Lavin as Principal on 1st September 2004. Bro. Thomas will continue in the role of Supervisor. Dr. Paul Lau Wai-Keen 劉煒堅 completed his primary and secondary education at La Salle Primary School and La Salle College. He studied at the University of Hong Kong where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in Science (Botany and Chemistry) in 1973, the Diploma in Education in 1974, and Master in Education in 1980. He joined the teaching profession in 1974 and served as a Chemistry teacher in a government secondary school. In 1979, he became a teacher educator at the Northcote College of Education, lecturing in education technology and education studies and was appointed the Vice Principal of the College in 1993. In 1990 he obtained his Master of Philosophy degree in Curriculum Planning and Design from the University of Cambridge. He pursued his doctoral studies in Educational Management and Teacher Education with the University of Bristol and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Education in 2001. Dr. Lau joined the Hong Kong Institute of Education, when the Colleges merged together, and served as Principal Lecturer of the Curriculum and Instruction Department. He has also taken up various administrative duties at the Institute, including the Wardenship of a student hostel. He was elected to serve in the Council of the Institute from 1995 to 2000. In 2002, he took up the post of Senior Student Affairs Officer in the Student Affairs Office of the Institute. Dr. Lau has served in various public committees of the government, such as the Education Aims Implementation Committee of the Board of Education and the Assessment Panel on Teaching and Learning of the Quality Education Fund. Since 2000, Dr. Lau serves the Catholic Diocese as school manager of a number of Catholic schools. He has provided consultancy and training to both primary and secondary schools in curriculum evaluation, teacher appraisal and quality school education. A special area of interest is moral and spiritual education and, in 2000, he completed a Master of Arts in Theology at the Australian Catholic University. During his years in La Salle he was an active member of the Legion of Mary and Captain of the Harmonica Band. As a teacher he has been involved in providing extra-curricular activities for students in his secondary and tertiary appointments: areas include harmonica, trampolining, football and sailing. Dr. Lau will be the first lay Principal of the College since its foundation by the De La Salle Brothers in 1932. The Brothers, however, will continue in their vital role as the Sponsoring Body entrusted with the task of ensuring that the Lasallian vision and mission of the school are strongly upheld. May I personally take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to Paul on his return to his alma mater and he will know he has the full support and prayerful best wishes of our Lasallian Family. Bro. Thomas Lavin Supervisor

Bro. Thomas Lavin

Date of Birth: 16th June 1943 Period of Service: 1965 – 1969; 1973 – 1982; 1999 – Subjects taught / role: Principal, Supervisor

Categories: Brother, Teacher

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Brother Thomas Lavin was born on 16th June 1943 in Country Roscommon, Ireland. He studied in a local school run by the Christian Brothers. He joined the Order at the age of 14. In 1960, he left for England to complete his secondary education. Brother Thomas entered De La Salle College of Education in Manchester, UK in 1962. He completed his training in 1965.

Brother Thomas arrived in La Salle College in August 1965. He was the Sports Master, and taught English, religious studies and mathematics. In 1969, he left for Dublin for university studies. He obtained a Masters Degree in Economics. He returned to La Salle College in 1973 and stayed until 1982. Working hand in hand with Brother Raphael and Brother Alphonsus, they planned the new school building. It was Brother Thomas, who designed all the sports facilities of the Quad – the track-and-field, the swimming pool, the indoor gymnasium, etc.

Brother Thomas pursued a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Manchester in 1982 – 1983. He was transferred to Nigeria in 1984. During his 14 years in Nigeria, thousands of students benefited from his teaching and guidance.

In September 1998, he visited Hong Kong and then left for Chicago. In 1999, he returned to La Salle College and became the Tenth Principal of La Salle College in 2000.

Brother Thomas is always active. He can run several projects at the same time smoothly. He maintains good communication with all parties concerned, be it student, old boy, teacher, parent or minor staff. His door is always open and everyone is greeted with a big smile.

Brother Thomas gave a sense of direction to the school during all these years. Unity among staff, student, old boys and parents was upheld. Academic results are superb. The Class of 2003 scored 501’A in the HKCEE, a record in the Hong Kong education. The Christian Brothers in the USA have a program called “No Child Left Behind”. It is a project that aims to help weak and average students. Brother Thomas, with the help of the teaching staff, implemented similar programs in La Salle College. Hence, the elite shine and the weak grow. In terms of achievements in sports, La Salle College retained the Omega Rosa Bowl and won the First Bauhinia Bowl.

Brother Thomas led the community in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of La Salle College. The Thanks-giving Mass was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on 12th October 2001 with Cardinal John Baptist Wu as the chief celebrant. There were five other concelebrants, two of which were old boys. About 1500 students, old boys, staff, parents and guests attended the Mass. Open Day and Fun Fair were held on 2nd and 3rd February 2002. On 23rd March 2002, the community enjoyed the 70th Anniversary Dinner. The whole year round celebration was closed with a musical concert and play on 28th and 29th June 2002. To double our joy, in 2002, La Salle College was named as a “Thriving School” in the Quality Assurance Inspection by the Hong Kong Government.

Brother Thomas is a man of vision. He wants La Salle boys to be all-rounders. Religious activities and cultural activities are encouraged. In order to bring the school to a new horizon, the School Improvement Project (SIP) was launched in 2002. Two new wings will be added beside the swimming pool. They will provide extra facilities for Information Technology, cultural activities and staff development. The SIP is due to completion in 2005.

Informaton courtsey of http://www.lasalle.org.hk

Contributed by:	GERALD CRUZ 2014-02-07 11:13:42
Description:	Bro.Thomas coached me in Track & Field and every year I participated in the Inter-school events [in the 100m, 200m and 4×100 relays in Hong Kong Stadium back in 1969.

Contributed by:	GERALD A.Da Cruz 2014-02-05 11:30:29
Description:	Gerald Antony Da Cruz [year 1968] would like to contact with Bro.Thomas Lavin

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Clarence Ng (1969) 2007-05-01 12:40:23

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One afternoon in early September 1965, as a Form 2 student, I was playing at LSC football field, where I met the newly arrived Brother Thomas from the United Kingdom. It was probably the first time Brother Thomas interacted with non-English Hong Kong kids, and he pointed at me and commented that I did not know English. Instantly, I felt very bad and shame for such words; later, I turned it into a positive and encouraging advice. Thereafter, I worked diligently in all subjects and especially English and constantly demonstrated myself as an able kid. That was exactly what education meant, knowing your weakness and then working hard to improve it. I believed Brother Thomas must have the wisdom to give me a big push, on his first sight at me.

Bro. Dositheus Le Du

Date of Birth: 17th February 1889

Categories: Brother, Deceased, Teacher

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Fr. James Lea

Date of Birth: 11 July 1933 Subjects taught / role: English, Religious Studies / Ethics Date of Death: 13 July 1993

Categories: Deceased, Teacher

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Father James Lea, of the Hong Kong diocesan clergy, died at his home in the early morning on Tuesday, 13 July 1993, just two days after celebrating his 60th birthday. Father Lea was born on 11 July 1933, in Dublin, Ireland. In September of 1946, he entered the minor seminary at Longford to begin studies for the priesthood in the archdiocese of Dublin. While a student at Longford, he also enrolled in the faculty of philosophy at University College, Dublin where he eventually obtained his B.A. degree. In October of 1954, he was sent by his archbishop to the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome for theological studies. While there, he met a Hong Kong seminarian from the Beda College, Francis Hsu, who later became the first Chinese bishop of Hong Kong. This relationship helped spark an interest in Hong Kong and in November of 1957 while still a deacon, he was incardinated into the Hong Kong diocesan clergy. Father Lea was ordained a priest in Rome on 21 December 1957 and after the completion of his studies arrived in Hong Kong on 28 October 1958. The next two years were spent at Sedes Sapientiae House in Cheung Chau where he studied the Cantonese language. For the nest twelve years, Father Lea ministered as associate parish priest in Rosary Parish, Kowloon, the San Po Kong parish and Christ the Worker Parish in Jordan Valley. During this time he also acted as chaplain at La Salle College in Kowloon. In 1970 he began a long ministry as chaplain at the Kai Tak International Airport. At the same time he continued to both teach and act as chaplain at La Salle College and played a major role in the Hong Kong Legion of Mary. During the course of his years of ministry, Father James Lea made many friends who held him in very high regard. He will be deeply missed by all of there as well as by his fellow clergy in Hong Kong. His funeral Mass was held on Friday 16 July at St. Margaret’s Church in Happy Valley. Cardinal Wu was the main celebrant assisted by fifty concelebrating priests and many of his friends. His co-worker at the airport, Father Patrick O’Regan, SVD, paid fitting tribute in his eulogy to Father Lea’s years of service in the diocese. After the Mass, burial took place at the Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley. *Birth in Ireland: [11 July 1933] *Ordination: [21 December 1957] *Death in Hong Kong: [13 July 1993] *House of Studies, Cheung Chau: [1959] *Rosary Church, Kowloon: Vicar Cooperator [1960], [1961] *La Salle College: Assistant [1962], [1963], [1964], [1965], [1966] *Mother of Good Counsel, San Po Kong: Assistant [1968] *Christ the Worker’s Chapel, Ngau Tau Kok: Assistant [1969] *La Salle College: [1970] – [1977] *Sacred Heart Chapel (R.A.F.Chapel), Kai Tak: [1970] – [1993] Information obtained from http://archives.catholic.org.hk/memory/J-Lea.htm Father Lea’s grave is located in St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley. The remains have been exhumed and are now placed in the wall behind the Chapel (outside the Chapel).

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Ignatius Wong (1981 F7) 2006-03-13 05:33:15

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Father Lea’s command of the English language was very inspiring. At Form 6 and 7, he was our Ethics teacher. One day he came into the classroom, greeted us and was greeted by us, and then proceeded to write two words on the blackboard: “facetious”, and “abstemious”, and asked us to find the similarities between them. We quickly turned to our dictionaries and all other means possible, but to no avail. At the end of the class, he pointed out the obvious: that the two words contain all the vowels, a-e-i-o-u, and in order. “Now,” said Father, “try this on the DBS boys.” Another time during Ethics class, he spoke softly about an incident that had happened at school, the details of which I can’t remember. But what he did say I remembered for life. “Don’t curse the darkness, but light up a candle.” These words have been my guiding star for many years to come. Thank you Father.

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Tommy Chan (77) 2005-12-30 17:52:22

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Father Lea always like to ask us funny questions during English lesson , eg,”What is LOYAL ?” Of course,no one knew or had the guts to answer his question in English . After moment of silence and all our heads kept down,he would give us the answer with his usual similing face , “LOYAL is LOYAL !” We have learned this simple way or trick of answering from him. Whenever any of us had the guts to use this simple way to answer his funny questions,he always seemed to be contended with his usual smiling face. I miss Father Lea !!

Contributed by:	Victor Cheung (89 AL) 2004-12-25 22:51:16
Description:	It’s rattlingly sad to learn that Father Lea has passed away. He will always be remembered for his sense of humour and pleasant personality. A lot of funny memories are still sticking in my mind and I will certainly treasure them in my life. His jokes and smiling face will always be remembered by all those people who knew him.

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Mark Huang (85) 2004-06-29 23:37:23

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At Form 7, classmates were busy burning the midnight oil for readying themselves for the coming A-levels. Often students would fall asleep at ethics class, resting their head on the desk. Fr Lea never raised his voice (and he was kind of understanding). He would very gently say, “Anyone who would like to read the next passage, please put his head on his desk.” Then at final / mock exams for A levels, most students did not use their precious time to revise for the ethics exams. Many learnt the trick to pass the exam: once the test paper is received, the students would dictate the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be continuously for the duration of the exam. No student every failed that test when writing the exam like that. It’s well known Father Lea’s English was impeccable. Once he saw a student using a dictionary that was, in his views, not of a very good standard. He went to the boy, held up his book and said: “This dictionary is not so good. Maybe you should find a DBS student, and hand it to him and nicely say to him, “送俾你” (soong bei lei) (A gift for you)”. Fr Lea said it in his rarely used Cantonese, and I can still remember the broad cheeky smile on his face, clearly enjoying his own joke as much as we did. May God be as gracious to dear Father Lea’s soul as he was to us! RIP, Father Lea. We miss you.

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David Hsu (1973) 2004-06-29 13:37:12

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Father Lea was our form master of F3A of 71-72. His English vocabulary is astounding and whenever he introduces new vocabularies, we have to raise our hands and ask him to explain the meaning. As those English words are just not in the lexican dictionary there is no way we could get the meaning. He is kindhearted and never did spank any students except asking the student to stand on the chair for first offence and to stand on the table if of more serious offence. Can you visualise standing on the table and Rev Bro Casimir doing the routine walking the corridor exercise. It is the most scarry mind boggling treat.

Contributed by:	Lee Fong 2004-06-28 18:41:18
Description:	I think Father Lea used to teach at a girl’s school before joining LSC. He said girls were very emotional so he preferred to teach boy’s school.

Bro. Cyprien Lebel

Date of Birth: 9th April 1917

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Mr. Bruce (Yuen Kam) Lee

Date of Birth: 27th November 1940 Date of Death: 20th July 1973

Categories: Deceased, Old Boy

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Bruce entered La Salle College in September 1951 at the age of 11, reading Class 8 (equilivant to Primary 5). [La Salle Primary School was non-existant then] La Salle College was then located in Perth Street, as the school building was taken over by the British Government. Bruce left La Salle in June 1956. Therefore Bruce never studied in the La Salle Road campus, which the school returned to from Perth Street only in 1959.

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Chan Yuk Cheung (1958) 2004-12-23 11:44:59

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Brace Lee was the first person I had a fight in my life. I gave him a black eye!!! When I told my friends that I gave Bruce Lee a black eye nobody believe in me! Indeed I did. It happened about primary 5 or 6 at that time. I was playing marbles with a group of friends while he was doing shot put. The problem was he tried to throw his lead ball right into our marble ring. We moved to a new area of the football field and he followed us throwing his heavy lead ball right into the middle of our marble games. We pleaded with him not to spoil our game but he refused. Eventually I got so mad that I attached him physically, the first time in my life. I had never fought anymore fight in my life! Knowing Bruce Lee’s past behaviour in school (I thought) the principal did not punish me at all. His brother, Lee Chung Sum my classmate was not angry with me and I continue to be his and Bruce’s friend especially within the Boy Scout 17th Kowloon. I suppose that his father got him to learn Chinese boxing after that incident. See my contribution to his bright future! Ha! Ha! Ha! I remember visiting his home or where he was practising his Wing Chun Boxing(?) with a type of wooden stilt and a few branches extending out from the main wooden post. I also remember him presending good acting during our normal campfire evening during the Scout camping nights. I was impressed with his acting as a monkey trainer getting his monkey to dance with a rope around its neck. Later on I tried to imitate that particular act with serious flop. “Wor Chun Kiang Si Dai Li Nai (I bring you all the way from Kiang Si to do the dancing etc…)” My acting skill was far behind his that nobody in the audience laughed at all! Bruce was a good actor and fighter in his earlier years. I gave him a black eye only because he had not started learning his Kung Fu. I miss him and all the fine time together during the Scouting contact.

Mr. John Richard Lee

Date of Birth: 1923 Subjects taught / role: English, Religious Studies Date of Death: 21st November 2003

Categories: Deceased, Old Boy, Teacher

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A Requiem Mass for Mr. John Richard Lee, our beloved teacher and loyal old boy, was held on 10th December 2003. JR Lee, as he is usually referred to, passed away on 21st November 2003. The requiem mass was attended by Mr Lee’s family, Brother Thomas, Brother Patrick and over 30 old boys in the School Chapel. A special Memorial Book with 73 messages from old boys all over the world was presented to his family.

Contributed by:	Brian Ho 2014-01-22 10:34:58
Description:	Mr Lee was my formmaster of 5S2 in 1973. Every day, he delivered a nice short story to the class first thing in the morning. Many stories were about life, in addition to augmented English instruction. Mr Lee stressed that, if he did not teach us the proper way, other people in the workplace would laugh behind us instead of correcting us.

Contributed by:	Edwin Kwok 2009-11-16 17:57:55
Description:	“STUDY YOUR SPECIAL BOOK AND YOU WILL GET CREDIT!” I FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTION AND I GOT THE CREDIT IN THE EXAMINATION. LEARNING FROM HIS ENTHUSIASTIC WAY OF TEACHING, I GOT MORE CREDITS IN MY LIFE. THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!

Contributed by:	Matthew WU 2007-06-23 11:18:05
Description:	I echo K Leung’s description on Mr Lee. He has his unique and effective way of teaching English. He bought different items to class and taught us a new word. One stunning example of the items was an axe. The other thing is that, he taught us by our mistakes and asked us to write it down in a “Special book”. My “special books” are still well kept at home. Thanks Mr Lee. Class of 5D 1982.

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K Leung 2005-10-01 15:42:08

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John Richard Lee is the first teacher who really taught me how to make good use of a Dictionary. He always insisted that we should look up a dictionary when in doubt of the meaning, pronunciation or where the stress should rest…thus correcting a lot of our mistakes and most importantly, he taught us to how to learn for ourselves. Thanks again my teacher, I’ll always remember you as an insisting and enlightening teacher. Class of S.4 1978

Mr. Peter Chung Sum Lee

Subjects taught / role: Coach to La Salle Fencing Team Class of Graduation: 1958 Date of Death: 3rd September 2008

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Peter Lee (58), second from left

Peter Lee (58), the elder brother of Bruce Lee (60) and Robert Lee (66), passed away of a heart attack on 3rd September 2008 at the age of 69. Peter’s Chinese name was Lee Chung Sum. Peter is arguably one of the all-time greatest fencers of our school. He was the Hong Kong colony champion, and among other competitions, he represented Hong Kong in the Commonwealth Games in Wales, United Kingdom, in 1958. Quoting from the “Sons of La Salle” school history book relating to Peter and his fencing team: – quote – La Salle began fencing in the late 50s, and won the Championship in the first interschool Fencing Competition in March 1958. Peter Lee (58), the elder brother of Bruce Lee, was the Colony Champion-at-Arms, and represented Hong Kong on a number of occasions. Peter was both fencer and coach to the La Salle Fencing Team, which later started a streak of winning the Interschool Fencing Championship from 1968,, amassing eleven victories in the next thirteen years. – unquote – Peter was not only a top athlete, but also a scholar. He worked in the government as an Assistant Director of the then Royal Observatory. He later migrated to Australia. Peter also taught in La Salle College for a time in the 1960s. Peter had two brothers and also two sisters. May Peter’s soul rest in peace. In the fencers photo, Peter is the second student from the right. In the group photo of the staff of the Royal Observatory (1983), Peter is fourth seated person from the right, with a hallmark La Salle student photo pose of crossed arms. (Old Boys, please offer any additional information on Peter, as we currently do not have much more. 8th September 2008) PS: thanks to Clement Chan (87) for pointing out some errors in the information, which have been rectified.

Contributed by:	djuro george madjarevic 2013-09-13 17:42:47
Description:	please,i need more information about peter lee and bruce jun fan lee school days. and more true facts! thanks and heartly greetings from island of krk north dalmatia croatia europe

Contributed by:	Clement Chan (1987) 2008-09-11 00:18:05
Description:	Two more photos of Peter can be found here: http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/news/2004/pre0218c.htm

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Clement Chan (1987) 2008-09-09 10:58:54

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According to the recent interview of his ex-wife, Mary Cheung, Peter was only Assistant Director but not the “Head” of the Royal Observatory. Another proof is as follows: http://www.hko.gov.hk/abouthko/history/directors_c.htm The Directors were all Britons during Peter’s serving period. But we can also locate him in this old photo as follows: http://www.hko.gov.hk/abouthko/history/photos/gp_1983.jpg The gentleman who sit at the fourth from right is obviously Peter. May he rest in peace.