Message from the BOGA President
LAM Lai-yee, Aalim

BOGA started off well from July 2006 with all annual events completed with promising results but ended up with an exciting as well as sentimental farewell dinner on 7 July 2007.

Mrs Wong Mak Kit Ling, our Honorary Advisor and current Principal of BPS will retire in mid-August. ‘Miss Bio Mak’, the beloved teacher of many old girls in 70s and ‘Mrs B. Wong’ in 80-90s, taught not only knowledge in biology but also, showed us how kindness, sincerity and helpfulness inspire people’s lives green and meaningful. Surprisingly with her young outlook, she became the Principal in 2001. By then, we thrilled with joy to work so closely with her all programmes related to the promotion of BOGA to the current students. She tendered many valuable chances to invite brilliant old girls to share precious work & life experiences in front of young BPS girls. Her view of ‘passing down the good tradition or customs from one generation to another generation’ stood proud and with high honor. We thanked her with respect, appreciation and admiration.

With the supports from our alma mater and the computer teacher, BOGA IT Project Awards completed with outstanding results; participating S4 & S6 students showed bursting confidence and talent, performed wonderfully in their presentations. In the coming year, we shall have a new name for the award which represents the IT education applied on youngsters in the past seven years was a success.

The BOGA Mentorship Programme was another outstanding programme achieved under the guidance of Mrs Wong. It stepped into the second year with an increased number of 28 old girls acted as mentors and are developing good friendship with 48 current S6 girls. We got good feedback from those mentees of 2005 when they reported the progress and shared their feelings and experiences with the new mentees during the Closing & Opening Ceremonies on 28th October 2006. Generally, most of the mentors did give valuable advices to the mentees on their studies and career, thus enriching their confidence in facing the future and solving problems; yet there still have rooms for improvement in view of communication pro-activeness. Furthermore, mentees urged for a diversified fields of interest from mentors for their better choices of learning. I appeal here for more members to join this promising and meaningful programme.

Mrs Wong tendered her care and love to BOGA and in 2004, BOGA Ltd. as deep as sea. The forming of BOGA Ambassadors was a milestone. With her endorsement and the guidance from two teachers’ representatives, 10 junior girls were selected to help us in enveloping our newsletters and moving them to post boxes. Though the Ambassadors got credits in their Extra Curricular Activities, the heavy bags holding around 800 copies were really physically challenging. Not the least, her attendance in many of our events were highly appreciated, e.g. the Games Day(s), High Tea Talk(s) etc. But my heartfelt thanks went to her granting the valuable chances for us to promote BOGA to S5 students on their last school day. Around 250 S5 students enrolled to be members at a concessionary fee of $50 since 2003. The use of Staff Common Room for holding our executive committee meetings furnished us with security and professional administrative items. Her eternal supports allowed BOGA walked smoothly throughout these years.

On behalf of BOGA, I announce our immense regret to have Mrs Wong leaving her work station thus bringing away our wellbeing; but in the other hand, our paramount wishes to her retirement so that she can enjoy walking hand-in-hand with her better half in the coming many, many years.

Without delay, let’s have our invitation here affirming her attendance to the coming many years’ AGM(s) & Dinner(s)!

Message from the Advisor
The BPS Principal WONG Mak Kit-ling

Belilios Public School was established in 1890. It is the only government secondary school for girls. Over a century, the school has nurtured students of sound education and high moral character serving the Hong Kong Community in all walks of life. All these alumnae have upheld the evergreen BPS spirit to pursue the school aims - Balanced Development, Public Spirit and Scholastic Excellence. The School is proud of their achievements, their service to the community and their noble as well as trustworthy character. It is their excellent examples in society that has brought such reputable image for the School. Thanks a lot.

The BOGA, set up in the year 1927, has witnessed the development of the School and has grown with the School. Today is indeed an important milestone in the history of BOGA as she celebrates her third anniversary of changing to a limited company under the competent leadership of the President, Ms Lam Lai Yee. The School has all along benefited from the old girls who have taken the initiatives to help in the nurturing of BPS girls such as the sharing of their valuable life experiences through the mentorship program and interview workshops, the provision of job attachment opportunities, the setting up of scholarships and the funding of innovative competitions such as BOGA IT Award, the nurture of the virtue of public spirit through the establishment of Z club under the Zonta Club of Kowloon, the provision for the implementation of overseas exchange programs as well as speech training, music training and English remedial programs. We are thankful for their love and concern shown to BPS in all these years.

The BOGF was founded in February 2005 by a team of caring old girls under the capable leadership of Mrs. Nellie Fong. The BOGF has kindly donated $0.25 million for the implementation of life-wide learning activities of BPS girls in the present academic year as well as another $0.25 million in the coming academic year. With the implementation of the education reform which stresses the importance of life-wide learning of our girls, this additional funding has really enhanced the quality of education for BPS girls.

I am thankful to have a chance to be educated and served in this prestigious Government Girls' school as a student, a teacher, assistant principal and principal. Not only did I receive the best education in BPS, but I also really grew and matured through studying in and serving the school in all these years. Heartfelt thanks go to all my teachers who taught me, all the predecessors who contributed significantly to laying a firm foundation and fostering the growth of the School to be one of the leading schools in Hong Kong, all members of the School Management Committee under the inspiring leadership of the chairman, Mr. Tam Koon Che who renders unfailing guidance and staunch support to the school, all the dedicated colleagues who help and support me, all the parents who always work for the best of BPS, old staff and old girls, especially former principals, who have the best interests of BPS as their first priority, and all BPS girls who always put in their best effort to bring honour and glory to the school.

May BPS always remain GREEN and shine more and more brightly in the years to come.