Inter House Sports Meet - St Mary's Secondary School

Hi,

Remember St Mary's School Inter-House Sports Meet in the school padang?  May be not for some and this photo serves to bring back your memories.

Most would  have better and more vivid memories of the Inter School Sports Meet in the Town Padang. Wow during the Inter School Sports Meet... St Cecelia girls would cheer for St Mary's athletes and St Mary's boys would do likewise for Cecelians. And ususally, St Cecelia and St Mary's schools were seated next to each other on the grand stand. Lots of confetti raining down and you could always cast your confetti in the direction of your favourite girls.

Our school arch enemies at the Inter School Sports Meet were St Michaels and later Sung Siew School (including some hot heads ex St Marians who could not go onto St Mary's Form IV and V and had to join Sung Siew Form IV and V instead.)

One famous St Micahel female athlete was "Golden Hair" (Catherine Chae).

Popular St Cecelia girls who attracted  a lot of confetti cast by our classmates included Lai Man Thing, Rita Garnica, Janet Lee, Bridgit Chin, Catherine Chang, Bernadette Kan, Patsy Poon, Felicity Khoo, Mimi Shim and others.

Folks feel free to add your favourite girls' names in! ... Also, where are these dream girls now ?

Let us go back to the topic... its our Inter House Sports Meet we have to talk about - an all Boys affair! Boring, ......isn't it! The photo was on the Yellow House Pavilion. Chu Sai Kee, as you all know, was our star High Jumper. Not sure what Victor Sin and James Chai were good in? They appeared more like coaches than athletes.

Hidden inside the tent was a smiling Frederick Ong! No athlete himself but he is our only classmate who went on to become a Doctor (from University of Liverpool).

We always looked forward to the Inter School Sports Meet then as students but now I do not think any of us, as parents, would bother to turn up at our children Inter-School or Inter-House Sports Meet!

Our interests have navigated away to other more interesting pursuits.

Photo: Victor Sin
Posted By : Kon Sang

Our Elton Johns

Hi,

It must be "cool" to look like a scholar in the 60s by donning thick rimmed glasses in school! Be "cool" (or look groovy ) in the eyes of all those adoring St Cecelia girls?
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According to the Oxford Dictionery, a scholar is "a boy or girl at school with much knowledge"
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In the 60s, we all remembered the rage of the mini skirts popularised by Mary Quant and the outrageous spectacles worn by Elton John in UK.
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Were Kar Choi, James Chai and Robert Foo trying to look as cool as Elton John?
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Camillo, Edward and Victor were happy to remain " clear eyed "before the onslaught of those desirable creatures from across the school fence.

Photo : Victor Sin
Posted By : Kon Sang

MY PROFILE

YEAR 1968 YEAR 1970 YEAR 2009

___________________________________________________________________

1 Personal Details :

(a) Name : FRANCIS HEN KUEN FONG

房宪权

(b) Date of Birth : 7th March 1950

Year of Tiger

(c) Correspendence Address : House No. 1575, Taman Lucky,

Mile 5, North Road.

P.O.Box No. 1390

90715, Sandakan,

Sabah, Malaysia.

(d) Communication : Telephone - 089-210214 (House)

- 089-612625 (Office)

Handphone - 019-8336433

Fax No - 089-611223

E-mail - oceaneng@tm.net.my (Company)

- T_con2004@hotmail.com (Personal)

2 Class / Year in St. Mary's : Form 5 - Overseas Senior Cambridge Year 1970

3 Higher Studies Overseas : No

4 Employment : January 1971 to June 1985

Syarikat Teck Heng Loong Brothers Sdn. Bhd.

1st and 2nd Floor Sabah Building

(Next to Standard Chartered Bank)

Sandakan

(a) Business Activities : Logs Timber Trading

Plywood Manufacturer

(b) Position in Company : As an Accounts Clerk

5 Current Employment : July 1985 until to date

M/S Oceanic Engineering Sdn. Bhd.

Mile 5 1/2, Batu Sapi Road

P.O. Box 1400, 90715,

Sandakan, Sabah,

Malaysia.

(a) Business Activities : A Shipyard Major in Steel Vessels Construction

and a Dockyard for Repairing

(b) Position in Company : Executive Director

6 Marriage Status : Married with Two Children

(a) Name of Spouse : Pui Ling Thien

(b) Year Married : 1980

7 Children Information

(a) Name of 1st Children : Nicholas Vui Koon Fong (M)
Year borned : 1982
Education :The Degree of Bachelor of Planning and Design by the
University of Melbourne, Australia on 17th Dec 2003
:The Degree of Bachelor of Architecture by the University
of Nottingham, England UK. On 15th July 2008

(b) Name of 2nd Children : Michelle Sheau Yan Fong (F)
Year borned : 1983
Education :The Degree of Bachelor of Commerce Majoring in
Accounting and Finance by Deakin University Australia
on 27th October 2006

8 Hobbies : Out-door - Fishing
In-door - Cooking

9 Residence : Semi - Detached Building
House No. 1575, Taman Lucky,
Mile 5, North Road.
P.O. Box No. 1390
90715, Sandakan,
Sabah, Malaysia.
Live in since 1979

10 Most Cherished Memory : Enjoy most while kicking football along
of St. Mary's the fence boundary between St. Mary's
and St. Cecilia's during recess time

11 Plan and Place for : Kota Kinabalu
Retirement Sabah, Malaysia.

12 Conclusion : Wishing all my classmates in good health
and the Re-Union will be successful

These old individual photos are extracted from the St. Mary's Secondary School
Staff & Pupils of Overseas Senior Cambridge Certificate Class (1970) Sandakan,
Sabah.
## So, please identify yourself:

1 st. Row
: Khoo Puay Guan, Cheong Man Tatt, Wong Thiam Lim, Jorgy, Edward Tann, Lee Len Wing,
Richard Chan, Mr. Tan, Mr. Goh, Mrs. Thomas, Bro. Aidan, Bro. Raphael, Mr. Joseph,
Mrs. George, Camillo Cheng, Francis Fong, Francis Chee, Chin Fu Fatt, Valentine Chang,
Eu Sang Ling, Alfred Pan, Dahlan Anud, Jimmy Gimbad.

2nd. Row
: Fung Tze Chow, Khoo Puay Kian, Ho Tze Meng, Benedict Tai, John Wong, Peter Chia,
David Leong, Chong Sui Lun, Kwan Kar Choi, Victor Ng, Tommy Siew, Michael Thien,
Fu Ka Hung, Koh Chiat Hong, Lee Len Fook, Paul Voo, Lim Chung Kian, Chong Nyuk Woo,
Chin Yun Sen.

3rd. Row
: Chang Kon Sang, Lawrence Chong, Rajendra Patel, Orlando Tann, Benjamin Chan,
Edward Chik, Frederick Ong, James Chai, Chong Nyuk Fong, Kwan Hee Cheong,
Sim Kang Loon, Marino Dotimas, Jimmy Augustin, Sulaiman Hamdan, Chong Ken Foh,
Chin Chee Keong, Ibrahim Said, Simon Chin, Wahid Wahab, Ismail Ahmad, John Liau,
Wong Man Chin.

4th. Row
: Wong Wan Kong, Chong Hee Menn, Kenneth Awang, Julian Chong, Chin Lee Wah,
Chiang Piang Thiam, Albert Lee, Chang Sui On, Young Thien Kui, Richard Leong,
Alfred Koh, Dennis Wong, Francis Ho, Sin Ka Hiew, Chai Hing Wing, Phun Vui Poo,
Hiew Hon Hiung, Chu Sai Kee, Chung Tze Ting, Stephen Ng, Chung Ket Cheung,
Arpa Mapiareh, Julius Ho.