For full letter with thank you cards in PDF format, please refer to the attachment at the bottom
Dear donars of the Ringo Chan Art Foundation,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
It is very unfortunate that Hong Kong need to face a big fire tragedy on 26 November 2025 in Tai Po with loss of 161 lives including one fireman. However, this disaster also showed the spirit of mutual help, compassion, generosity of donations of money and daily utilities and quick action of Hong Kong people demonstrating their hearts of caring of neighbours.
As I am a medical personnel, I had the chance of doing temporary voluntary work related to the survivors of this fire tragedy. I had listened to their stories and attended their medical needs. Some stories are very touching. I encountered a son coming back from UK immediately to take care of both parents and stay for one month in HK. One lady initially showed a very sad facial expression but suddenly changed to a smiling face. I asked WHY and she said that she could feel some warmth while seeing voluntary workers to relieve their sufferings and attend their needs on site. No matter the reason the victims came, they include family members who accompanied them can feel our heart of service and will be comforted with intimate and immediate encounter. I think this scholarship carries the same meaning of our caring, sensitivity and attentive to the needs of our young students in BHJS. I hope that the students can also feel our passion and be encouraged in promoting the importance of arts in the holistic health of a person. Before I reported some financial situation of the scholarship, I would like to share the photos of the awardees and their thank you letters.
The above are the thank you cards and the photos of the 11 awardees with the headmistress Ms. Vicky Law in 2025 taken on the 62nd speech day.
The above are the thank you cards and letters of the 14 awardees in 2024 and the photo taken on the 61st speech day.
The Ringo Chan Arts Scholarshio started since 2020 and this year 2025 is the sixth year. The scholarship received donations HK$ 12,000 in 2020, HK$ 150,500 in 2021 and HK$ 30,000 in 2025 with scholarship paid HK$ 12,000 in 2020, HK$ 30,000 in 2021, HK$ 36,000 in 2022, HK$ 24,000 in 2023, HK$ 38,000 in 2024 and HK$ 32,000 in 2025. The number of awardees from 2020 to 2025 are as follows, 4, 10, 12, 9, 14 and 11, that is total 60 students received this scholarship in the past 6 years. All applicants needed recommendation from teachers, submitted a brief self-introduction, their certification of achievement and their art production including video recording for their music or dancing performance. An obligatory group interview was then conducted with their physical presence (zoom during pandemic period). The whole process was smoothly conducted in the past six years (2020 - 2025) with the support from school. The sustainability of this scholarship is dependent on all donars. The donation is directly credited to the BHJS school account which is strictly controlled by the school account and all donations are tax deductible.
You are welcome to contact me directly if you have interest in understanding more about this scholarship.
薛頴雄 (1977 F5 BHJS graduate)
Sitt Wing Hung Edward
edwardwhsitt@gmail.com
WhatsApp’s 90819177
