Bulletin No. 1, 2009

The Campus Still Cares   25 Miss Bonnie L.S. Kan (1st right, front row), College Secretary, said, ‘The students are more mature than I expected. After the daily debriefing sessions, they would ask me and Prof. Sung to rest while they planned the activity details for the next day, often until the small hours. We were relieved and inspired to see how touched they were by the victims. This was a journey of spiritual growth.’ Their tender solicitude told the Sichuan people that the world cares about them. Just as Prof. Sung (1st right, 2nd row) said to his students, ‘The objective of this trip is achieved if you make one person happy. The magnitude of your help is never too small.’ The College will pay another visit to the affected areas in June 2009 in the hope of offering comfort to more in Sichuan. I visited the Beichuan county seat, which was hard hit by the earthquake. It has to be rebuilt elsewhere because the whole place was wiped out by the earthquake and landslides. When going to high ground for a panoramic overview of Beichuan, we were approached by villagers selling photos of Beichuan before and after the earthquake. At first we were disconcerted and upset by their attempt to cash in on their misfortunes. But after some thought, I realized that although it seems a bit cruel, it’s a respectable means of self-reliance in the face of catastrophe. And their photos do inform visitors of the severity of the quake. Thomas Lam, Year 4, Nursing After Before Beichuan — Before and After the Earthquake ’ ‘