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Subject: Support the SFXC Foundation, support your Alma Mater‏


Author:
屈錢黨
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Date Posted: 20:43:32 09/09/11 Fri

Dear Alumni,

Whether you like it or not, you will soon be receiving a sum of
HK$6,000.00 from the HKSAR Government. You may have various plans for
spending this money. One meaningful way of using this windfall, we
suggest, will be to make a donation to St. Francis Xavier’s College
Foundation Limited (“SFXC Foundation”) as a token of your love and support
for our alma mater.

As you know SFXC Foundation was established in 2006 following the 50th
Anniversary celebration of our alma mater in 2005. It is a registered
charitable organization under s.88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance. We
started off with some HK$10 million comprising donations from hearty
alumni. This money and its return from investment over the past few years
have been used to support our alma mater for:
a. improving school facilities;
b. enhancing teaching capability; and
c. disbursing scholarship to outstanding students, and subsidy to needy
students.

To this date, totally $1,700,000.00 had been expensed for granting
scholarships to outstanding students, financing support to needy students,
and improving standard of teaching staff and quality of school facilities.

As an old boy with loving feeling towards our alma mater, you would no
doubt share our eagerness that our alma mater continues to be one of the
top secondary schools in Hong Kong. To this end, we earnestly appeal to
you to use this windfall for a worthy cause by donating it to SFXC
Foundation. All you have to do is to fill in the attached donation form
and send to us together with a cheque payable to “SFXC FOUNDATION
LIMITED”.

Thank you in anticipation of your generous support.

Yours sincerely,

Ng Ngai Man Raymond (K78)
Chairman, Management Committee of
St. Francis Xavier’s College Foundation Limited

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[> Subject: Re: 隨緣樂助, 何須動氣


Author:
手非長
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Date Posted: 10:46:23 09/10/11 Sat

大家隨緣樂助, 喜歡捐便捐, 不喜歡便不捐. 何須說校友會是屈錢呢?
師弟仔, 如果所有師兄也抱這樣心態; 濟記學生現在恐怕依然使用art room來做圖書館. Bro. Bosco(波子佬)可能曾經坐了錢債牢.

校友會成員全是義務, 是沒有獲利的.
[> [> Subject: Re: 隨緣樂助, 何須動氣


Author:
屈錢黨
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Date Posted: 18:02:57 09/10/11 Sat

>大家隨緣樂助, 喜歡捐便捐, 不喜歡便不捐.
>何須說校友會是屈錢呢?
>師弟仔, 如果所有師兄也抱這樣心態;
>濟記學生現在恐怕依然使用art room來做圖書館. Bro.
>Bosco(波子佬)可能曾經坐了錢債牢.
>
>校友會成員全是義務, 是沒有獲利的.

校友會連政府的6000元也虎視眈眈,我真的佩服得五體投地!

SFXC在50周年不是已經籌了一千多萬經費嗎?到頭來,電腦室的設備,美術室的畫具,還是課室的設備還是跟十年前沒有改變。
硬是要說的,SFXC近來加裝了八達通自動售賣紀念品系統,方便學生購買SFXC的紀念品。
SFXC經常要學生購買紀念品,舉辦籌款活動,傳盒仔捐款...而最後學生的學習環境卻沒大改變,不難令人懷疑款項的最終流向在那裡

捐錢本來是一個有意義的事情,但只限慈善機構把該筆金錢作有意義事情。
[> [> [> Subject: Re: 隨緣樂助, 何須動氣


Author:
手非長
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Date Posted: 12:46:09 09/11/11 Sun

師弟仔, 你最多可以批評濟記在有校友基金下, Native Speaker英文老師依然只有一個越南人是不足夠. 但"不難令人懷疑款項的最終流向在那裡"這話就過份了. 因為校友會和校友慈善基金是年年也有交待帳目的, 而且有專業的會計文件為證. 您這樣魯莽地批評會令校友會難堪的, 而且也不公道.
[> Subject: RE:屈錢黨


Author:
浩恩 03'
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Date Posted: 10:31:12 09/11/11 Sun

Please think twice before you accuse anyone.

I just want to know whether you have read the financial report of SFXC Foundation. (I read it from the web, and you?)

What you say are "hardware" only, do you know there are intangible expense?

And moreover, are you sure the income of selling souveniors will go to SFXC Foundation?

請將事情了解清楚後, 才去作出合理的質疑.
[> Subject: 正向思考,正向行動


Author:
公仔佬
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Date Posted: 18:33:34 09/11/11 Sun

1. 聖芳濟金禧校慶籌款的去向,大家只要認真的在校園走一趟,便一清二楚,不用爭拗。
2. 由於校友希望能為母校的持續發展帶來一些幫助,故利用金禧校慶籌款的盈餘,再加上第二次募捐,成立了聖芳濟發展基金。
3. 本來的計劃,是希望以基金的利息來幫助母校發展,但由於現在的存款利率偏低,而太進取的投資又存在風險,故如要繼續每年向母校提供相同的援助,便要除「雞蛋」外,還要取用「部分的雞」。大家都明白,若按年取用「部分的雞」,那麼,在不久的將來,基金便會耗盡,故為了保持基金日後的運作暢順,既不能節流,便只有開源;而向校友呼籲每人捐六千圓,便是這個用意。
4. 今天母校所面對的嚴峻挑戰,可以說是前所未有的。多年前,公仔佬已在九濟堂跟大家分析學生人口下降和教學語言政策為母校所帶來的挑戰,再加上新興起的地區名校和千禧校舍學校加入戰團,這一切沖激,絕對不是一個「傳統名校」的招牌便可以抵擋。
5. 說真的,今年所有香港的中學都集中力量去準備新高中,因為大家都知道,新高中成績一出,香港中學的排名榜便會應運而生,為家長選校帶來新的指標。而家長選擇則直接影響中一收生;中一收生直接影響下一周期學校的教學語言;而學校教學語言又再影響下一周期的收生水平;收生水平又影響學校可否趁學生人口回升而有新的突破……
6. 同學們,今天辦學,並不如大家想象般簡單,我們一方面是希望以教學質素帶動學校的發展,另一方面,則希望力保學校不要因人口下降而為學校帶來負面的影響。
7. 因此,各位愛謢學校的同學,如對學校的發展有任何意見,請開心見誠跟學校表達,力求共識,再並肩努力同步前進,方能協助學校在這充滿挑戰的年代,逆流而上。
8. 祝大家都在母校享有愉快而有效的學習生活。
[> [> Subject: Re: 正向思考,正向行動


Author:
手非長
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Date Posted: 19:27:34 09/11/11 Sun

同意!公道自在人心,我相信如果那位師弟仔曾經參與和為校友會活動出力. 那麼即使沒有參與會議, 他也會更加明白校友會的運作和心血.
[> Subject: Re: Support the SFXC Foundation, support your Alma Mater‏


Author:
屈錢黨
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Date Posted: 01:16:04 09/12/11 Mon

師兄們不用這麼衝動,看到對自己/學校不利的疑問後,便把魯莽,過份,不公道,accuse等字眼戴在小弟頭上。

另外,浩恩師兄所說的financial report我當然有仔細地閱讀,所以疑問也不是因一時興起而提出。

正如公仔佬所說,存款利率現在愈來愈低,從2010的數據來看,五百多萬的 deposit, interest只有$558.40,完全追不上通脹。這樣一來,沒有利潤之餘,價值只會愈來愈少。難道這一個「母雞生蛋」的機制不用檢討一下?

另外,樓上師兄所說NET老師不足的事實我十分同意,而且這更是長久以來的問題,而課室電腦老舊,壞咪箱的問題更是有目共睹。那為什麼學校把資源放到"八達通自動售賣系統",而不是放在這些更迫切的問題上?我真的想不通了...

我相信大家都是為學校好的人,以上只是小弟的愚見,希望大家可以用另一個角度思考問題。
[> [> Subject: Re: 如日前有用詞不當, 請見諒


Author:
手非長
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Date Posted: 12:05:31 09/12/11 Mon

師弟仔,如日前回覆時有用詞不當, 請見諒.

其實濟記有一大問題是科目上資源分配上很不平均.

先工作, 遲些談.
[> [> Subject: 把資源分開來談


Author:
公仔佬
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Date Posted: 12:50:38 09/12/11 Mon

1. 八達通系統是教育局給學校提升行政效率的一筆過津貼,不用花費學校的經常性開支。

2. 電腦設備教育局每年有提供經常性開支,每若干年亦會撥款更新電腦設備,也不用學校擔心。

3. 至如咪箱,更是學校支出中的微不足道的一環,只屬日常運作的支出。

4. 聖芳濟基金每年都有撥款給學校聘請額外老師,雖然不是外籍英語老師,但也為學生的分班英語教學提供額外資源。

5. 當然我們希望學校能善加運用這一項不是每一所學校都有的資源;而基金會則須計劃如何將這一隻雞的生命延長。

6. 最終,學校教育水平的提升,冇錢故然不行,但並不是有錢便可以水到渠成。
[> Subject: $6000捐比慈善團體都唔捐比聖芳濟啦!


Author:
捐都唔捐比聖芳濟啦!
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Date Posted: 13:13:52 09/17/11 Sat

>Dear Alumni,
>
>Whether you like it or not, you will soon be receiving
>a sum of
>HK$6,000.00 from the HKSAR Government. You may have
>various plans for
>spending this money. One meaningful way of using this
>windfall, we
>suggest, will be to make a donation to St. Francis
>Xavier’s College
>Foundation Limited (“SFXC Foundation”) as a token of
>your love and support
>for our alma mater.
>
>As you know SFXC Foundation was established in 2006
>following the 50th
>Anniversary celebration of our alma mater in 2005. It
>is a registered
>charitable organization under s.88 of the Inland
>Revenue Ordinance. We
>started off with some HK$10 million comprising
>donations from hearty
>alumni. This money and its return from investment over
>the past few years
>have been used to support our alma mater for:
>a. improving school facilities;
>b. enhancing teaching capability; and
>c. disbursing scholarship to outstanding students, and
>subsidy to needy
>students.
>
>To this date, totally $1,700,000.00 had been expensed
>for granting
>scholarships to outstanding students, financing
>support to needy students,
>and improving standard of teaching staff and quality
>of school facilities.
>
>As an old boy with loving feeling towards our alma
>mater, you would no
>doubt share our eagerness that our alma mater
>continues to be one of the
>top secondary schools in Hong Kong. To this end, we
>earnestly appeal to
>you to use this windfall for a worthy cause by
>donating it to SFXC
>Foundation. All you have to do is to fill in the
>attached donation form
>and send to us together with a cheque payable to
>“SFXC FOUNDATION
>LIMITED”.
>
>Thank you in anticipation of your generous support.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Ng Ngai Man Raymond (K78)
>Chairman, Management Committee of
>St. Francis Xavier’s College Foundation Limited

好多有需要的人等錢開飯,$6000應該捐比佢地先,幾時輪到聖芳濟呀?聖芳濟推出咁多紀念品都賺唔少啦。我都未見過有學校咁商業化,出咁多產品,e.g. USB,戒指,心口針.....

請問公仔佬做校長間學校有冇咁多產品推出?
[> [> Subject: 多謝回覆


Author:
公仔佬
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Date Posted: 21:57:43 09/17/11 Sat

平心討論,是我最希望大家做的事。

捐款給學校協助發展、為慈善團體籌款和售賣紀念品是三項不同的事工,也不應混為一談。

但三件事情都有一個共通點,就是只可鼓勵,不能強逼。

捐款協助學校發展,每間校情不同,需求自不一樣。款項來源,不外乎校友、家長和校外商業機構。通常,有明確的用途和能說明確切的需要,籌得的款項便愈多。至於捐給誰,誰更需要,那要由捐款者決定。正如今次基金呼籲校友捐款,但接著十二月的音樂會也呼籲校友贊助,校友可能兩項活動都支持,也可能只支持其中一項,這便是交由校友去決定。當然,如果兩項籌款的日期不是那麼接近,效果可能會更好。

為慈善團體籌款,則是教育學生樂於助人的好機會,故也值得鼓勵,次數多少也不拘,總之隨緣樂助。觀瑪四十周年校慶步行籌款及音樂會也分別為中大宗教教育及公益金籌款,則是一個校慶籌款和慈善籌款合一的一個例子。

至於售賣紀念品,則屬紀念意義,故校慶會出,學生會及校友會也可以出,只要不是強逼要買,發行單位自負盈虧,哪也不見得有甚麼問題。

因此,如果同學了解學校籌款和售賣活動的來龍去脈,可能不滿的情緒會略為緩和。

其實我希望各位同學都可以開心見誠向學校客觀地反映意見,幫助學校一天比一天進步,因為學校是屬於每一位 Xaverian 的。


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