【慈幼通訊社
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2015 年
3 月
23 日中國香港訊】
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香港仔工業學校為慶祝建校八十周年，特別邀請曾於1986至1989年擔任院長的陳日君樞機，主持感恩彌撒。在場參與的慈幼會士、恩人、舊生、老師及學生，藉這機會感謝天主對這團體沛降遐福。學校特別舉行開放日，為參觀者帶來美好的回憶，並展示了生生不息的學校生活。
建校之時，香港仍為英國的殖民地。上世紀二十世代初，一群華籍商人及慈善家，願意為草根階層的華籍孩子，設立一所工業學校。他們曾到訪慈幼中學，即慈幼會士在中華會省設立的第一所學校。他們看到慈幼會士向250位寄宿生所提供的工業教育，留下了深刻的印象。因此，他們開始聯絡香港殖民地政府和慈幼會，著手成立香港仔兒童工藝院 ─ 學校成立之初的名字。學校於1935年3月正式開幕，由當時的省會長畢少懷神父，以及港督貝璐主持開幕典禮。
學校自成立開始，一直由慈幼會士管理，為本地及東南亞地區工業教育的典範。在過去八十年，學校經歷多重巨變 ─ 包括校舍、課程、寄宿部等各方面。現任院長林仲偉神父，在講道時則分享到，有少數地方是歷久不變的。學校永遠是受青年歡迎的地方。老師與慈幼會士時常實踐著鮑思高神父的預防教育法，尤其在關愛與協助學生方面。學生大都勤奮向學，秉承著校徽上齒輪的象徵意義。
挑戰總是接踵而來。願善牧耶穌繼續護守我們教育青年的使命，使他們都成為「熱心的基督徒和良好公民。」
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Aberdeen Technical School, 80th Anniversary Thanksgiving Mass & Open Day
(ANS - RMG –Roma, 02 March 2015) – Aberdeen Technical School celebrated its 80 anniversary with a thanksgiving Mass with Cardinal Joseph Zen SDB, who was the Rector of the school from 1986-1989, as the main celebrant. Salesians, benefactors, alumni, teachers and students at present took this opportunity to praise God for his abundant blessing to the community. An open day was organized to recall the loving memories and to present the ever-lively school life.
It was the time when Hong Kong was still a British colony. In the early 1920s, a group of Chinese merchants and philanthropists wanted to set up a technical school for the Chinese children in the grassroots. They visited the Instituto Salesiano, which was the first Salesian presence in China province. They were impressed by the technical education given by the Salesians to the 250 boarders. And thus, they began to liaise with the Hong Kong colonial government and the Salesian Society for the setting up of Aberdeen Industrial School – the name of the school at its foundation. The school was officially opened on March 1935 by then-Provincial, the Servant of God Fr. Carlo Braga, and Governor William Peel.
Since its foundation, the school is administered by the Salesians. It has served to be the model of technical education locally and in the region of Southeast Asia. In the past 80 years, the school underwent enormous changes – the premises, curriculum, boarding section, etc. But as the present Rector, Fr. Simon Lam, shared in the homily, there are few things remained unchanged. The school has always been a welcoming place for all young people. Teachers and Salesians have always been practicing the Preventive System of Don Bosco, particularly in the aspect of loving-kindness and assistance to our students. And students have always been hardworking. This is symbolized by the gear in the school’s coat of arms.
Challenges have never been and, for sure, never will be lacking. May Jesus, the Good Shepherd, continue to guide us in the education of the young so that they may be “honest citizens and good Christians.”