alums, given that its location was home to a popular HKIS hangout in the late ‘80s and early ’90s – Table & Chair. At Panevino, classmates caught up over the events of past two decades and looked forward to the coming days’ events. Reliving memories of Lan Kwai Fong – Pravesh Narain, Andreas Schallenberger, Mari Saito Hinden, Mary Ansvananda Prothero, Bonny Pratt and Kelly Davis Mcconnell
A greeting from the Alumni Office welcoming the participants of the Tai Tam school tour
Guy Raccah, Patrick Tsai and Yong Ho Lee at Armani Privé
Tram go’ers Tracey Sprengeler Harris, Tim Chen, Bonny Pratt and Kelly Davis Mcconnell
Monica Wong, Anne Silin, Yong Ho Lee, Pam Tung and Scott Prebola at Bit Point
Art Berman, Traci Tong, Anne Silin and Rebecca Chien at Armani Privé
On Friday morning, over a dozen alums and family members met at the HKIS High School campus in Tai Tam for a school tour organized by Chantal and the Alumni Office. The group was impressed by how much the school had grown, particularly with the addition of the Middle School campus. A little-known fact is that the Class of ’92 was the first class to have spent all four years of high school at the Tai Tam campus, which opened in the fall of 1989. While at the school, the group also took some time perusing old yearbooks and having a good laugh at some of the photos. Another nostalgic HKIS activity, a tram party, was planned for that Friday night. Over 30 tram-goers gathered at the depot in the Western District of Hong Kong island to board the old school-style tram that was suitably decorated with a Chinese medicine ad. Unlike high school days of yore, this tram party included members of the next generation – Tim Chen’s son, Joshua, and Leyla Hoosain Lavenir’s daughter, Anais, both of whom were fast asleep by the time the group disembarked in Central after traversing the island. An interesting feature of modern day tram parties was the presence of a “tram mother” whose role was apparently to make sure there was no underage drinking going on. We therefore made sure Joshua and Anais were only drinking water or milk. After disembarking from the tram with unfinished drinks still in hand, members of the group made its way to one of the only remaining establishments in Lan Kwai Fong still unchanged from our high school days – German bier haus, Bit Point. Songs from the early ’90s were blared on repeat on the jukebox as round after round of sickeningly sweet shots of Schnapps were consumed by the group.
Ladies’ man Tim Chen with Monica Wong and Angela Wu at Armani Privé
Gorgeous as usual – Kelly Davis Mcconnell and Sara Morad at Armani Privé
Dinner at Peking Garden on Saturday night was the reunion’s main event, with DragonTales
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