When Old Friends Meet

Just returned from my first trip to South Island of New Zealand.

Kwong Ming happened to be in Dunedin and we spent a day together sightseeing and dining. Attached is a picture to let you see how 'young and handsome' we are.

Cheng Yat Hei

The Internet: For Better or For Worse

We are delighted to have our classmate Yau Lop Poon contributing to our blog again. His articles are most valued by our classmates and have often provided us with food for thought about where we have come from since our BHJS days and where we are going from here and now.

幸福生活vs.囚徒生活 /邱立本

不知道從什麼時候開始，手提電腦放在桌上都是二十四小時開著，連接著無線上網，全年無休。種種的資訊，就像水龍頭的自來水一樣，自由地、毫無拘束地 ，流到你的腦袋。

這是二十一世紀初葉開始的幸福生活？彈指之間，一切都變得那麼唾手而得。報紙雜誌总会灰飛煙滅，網上的新聞資訊，每一秒鐘都是截稿時間。九一一恐怖襲擊，最先發佈新聞的就是互聯網，而不是電台廣播或電視。

網上的資訊還可以互動，彼此交流、深化，而不是被動地接受。當然，在手提電腦上，還可免費打長途電話，彼此skype或 MSN，無論天涯海角，都不用花一毛錢，加上攝錄鏡頭，還可以聞其聲，也看其人。

但這是否也是另一種囚徒生活的開始？人成了電腦的奴隸，不可須臾離開。免費長途影音電話出現，更使不少人失去了隱私權，只要電腦開著，就彷彿進入了乔治。奧威爾的《一九八四》，每個人都被老大哥看得死死的。

有這樣的互聯網，人還需要敵人嗎？

Kung Hei Fat Choy & Our Grand Reunion

Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous Year of the Pig.

Our grand reunion has taken a concrete step forward. We have now fixed our August dates as follows:

Aug 10-16 Yangzijiang cruise (six days)
Aug 17 Macau tour
Aug 18 Reunion party at BHJS
Aug 19 Hong Kong tour
Aug 20-25 Vietnam tour (five days)

For teachers and classmates from overseas who can only come back in September 2007, we will arrange separate reunion functions for them.

Please fill out the registration form to book your place for any or all of the reunion functions. To obtain more details and the registration form, please e-mail me at martin.kwong@yahoo.com.hk.