Yew Chung Launches 80th Anniversary Celebration with Founder's Day

Yew Chung Launches 80th Anniversary Celebration with Founder's Day PR Newswire HONG KONG, Sept. 13, 2012 - On September 21, 2012, Founder's Day will launch celebrations to mark 80 years of Yew Chung education. HONG KONG, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- All Yew Chung International School (YCIS) and Yew Wah International Education School (YWIES) campuses will honour the milestone of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the schools. Over 8,000 students and 2,000 staff members on campuses across Greater China, in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Qingdao, Yantai and Shenzhen, along with Silicon Valley in the US, will gather for a day of activities and special acknowledgements. Sports opportunities for all ages will highlight the schools' spirit of success, achievement and integration. (Photo http://www.ycis-schools.com/edm/80th_anniversary.html) (Caption: Over the eight decades since, YCIS has remained committed to educating the whole person, combining the best elements of Eastern and Western philosophies.) Eighty years can be a lifetime. For Yew Chung it is a momentous stage and a chance to honour its founder, Madam Tsang Chor-hang, and her legacy, which is still receiving world recognition today. Madam Tsang Chor-hang was inspired to provide education to young children starting in 1932 in Hong Kong. Her strength, devotion and commitment bore fruits as she continued through decades of much change in the region.