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To Learn, To Respect,

To Love

School principal Yuon Fuk-lung shares his education philosphy and future insights.

By Jasmine Lam

econdary school principal “
SYuon Fuk-lung wakes up at 5
a.m. every morning, spends four The students are my sons and daughters.
to five hours commuting from Fo If I don’t love them, I can’t make it,
Tan to Tung Chung, then to Tai O
to reach the Buddhist Fat Ho Me- ”
morial College at 7:30 a.m. to greet
his students. He also shares his love with two parents in the future. If they learn
dogs, a Bernese Mountain called to respect animals, they will re-
Big Ben, and a Border Collie called spect humans and nature,” Yuon
“If I don’t love them, how can I Panda. Yuon uses the dogs to teach says.
come back every single day at 7:30 students to be respectful.
a.m.? The driving force is love. Stu- “Before teaching students how to
dents are my sons and daughters,” “My education philosophy is re- study, you need to help foster their
says Yuon, who has been teaching spect. If students learn to be re- love for school first,” the principal
at the College for 13 years.
sponsible, they will be responsible adds.

Y u o n F u k - l ung talks to studen ts du ring l u nchtime.
Yuon Fuk-lung talks to students during lunchtime.