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This memorial website was created in memory of our Dad, Yuk Wing Raymond Chiu, 趙煜榮, who passed away on April 15, 2018.
We invite you to view the pages as we share with you the life and person of Yuk Wing. We will remember him and miss him dearly.
**You are also invited to add your reflections, photos, and personal stories of our Dad in English or in Chinese on this memorial website, which intends to remain, and will continue to be updated. **
We treasure your sharing, and we appreciate your condolences.
趙煜榮先生於2018年4月15日安息主懷。
這個網站是一個紀念他的空間。我們邀請您與我們在這裡一起回憶煜榮的一生。
**我們也邀請您在這個網站貼上(中、英均可)您和他的故事與相片,與我們分享。**
我們惦念他,不捨得他的離去。我們亦感謝您們的分享和慰問。
The Chiu Family
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Leave a tribute從此陰陽相隔,卻無意触动心弦潸然淚下。
至此望天边,任红霞照落日,也无意观赏,回想趙兄舊日风彩依然, 謙謙君子, 是 我等後輩之模範 。祝趙兄安息於天堂。
老弟位元拜上。
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When we took this picture...
I remember that we had to be in this same pose to get the best picture possible. Dad set the timer and camera on the tripod a few times. The sun was in our eyes. Tried hard not to look away but still did!
This new home was huge compared to our previous place in Hong Kong. I loved running my toes through the shag carpet in the family room. Couldn't believe this was to be our home from then on.
Life-long friends.
Even as a small child, I knew Dad had really good friends, special people he called "brothers". There are more of them than just those pictured here. These friends were so close to our father that they treated our Grandma as if she was their own mother and we called "uncles" and "aunts". These friends watched us grow up, move away, move back and witnessed Dad's life journey almost in its entirety.
Dad never lost touch with these friends over seven decades even though many of them moved elsewhere- Australia, New Zealand, U.S., Canada and other places.
To Dad's special friends, we say "thank you" for the special bond and the love you shared with our father. Your friendship with Dad impacted the rest of his family in ways you will never know. May God bless you all and give you comfort and solace at this time.
When Daddy met Sally...
Dad said that he first met Mom while working in an import/export company. Mom was working as a typist at a different firm in the same building. That was her first job ever fresh out of school, and she was nervous and a bit frazzled, lugging a heavy typewriter around. I guess they started talking... and the rest was history.
Dad was not at his company for very long before moving on, and Sally too did not stay at her job there for long because she then enrolled in teacher's college and then became a primary school teacher. So it was a very narrow window of time that Dad could have met Sally.
Dad said that Mom was a fresh-faced young woman, so pure, innocent, and so good. That was what impressed him about her.
I am not 100% sure, but I think it was Mom who gave Dad the English name, Raymond.