Reported By Sidney Fong
Edited by Leo Mak
Photos by Sidney Fong and Patrick Leung

Let's talk about the extraordinary Dress Casual Day this year! Organized by the Community Chest, "Dress Casual Day" is a brilliant idea. While the working class and students can have a chance to dress casually at work or at school, the Community Chest can raise funds for themselves. Our college has always been a great supporter, and this year is no exception. This year we had our Dress Casual Day on 24th September, 1999. An interesting fact was that our Opening Mass was also held on this day. As the Opening Mass was considered a "half day off" (we only had to take the first few lessons), we were even more "casual" than that of the previous years.

The day started as usual with students going to school at usual time, however, the most unusual thing is, that they are not in school uniform but casual clothing. The lower form students showed great excitement and interest for not wearing school uniform during lessons. When the lessons started, the Students' Union and the Social Service Group went into the classrooms to collect donations from students and teachers. Although students are only requested to donate twenty dollars, most of them showed great generosity and contributed more. Our staff showed great support in this event, and all of them donated at least 50 dollars! Our charitable principal, Brother Thomas, even donated 100 dollars! How kind the hearts of us Josephians towards those in need are!

This year, the Student Union's Chairman was interviewed by some reporters, and later, an article about our school's Dress Casual Day appeared on The-Sun on 29th September, 1999.