Remembering my father as Beijing Olympics 2022 will be just a week away

Remembering my father as Beijing Olympics 2022 will be just a week away. 2022北京奧運下星期把中國帶到世界舞台上, 我想念我的父親.

My father Tsoi Ping Fan was a soccer player for South China Athletic Association in Hong Kong from 1917 – 1953. He had also represented Hong Kong at the Far East Championship Game in Manila Philippines in May 1921.

我的父親蔡炳勲在1917-1953年期間是香港華南協會的一名足球員。他還曾代表香港參加 1921 年 5 月在菲律賓馬尼拉舉行的遠東錦標賽.

My father was a graduate of Wanchai Government School and Queen College graduate. My Grandfather Tsoi Ying, was schoolmates at Queen’s College with Ho Tung, Chow Shou Sun and Lee Ming Chat. Grandfather, Tsoi Ying had turned down HK Government to offer him to become a Justice of Peace as he was required to pay an annual fee to HK Government, but what he didn’t know that his signature would make a lot of money as a J. P.

Albert Choi (my 93 years old 2nd brother lives in Vancouver Canada): My Grandfather Tsoi Ying was manager director of Taikoo shipyard and he was the one who had started free primary school for the children of the worker and subsidised housing for all the workers. He also donate coffins and expenses for their furneral. Even though I was young, he wanted me to give speech at the opening of the free workers primary school at that time. I was lucky to have a grandfather like him. Contrary we had hardly see our father as he always spend most of his time at the tennis courts or soccer fields. He always participate in Hongkong annual swim across the harbour and he almost lost his life once due to the strong current in the harbour. By the way grandfather also represented his company to receive the surrender by the Japanese on August 15 1945 and South China Morning Post had took picture. The Japanese general surrendered his sword to my Grandfather who gave it to me when I came to Canada. I left the sword in Penticton BC Canada at a Exhibition of Chinese Cultural Show before moving back to Vancouver. Penticton museum had refused to give me the sword back as I wanted to donate to the Chinese Cultural Center in Vancouver instead.

https://www.scaa.org.hk/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_Championship_Games