Pioneering Paulines

Wong Chung Ying entered St. Paul’s College as a day student, graduating in 1937. After further studies, Wong took over the family business: goods trading and distribution. Wong founded Man On Hong (present-day Toshiba Hong Kong) and operated Mantile Company, which imported dried seafood from Japan. Such entrepreneurship established him as one of the top merchants among Chinese-operated trading houses. Wong was additionally active in public affairs, once serving as the district governor of Lions Club International in Hong Kong and Macau, as a former president of the Chinese Club, and so on.

St. Paul’s left a deep impression on Wong. He particularly remembered the daily assemblies, a tradition that continues to this day. Another was the tight-knit student-teacher relationship; then-principals Arthur Stewart and later Evan Stewart would often invite students to the College hostel for casual conversation. Wong remained committed to his alma mater and once sat on the College council. He also set up the Wong Yun Tong Scholarship in 1981, named in memory of his father.

黃頌盈以走讀生身份入讀聖保羅書院，於一九三七年畢業。畢業後，黃氏遵父命接手家族生意，從事出入口貿易，包括創辦民安行，經營民泰行等——前者代理東芝家庭電器，後者代理日本海味，爲南北行之佼佼者。商務以外，黃氏亦熱心公務、貢獻家鄕，曾任獅子會三〇三區（港澳）總監、華商會所主席等職務。

就讀書院時，令黃氏印象深刻是當時（以至現今）每日上課前設有早會的傳統，以及與他親如兄弟的師長，包括性格隨和的史超域和史伊尹校長。兩位校長均會邀請學生到宿舍茶聚及交流。黃氏畢業後仍熱心舊校事務，曾任​​書院校董，並在一九八一年於本校成立黃潤棠獎學金，以記念其父親。