Paper Talk, November 16, 2013

The principal of a secondary school in Tuen Mun has washed the feet of two graduate representatives at its annual graduation day ceremony since the school held its first one a decade ago. Principal Yip Chi-sio, of the Stewards Ma Kam Ming Charitable Foundation Ma Ko Pan Memorial College, stages the ritual based on a Bible story. Vice-principal So Chun-wai said he believed the act would teach pupils humility, a virtue the school considered more important than academic achievement. Ma Ko Pan, despite being a relatively new school in a remote district, has produced graduates who have gone on to prestigious universities such as Cambridge.