(明報)2011年1月6日 星期四 05:05
【明報專訊】Szeto Wah played many roles. He helped draft Hong Kong's Basic Law, co-founded the Democratic Party, founded and headed the Professional Teachers' Union (教協), sat on the Legislative Council and chaired the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China (支聯會 ).
Born in 1931, Uncle Wah began to teach primary school in 1952. He subsequently became a headmaster. In 1985, he was returned to the Legislative Council by the education constituency. In 1985, he was appointed to the Basic Law Drafting Committee together with Martin Lee Chu-ming (李柱銘 ) and others. The two resigned from it in the wake of the June 4 incident (1989). Uncle Wah was barred from the mainland, as is Martin Lee.
He was generally critical of the mainland authorities, but he supported the Democratic Party's proposal, by virtue of which the 2012 constitutional reform package went through the Legislative Council in May 2010.
Born in 1931, Uncle Wah began to teach primary school in 1952. He subsequently became a headmaster. In 1985, he was returned to the Legislative Council by the education constituency. In 1985, he was appointed to the Basic Law Drafting Committee together with Martin Lee Chu-ming (李柱銘 ) and others. The two resigned from it in the wake of the June 4 incident (1989). Uncle Wah was barred from the mainland, as is Martin Lee.
He was generally critical of the mainland authorities, but he supported the Democratic Party's proposal, by virtue of which the 2012 constitutional reform package went through the Legislative Council in May 2010.
He was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in November 2009. He did his best to keep up with his belief when he agreed in November 2010 to serve a new term as chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.
花名「傻仔華」 愛書少說話
(明報)2011年1月4日 星期二 05:05
【明報專訊】在有線電視的訪問中，司徒華亦講述與雙親和弟妹的往事。華叔一生言行受父母影響極深，爸爸責任感極強，12歲起即「擔起頭家」，華叔亦以此為榜樣，父親死後由他負責供養弟妹；媽媽著重教育，即使戰亂亦堅持讓子女讀書，而愛讀書少說話的性格，除了令他走上教書之路，亦贏得「傻仔華」的花名。
受父母影響極深
1942年，華叔10歲喪母，父親在他21歲時也撒手塵寰，他在10兄弟姊妹中排第三，「我兄弟姊妹特別多，我又不突出，媽媽分給我的愛不多」。但他對父母敬愛甚深，又以顧家老父為榜樣，10歲就替病母照顧7名弟妹，當年中學畢業，因父肝癌病危，他決定放棄追逐航海夢，於52年讀師範掙取每月65元生活津貼幫補家計，父親死後又供養孻弟完成中學，對家人是無條件付出。
原籍廣東開平的他，1931年在港出生，父親任職牛奶公司，母親文盲，因「成日鼓埋泡腮」，被弟妹稱為「鼓氣華」。年幼時，司徒華第一次得到1仙零用錢，租了一本「公仔書」，看後覺得十分有趣，時常自言自語講故事，又被弟妹取笑這愛讀書哥哥是「傻仔」，改花名「傻仔華」。1941年日軍進攻香港，華叔與家人逃回家鄉廣東開平，母親不支病倒，照顧弟妹責任落在華叔身上，某夜母親疼痛難言，司徒華靜靜為母捶背，母親說﹕「你好乖，阿媽好番買口野畀你食。」1942年戰爭更激烈，同時病魔也死纏母親，母親於同年離世，司徒華生前一直盼望回到開平為慈母掃墓。
照顧家人 棄航海夢
受父母影響極深
1942年，華叔10歲喪母，父親在他21歲時也撒手塵寰，他在10兄弟姊妹中排第三，「我兄弟姊妹特別多，我又不突出，媽媽分給我的愛不多」。但他對父母敬愛甚深，又以顧家老父為榜樣，10歲就替病母照顧7名弟妹，當年中學畢業，因父肝癌病危，他決定放棄追逐航海夢，於52年讀師範掙取每月65元生活津貼幫補家計，父親死後又供養孻弟完成中學，對家人是無條件付出。
原籍廣東開平的他，1931年在港出生，父親任職牛奶公司，母親文盲，因「成日鼓埋泡腮」，被弟妹稱為「鼓氣華」。年幼時，司徒華第一次得到1仙零用錢，租了一本「公仔書」，看後覺得十分有趣，時常自言自語講故事，又被弟妹取笑這愛讀書哥哥是「傻仔」，改花名「傻仔華」。1941年日軍進攻香港，華叔與家人逃回家鄉廣東開平，母親不支病倒，照顧弟妹責任落在華叔身上，某夜母親疼痛難言，司徒華靜靜為母捶背，母親說﹕「你好乖，阿媽好番買口野畀你食。」1942年戰爭更激烈，同時病魔也死纏母親，母親於同年離世，司徒華生前一直盼望回到開平為慈母掃墓。
照顧家人 棄航海夢
司徒華記得，父親曾問三兒子的志願，大哥二哥要做科學家、大將軍，父親大讚志氣可嘉，文質彬彬的司徒華想不出有何志願比大哥二哥好，於是不作聲，父親一口嘆息，否定這個壯志未成的小伙子。至1951年司徒華於皇仁書院畢業，他本想當海員，夢想「孤身走天涯」，郵輪電報員是當年最理想職業，但因父親患肝癌，司徒華的夢想亦破滅，「原本已報讀工專，讀無線電發報……學費貴，父親又病重，剛好葛量洪師範學院開校，政府津貼每名學生每月65元生活費，於是我讀師範。」
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