雖然本港冠狀病毒的疫情已有所緩和，距離復課日期不遠，但我們絕不可鬆懈，學校亦會嚴陣以待，日前校方已外聘專業消毒公司，為學校進行徹底的消毒。專業消毒公司使用本港大學發明的新型智能殺菌塗層（MAP-1），新塗層原理是在物體表面形成殺菌膜，接觸到微生物的包膜和生物分子時會將之破壞。有效殺滅99.9%，如麻疹、腮腺炎、風疹等高傳染性細菌和病毒，以及抗藥性較冠狀病毒更高的貓杯狀病毒，有效防禦引發當前疫情的新型冠狀病毒，有效期長達六個月，讓師生們回校時多一分保護及多一份安心。期望大家努力做好個人衛生，復課後見到各位健健康康返回「葉紀南」的大家庭，一起再次享受愉快的校園生活。

    順祝各位家長、師生及校友們佛力加庇，身心康泰，生活愉快。

蘇家樑 校長
22/4/2020

     'When the going gets tough, the tough get going!'

     Owing to COVID-19, all students and teachers need to stay home, and we are no exception. Though our students cannot go to school as usual, they have kept learning via real-time online classes and self-studying as adopted by our school since March. This distance learning mode requires self-discipline and punctuality. Initially, I am doubtful about it, but as time goes by, I find that I have unnecessary worries. In fact, YKN teachers are professional and caring – they insist conducting real-time online classes for students during class suspension even though some teachers feel ill because they try their best to help students sustain their good learning habits.

     What is more, our teachers teach S6 students exam skills and answer their questions till mid-night; they also follow up on their attendance right away and care about their health conditions during class suspension. I do believe that the overall 90% attendance is due to our teachers' efforts and care.

  At this critical moment, I am grateful to all students and teachers for their endeavours. As the old saying goes, 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going!' – despite facing challenges, we persist in learning and teaching during class suspension and fight against adversity.
This is our pride as YKN.

         Though the pandemic is getting less serious and classes will be resumed later, we stay alert and hire a service provider specialized in disinfecting at our campus. This company adopts Multilevel Antimicrobial Polymer (MAP-1) coating invented by a local university and it is effective in killing viruses, bacteria, and even hard-to-kill spores. MAP-1 can inactivate up to 99.9 per cent of highly-infectious viruses such as measles, mumps and rubella, and 99.99 per cent of the surrogate feline calicivirus (FCV) –  a gold standard for disinfection efficiency and is more resistant than coronaviruses such as the one responsible for COVID-19 epidemic. The MAP-1 coating is highly versatile with an effective period of up to 6 months so that our students and teachers can feel safer and better at school. It is also hoped to see you all practise good personal hygiene, come back for YKN family union healthily and enjoy a happy school life again after class resumption.

     May I wish all students, parents and alumni good health and happiness with Buddha’s blessings.

Mr. So Ka Leung
Principal