In Memory of Pein Kee Liu (劉炳基校友)

3rd from right (back row) was Pein Kee Liu (劉炳基校友)

Pein Kee Liu (Pin Si) and his late brother Pin Kai were boarders at CACS.  Pin Si, a very athletic student, played both basketball and soccer in school. He came to the U.S. in 1971.  He married a former doctor Angela Paw (St. Emilie's Convent) in Hong Kong in 1977.  Together they have a daughter Alexandria.

Around 1991, he joined the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which is the seventh largest public transit system in the United States. It is a large city department with a fleet of about 1,000 vehicles that consist of diesel buses, cable cars and light rail vehicles (LRV).  Pin Si, a good mechanic, was patient and thorough when diagnosing and repairing a car or a light rail vehicle.  He moved up through the ranks to become a superintendent in the mechanical division of the department. As a superintendent, he was powerful with the authority to procure machinery or services worth tens of thousands of dollars. Pin Si was friendly to everyone, but would stand up to anyone to fight for his principles, even at the cost of making enemies within the department. During his 30-year service there, he helped his co-workers from Burma get promoted in their jobs and protected them when they were bullied by their supervisors.

Pin Si invested in real estate to make his money grow for his family. He generously and anonymously donated a large sum of money to coronavirus victims in China through WHAA when news of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak first hit the world in March 2020.

May Pin Si rest in peace!

2nd from right (back row) was Pein Kee Liu (劉炳基校友)

Pin Si (right) seeing Kenneth Law (middle) off at Mingladon Airport in 1969

Pin Si (2nd right) and Kenneth Law (2nd left) with their friends at RASU swimming pool in 1962

Pin Si (back row 3rd left) with Edward Wong (back row 2nd left), Kenneth Law (back row 3rd right), Dr. Kyaw Win (front row left), Latt Su (front row 2nd right) posed a photo with Eugene Yee (front row middle) before Eugene's departure in 1961

Pin Si and Angela got married in Hong Kong in 1977

Pein Kee Liu (3rd from left) and wife Angela with guests Edward Wong (right) and his wife Shirley, Joe Chow (left) and Steven Leesan Kong (2nd from left)

Pein Kee Liu (right front) and wife Angela (middle) with guests Edward Wong (back row right) and his wife Shirley and his sister-in-law Pansy Shoung (left)

Pein Kee Liu (middle) with Kenneth Law (right) and Steven Leesan Kong (left) at Wan Hua Alumni Association's Chinese New Year dinner party 

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