Cheung Chau Government Secondary School

Secondary school in Hong Kong

22°12′23.74″N 114°1′48.99″E / 22.2065944°N 114.0302750°E / 22.2065944; 114.0302750InformationSchool typeGovernment-operated, Secondary schoolMottoThrough learning and temperance to virtueEstablishedc. July 1908; 115 years ago (July 1908)School districtIslands DistrictSupervisorGloria Li Ho Suk-waPrincipalLau Man-szeStaff32GradesSecondary 1 to 6GenderCo-educationalClasses12LanguageChineseArea8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft)Websitewww.ccgss.edu.hk

Cheung Chau Government Secondary School (Chinese: 長洲官立中學) is a government-operated secondary school located on the outlying island of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1908[1] by Chinese-American Wu Songyiu.[citation needed] It uses Chinese as the medium of instruction for all subjects except English language.[2]

History

In the early days of the school's founding, the training hall at Daxin Street was used as the school building. It was not until 1928 that the red-brick school building was completed and opened at its current location. The opening ceremony was presided over by the then-Secretary for Education, Woody Woods.[3]

The school was originally a primary school, until 1961 when it was converted into a secondary school and renamed to its current name.[4]

Historical conservation

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War II, the red-brick school building served as the Japanese military headquarters. It has been listed as a Grade II historic building since 18 December 2009 and is one of six existing pre-war government school buildings in Hong Kong.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b 陳國豪; 陳國豪, 黃柔柔 (2019). 線下導賞：屢見仍鮮的香港古蹟 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 明窗出版社. p. 194. ISBN 9789888526284.
  2. ^ "School Information". Committee on Home-School Co-operation. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ 廖書蘭 (2018). 被忽略的主角：新界鄉議局發展及其中華民族文化承傳 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 商務印書館(香港)有限公司. p. 245. ISBN 9789620772726.
  4. ^ "School History" (PDF). Cheung Chau Government Secondary School. 18 May 2024. pp. 2, 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as of 7 March 2024)" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. 7 March 2024. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.