King's College, Hong Kong

For other uses, see King's College (disambiguation).
King's College, Hong Kong
Chinese: 英皇書院

Meticulous thoughts, Diligent actions
Chinese: 慎思篤行
Location

63A Bonham Road,

Mid-Levels,  Hong Kong
Information
Type Public, single-sex
Religious affiliation(s) Non-sectarian
Established 1857 (West Point School)
1879 (Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School)
1926 (King's college)
Founders George VI
Reginald Edward Stubbs
Mr. Alfred Morris
Principal Mrs. Chan Woo Mei-hou, Nancy[1]
Staff ~60
Grades Form 1(G7) – Form 6(G12)
Number of students ~800 students
Language English
Color(s)      King's crimson
Newspaper The Bridge
Yearbook The Fig Tree
Website http://www.kings.edu.hk

King's College, Hong Kong (Chinese: 英皇書院), often informally referred to simply as King's or K.C., is a highly selective single-sex boys' secondary school located at 63A Bonham Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong.

School history

West Point School (1857–1879)

Background

West Point School is the precursor of Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School and King’s College. This boys school was a free village school supported by the Government stand [2][3] as well as one of the earliest government schools on the Island of Hong Kong, which established in 1857 [4] next to the Police Station at West Point.[5] Indeed, among all the present government schools, it had the longest school history amounted to 159 years. West Point referred to the location of the shore off the Pokfulam Road and Queen's Road West, approximately the junction of Western Street and Des Voeux Road West near the Western Police Station.

The hours of tuition are from 6 to 8 a.m., 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m.[6] Hakka section was established in 1866 while the original one renamed as Punti section, the school divided into two sections respectively since then.[7] In 1872, the school name changed from West Point School to Saiyingpun School.[8] It was under the management of the Basel Mission which occupied the fourteenth place on the list in 1877.[9] There was a great impetus to the study of English in the educational aspects in 1878 that Governor Hennessy advocated the enhancement of English Language and English speaking among the natives of Hong Kong. Hence, English teaching was introduced in the course of the year in Saiyingpun School and finally the establishment of a Method Class with a view to train the Chinese teachers of English for employment in the Village Schools was begun. The Acting Inspector of Schools stated that he felt confident that it will sooner or later be found necessary to enlarge the teaching staff in order to meet the demand for English teaching in this school.[10] Therefore, Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School was established in 1879 because of the above policy.

The first Principal started from 1859 [11] was Mr. Li King-chau,[12] who passed away in 1870.[13] Mr. Cha Lun-kok [14] and Mr. Chu Atuk [15] were the teachers. The latter was appointed to teach English in the school and also taught in Taipingshan Government School.

The number of boys is 62 in 1859, which separated into four classes.[16] Girl students were admitted since 1868 in Punti whereas 1872 in Hakka section. In Punti section, the number increased a lot from the year of 1876 to 1878. The number of students in Punti section reaches 100 in the year of 1876.[17] According to the statics recorded in the Hong Kong Government Gazettes and Blue Books from 1857 to 1879, the total number of students in the school increased steadily to 200 students approximately in the last few years. The students’ attendance was also quite good during the years.

The Chinese Elementary Books, their Classics, Geography and the English Language are taught by competent native teachers.[18] Moreover, several kinds of books are required to study in the government schools are as follows. Native books including Yau Hok, Trimetrical Classic, Thousand Character Book, Four Books, Five Classics and Chinese Grammar. Foreign books for instance New Testament, Muirhead’s Geography, Do. History of England, Sacred History, Trimetrical Classic as well as Ten Commandments. English books for example Serious of Lessons, Morrison’s Chinese-English Grammar, Circle of Knowledge and Geography.[19] The Punti section increased from the fifth in 1868 [20] to the second two years [21] after in the order of efficiency between the government schools. The Hakka section was improving during the first several years upon establishment.[22] The government recognized the Punti school had always been a very good school that led by the school master Mr. Li during the ten years.[23] The school had been admirably taught and its academic work was well done. Although Geography as well as Composition was the weak subjects compared with other schools, all other aspects were very satisfactory.[24] The Saiyingpun Punti School ranked as good in 1877.[25]

Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School (1879–1926)

King’s College has its own little “prequel”. Known as Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School, it was established at 35-41, Third Street in 1879. It was one of the first batches of government schools that provided junior Chinese and English education in various subjects. It was a boys’ school. The first Principal (formally entitled “Master”), Mr. Fung Fu, received education in the US and was deeply influenced by the development of democracy in the West. During 1905, Mr. Fung held the post of a translator at the China Daily, a newspaper founded by local intellect Chen Shao-bai, Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s dearest friend in his juvenile years.

Upon establishment, Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School provided education from the eighth grade to the fourth grade (equivalent to primary five to secondary three nowadays). The then Inspector of Schools, Dr. Eitel, allowed parents to choose between letting their children be taught both English and Chinese or exclusively English. Among 61 students in 1879, 46 chose the latter. After a few months, with the exception of one student, all students came under an English-medium education.

Master Fung received an award of a grant of $25 at the Government School Prize Presentation Ceremony in 1880 as Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School was classed as “very good”. (Hong Kong Gazette, 1880) Moreover, according to the Government Notification in 1880, the appraisal of the Education Bureau reported that Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School had an outstanding performance, and thus was classified as “Rank 1”. In 1880, Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School operated with 74 students; by 1891 the total number of students amounted to 146. The campus in Third Street was no longer able to accommodate the increasing number of students. The school was relocated to 119 High Street (Now being the campus of Li Sing Primary School).

In 1902, Mr. W. H. Williams took over as the Master of Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School. The number of students dropped to 95.In June 1905, Mr. Alfred Morris replaced Mr. W. H. Williams as the Master, the latter were transferred to Victoria British School earlier in January that year. The number of students suffered a big drop to 44. Under the leadership of Master Morris, the number of students rose again in 1906 to 490 (Hong Kong Government Administrative Report, 1907) and the school campus was inadequate to facilitate studies and extra-curriculum activities of the students. In 1921, the government reserved $50,000 for the construction of a new campus of Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School. The chosen location was 63A Bonham Road (Hong Kong Government Administrative Report, 1921).[26] According to the Heritage Appraisal of King’s College on the AMO’s webpage, the school was given a new name, “King’s College”, named after reigning King George V of the United Kingdom.

When the construction was completed in March 1926, the seventh and the eighth classes first moved into the new campus. Then in September, the whole school was relocated. From then on, when students completed the fourth class and obtained a qualification from the Junior Graduation Examination, they could be promoted to the third class in King’s College instead of having to be transferred to the senior levels at Queen’s College.[27]

There are only fragments about the subject curriculum of Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School from the Hong Kong Government Administrative Reports. For instance, in the 1922 Report, it was stated that students in Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School excelled in map reading, handwriting, English conversation and composition. For extra-curricular activities, apart from volleyball, football, swimming and picnic activities, the 1922 Report stated that students were charity enthusiasts as well. Students raised a total of $800 for the Swatow Relief Fund. The scout team also helped “Charitable Association” to raise a total of $11,000. Students also received recognition in their extra-curriculum activities, for example, the Ambulance Division got Distinction of Winning Ralph Shield. (Report of Director of Education) Master Morris to a large extent nurtured this passion for extra-curricular activities. According to the 1905 Report of the Inspector of Schools, after Master Morris took office, he immediately made the school start early even during the winter time to ensure students had enough time for extra-curricular activities like visits and swimming in the afternoon.

By now, students in King’s College inherit the same passion towards broadening their horizons through a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. This surely is a perpetuation of our seniors’ zeal for whole person development.

According to “College Years of the Father of the Republic” written by Professor Lo Heung-lam, Kong Wing-wen and Lau Sz Fuk, enrolled in the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1887, same year as Dr. Sun Yat Sen started his college life there. According to an article published in the 2002nd issue of the Christian Weekly, it stated that Kong and Lau used to be students in “Saiyingpun Fung Fu School”. Lau graduated in 1895 with a degree in western medicine. The Master of Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School between 1879 and 1903 was Mr. Fung Fu. With reference to his term of office, it is believed that the “Saiyingpun Fung Fu School” mentioned in the essay refers exactly to Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School, that is currently King’s College. If this assumption is correct, it is convinced to say that Lau Sz Fuk is among the earliest Kingsians ever to study western medicine.

In the Report of the Inspector of Schools published in 1905, Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School students were rated “excellent” in English writing. Three students in S3 scored full marks, the Reported stated. “They made no grammatical mistakes, their writing was good and they gave evidence of having a very good vocabulary. Idiomatic mistakes were few.”

1926 was the year when King’s College began to have students joining the University Admission Examination. There were seven candidates taking the admission examination. Among them, five obtained excellent results and furthered their studies in the University of Hong Kong.

King's College (1926–)

Background

The college now stands on what was once holy ground, being the site of a roman catholic church named St. Anthony's built in 1892 'ex voto'.[Note 1] St. Anthony's was later demolished and replaced by an eponymous church in Pokfulam Road, which still stands today. Beside St Anthony's stood the Sacred Heart Chapel(1864-1892). This was built a few years before St Anthony's was built by the architect Mr. M.A. D'Aquino, and blessed in March 1879.[Note 2] The land jointly occupied by the church and the chapel was named Inland Lot 755, and was the property of the Roman Catholic Church. Some time after the construction of St Anthony's, probably because having two churches in such close proximity was seen as an inefficient use of holy land, the Sacred Heart Chapel was converted into an orphanage and school under the care of the Canossian Sisters – the Ling Yuet Sin Kindergarten of the present day. In 1920 the prologue to the school's story was written. It took the form of a requisition order by government authorities for a portion of Inland Lot 755, the section where the Church of St Anthony stood.

Pre-war and establishment

Main entrance before war
College's garden before the Pacific War

In 1923, foundations were laid and construction work began for the new King's College, Construction lasted over 3 years. Site formation, foundation works and construction of retaining walls were undertaken by Messrs. Foo Loong & Co. in the same year and the superstructure was erected by Messrs. Kin Lee & Co. in 1924. The works were completed in 1926. The Saiyingpun School moved to the new campus in the same year and was upgraded to King's College and accepted. In September, the qualified pupils from Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School transferred to the new college. The College was named in honor of King George V. A portrait of King George V is exhibited in the college's building.[28] The governor reported king's college as one of the chief schools.

The Hongkong Administrative Report of 1926 described King's College as "one of the finest and most modern of school buildings" with 29 classrooms, staff and common rooms, the latest sanitary arrangements, hat and cloak rooms, a museum and library, an art room, physics and chemistry laboratories, a workshop, swimming pool and dressing rooms, gymnasium, covered playground, fire fighting appliances and the usual complement of store-rooms and offices".

Four months later, from Feburuary to December, the building was commandeered for use as a military camp-cum-hospital for the British Shanghai Defence Force dispatched to protest British subjects in the British Section of the Shanghai Treaty Port.[29] In 1928, the building was returned to King's College, which was officially opened by the Governmor, H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., LL.D., M.A. on 5 March.

No sooner had the school been erected than it won the enviable reputation of having the finest school building in the East, with scarcely an equal anywhere in the world. Built around the three sides of a square, the building comprised a north wing, a south wing and an east wing. The tower above the main entrance dignified the general appearance of King's College whereas the dainty school garden further enhanced its beauty.

There was a museum housed in the library and the layout of classrooms was somewhat different from now. There were 29 classrooms, accommodating 30 students each, a playground and a swimming pool. Each floor had a cloakroom with enough space for hats, umbrellas and baskets. The laboratories were then on the top floor of the north wing, above the gymnasium. On the middle floor of the same wing was the art room and library. The swimming pool was filled with filtered water. The playground consisted of a jumping pit and one court each for basketball, volleyball and tennis.

Each pupils was allotted a numbered desk and the total capacity was 720 students. The school year began on 1 November and ended on 31 July. School fee for Classes 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 was $60 per annum, payable in 12 instalments of $5 each, and $120 per annum, $10 for each instalment, for Classes 3,2 and 1. In addition, each pupil was charged a medical fee for $3 per year. From 1926 to 1930, it was a full-day school, but thereafter changed to a half-day one, with activities in the afternoon. The first issue of the College magazine appeared in 1935, shortly after William Kay became Headmaster.

1939/40 Prefect body and Mr. H.G.Wallington
College's library and museum before war

During the first fifteen years, the school followed the old system of class organization with eight classes. Classes 8 and 7 (primary 5 & 6 respectively today) were primary ones, Class 6 equivalent to the present Secondary 1, and Class 2 the present Secondary 5. The enrolment stood at 840 boys. Above eighty percentages of staff came from British. Most of the teachers graduated from the two leading ancient universities in England – University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. King's College was one of the few well-developed English colleges. At that time period, King's College was evidently the best secondary school in Hong Kong.

Since its establishment, King's College has played a profound role in Hong Kong's education. It excelled not only in academic results: during Mr. Morris' time, the school did extremely well in sports also, once with two students representing China in basketball team in the Olympics, and another student holding at one time or another backstroke swimming records of Hong Kong and China. Its contribution was highly commended in St. John's Review, which remarked that, to thousands of former students, many of whom leaders in commerce and public life of the colony, to be without King's and Queen's was to be like an Englishman without his Oxford and Cambridge and an American without his Yale and Harvard.The immense success could be attributed to the high competency of the first three principals – Mr. Alfred Morris (1926–1934), Mr. William Kay (1934–1939) and Mr. H.G. Wallington (1934–1941).

The Pacific War

While the school was enjoying its prosperous days, the Pacific War broke out after the Pearl Harbour Incident in December 1941. King's College was used as a first aid station, having been fully equipped as such by the first principal, A. Morris St. John's Ambulance. When Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese on Christmas Day, King's College was used as a military mule and horse stable for the Japanese Army. Teachers like Messrs, Coxhead and Ferguson were taken war prisoners, while the principal, Mr. Wallington, was sent to the prison in Stanley. Mr. Coxhead was later sent to a labour camp in Japan.

The tragic War did immense damage to Hong Kong and King's College was not spared. The Japanese occupation was undoubtedly an unhappy interlude, for all normal activities of the school came to a halt. The school building was virtually destroyed by looters during the last two weeks immediately after the withdrawal of the Japanese Army, and only an empty red brick skeleton of the building remained.

Post-war

In 1945, some former teachers, led with remarkable fortitude by J.J. Ferguson and some old boys of King's College, revived the school. Subsequently, it moved back to Hollywood Road as Hollywood Road A.M. School.

Before the Japanese Occupation, King's College was a joint primary and secondary school. After the Second World War was over, the school campus had to be rebuilt due to the wartime destruction. On 18 September 1950, it was reopened with a new first floor and operated as a two-sessional primary school, namely King's College Primary School (KCPS) for a year. It had to share its premises with Northcote Training College Attached School. Mr. H. T. Woo was Headmaster. In 1951, the government gave green light on additional buildings for King's College and decided to restore its status as a secondary school.

After rehabilitation

In September 1951, King's College was rehabilitated with C. W. Sargison as principal. Then for the first time in the school's history, girls were admitted, most of whom were promoted from the Primary School. Total enrolment of pupils was 640. Being a specialist in chemistry, Mr. Sargison had played a very important part in making King's College pre-eminent in sciences. Such image of a 'Science School' had branded King's ever since.

The building was shattered and destroyed in war, and was later restored with additional portions. The first phase of re-development of the school buildings was completed by 1953 with the addition of two laboratories, a Preparation Room, a lecture Room, an art Room and five classrooms in the South and East Wings. The enrolment figure soared to 750. However, during the next five years, owing to slow pace of construction after the war of school buildings, King's College had again to share the premises successively with Grantham Training College and Queen Elizabeth School and operated only on a bi-sessional basis. It was not until 1960 that King's College started to be the sole user of the premises.[30]

In 1954, Mr C. W. Sargison was transferred to King George V School. He was succeeded by Mr F.K. Leung MBE, an old boy of Saiyingpun School and a pupil of A. Morris, who made history by being the first Chinese principal of a government secondary school in Hong Kong. The school had restored the house system of prewar days. Instead of calling them North, South, East and West, they are named after four former principals – Morris, Kay, Wallington and Ferguson.

In the same year, an extra Secondary Upper Six was operated to make places available for students who planned to sit for the revised Hong Kong University Matriculation Examination. There were nineteen classes ranging from Form 2 to Upper 6 in total. Facilities of the school provided for the training of students doing the Hong Kong University Diploma of Education and of students from the Northcote Training College. The subjects taught are English, Chinese, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Civics, Art, Music and Physical Training. In 1955, witnessed the first group of King's graduates, entering University after the war.

The pressing need for further expansion of the school finally received a positive response from the government. An additional floor was added to the South Wing and the two floors above the gymnasium were restored. Additionally, an extra floor was added on top of the East Wing in the front of the Hall gallery, which later became the library. The final stage of construction work was completed by December 1959 and fitting out of the new premises followed in the next few months.[31]

It was during Coxhead's tenure of office (1960–1967) that King's College entered a new stage of alteration and progress.[32] In 1963 Secondary Lower Six Arts classes were opened after a hiatus of several years. This restored the balance between Science and Arts classes though the demand for entrance to Science or Medicine classes was still greater. From 1966 onwards, girls were admitted only in Secondary 6.

In 1967 H.W. Clarke succeeded Coxhead as principal and it was during the next three years that King's witnessed a climax of academic attainment.[33] In 1968 64 distinctions were obtained by King’s College students in the Hong Kong University Matriculation Examination, an unprecedented achievement.[34] By 1971, D.R. Madan was appointed principal and King's students continued to achieve magnificent feats in both academic and extracurricular fields.[35][36]

In October 1977 K.F. Chu, an old boy who had graduated in 1938, became principal.[37]

The fountain of the school garden was repaired and its pedestal was turned into a pond for the breeding of goldfish and various other species of carp. A Bauhinia tree was planted in the northern corner of the school garden while the palm tree planted in 1971 had grown to 3 storeys tall. In April 1986, a time capsule was buried in the school garden.[38][39][40][41][42]

Late 20th century–present

In September 1986, W.T. Poon succeeded Chu Ka Fai as principal and the entire enrollment soared to 1200. Poon was famed throughout the Education Department for being his lively and enthusiastic personality. With him came some great improvements in the school. A public address system was installed in the playground, which proved to be effective in developing a greater sense of unity in students. Under Poon's leadership, the students won the International Mathematics Olympiad Championship.[43]

For the first time in the history of the school, Study Tours to Singapore and Malaysia were organized with part of the funds sponsored by the King's College Old Boy Association. Since then, Study Tours have proven to be very popular with King's students. In March 1992 the first K.C. Student Union was formed after a democratic election.[44]

The transition year of 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to the motherland, provided King's College a golden chance to renew its oath to play a major role in the community of Hong Kong and China. This year was a year in which King’s College eminent graduates' achievements were recognized by Hong Kong society. King’s College old boy, Dr. Simon Li Fook Sean, received the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GMB) from the HKSAR Government in acknowledgement of his stupendous contributions to Hong Kong and China. Dr. Li was among the first recipients of this award.[45]

Following the appointment of a new principal, Mr Ho Yue Shun, in 1998, King's College has undergone massive changes, especially on the information technology front. King's was enlisted as one of the few secondary school participants in a pilot scheme for the application of IT in education. A sum of HK$6M was granted for the acquisition of hardware and the installation of King's College's own intranet. An Information Technology Open Day was launched, which was followed by the launch of the school website, school intranet and a renovated IT room complete with modern computer facilities. Professor Robert F. Curl, 1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, visited King's College and met the senior students on 9 May 2002. On 29 October 2003, Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, visited King's College and met the senior students. In 2010, Mr Ho Yue Shun was succeeded by Mrs. Chan Woo Mei-hou.

At the 60th anniversary concert of the King’s Harmonica Band

King’s College is one of the few surviving pre-war government school buildings in Hong Kong.

School campus

King's College Bonham campus, built in 1926, is one of the oldest surviving pre-war government school buildings in Hong Kong. The red-brick school building in Neo-classical style was originally built around the three sides of a square in 1926 and the whole building comprised a North Wing, a South Wing and an East Wing with a bell tower (now removed) above the colonnaded curved entrance porch at the junction of Bonham Road and Western Street. The three wings of the school building are arranged in collegiate style around a central courtyard which serves as the school playground to form a quadrangle.

Red-brick Roman arched colonnades are applied along the facade and corridor on the ground floor of the South Wing and coupled columns form loggias on the first and second floors. Roman arched colonnades are also found on the front alevations of the East and North Wings.

Clerestory windows are found on the upper part of the bricked-up arches of the North Wing. Some doorways have Roman arches or flattened arches with fanlight glazing. The red-brick wall angles are emphasised with quoins.

The most impressive part of the school building is its circular entrance porch at junction of Bonham Road and Western Street. The porch is supported by granite coupled columns with Ionic Order capitals featuring volute brackets and Italian Renaissance style side openings. A groin vault can be seen on the top floor of the entrance block which is rarely found in other school buildings.

In addition, the use of red bricks in school architecture decorated with relatively rich Neo-classical style features is rare in Hong Kong. The notable Neo-classical style features such as arched colonnades, colonnaded verandahs, rusticated quoins, moulded cornices and classical stone surrounds to the windows are found in King's College and make it an interesting piece of built heritage. The red-brick school building in Neo-classical style is a rare piece school architecture of its king in Hong Kong.

The building which houses the college has evolved over the years since its establishment in 1926. It was once damaged in World War II and rebuilt and refurnished after the war. Since then the orthodox structure has reserved its current façades of grey granite columns against a background of crimson bricks, arched corridors and cavernous garden, an image widely held by its students and the public as an epitome of the college.

The red-brick school building in Neo-classical style is a rare piece of school architecture of its kind in Hong Kong. When the school building was built in 1926, it comprised an east wing, a south wing and a north wing with a bell tower (now removed) above the colonnaded curved entrance porch at the junction of Bonham Road and Western Street. The notable Neo-classical style features such as arched colonnades, colonnaded verandahs, rusticated quoins, moulded cornices and classical stone surrounds make it an interesting piece of built heritage. The current configuration of four wings frames a rectangular playground at the centre. Built on a sloping terrain, the south wing verandah shields student activities from stormy weather. The dainty school garden at the lower ground level facing Bonham Road enriches the school environment. It has become a declared monument in December 2011.[46]

Building decoration & ornamentation

A stone carving which depicting the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom displayed on the red brick wall above the college's main entrance. It is the only royal coat of arms remains in Hong Kong. The shield is quartered, depicting in the first and fourth quarters the three passant guardant lions of England; in the second, the rampant lion and double tressure flory-counterflory of Scotland; and in the third, a harp for Ireland. The crest is a statant guardant lion wearing the St Edward's Crown, himself on another representation of that crown. The dexter supporter is a likewise crowned English lion; the sinister, a Scottish unicorn. The coat features both the motto of English monarchs, Dieu et mon droit (God and my right), and the motto of the Order of the Garter, Honi soit qui mal y pense (shame upon him who thinks evil of it) on a representation of the Garter behind the shield.

The school building has undergone several extensive refurbishment and alterations over the years. During the Japanese Occupation, most part of the swimming pool, including its filter-system, was damaged. Repair and reconstruction works to the school building were carried out after the Japanese Occupation. The bell tower and chimneys at the entrance block were removed in 1950 to make way for the erection of an extra floor to the South and East Wings. Reconstruction of the swimming pool was arranged from 1971 to 1972 with funding from the Old Boys' Association. The school garden was also refurbished and the fountain was reconstructed and upgraded around 2004. The authenticity of the school building has been compromised to some extent but its main architecture characters still remain without affecting its high architectural value.

Monuments

Many old purpose-built educational buildings in the vicinity, including St. Stephen's Girls' College (Built in 1923); and the Main Building (built in 1910-12), Hung Hing Ying Building (built in 1919) and Tang Chi Ngong Building (built in 1929) of the University of Hong Kong, which have already been declared as monuments, form a cluster of historic school buildings in the Mid-Levels.

Academic

HKDSE

In 2014, Mak Chi Cheong become one of the twelve HKDSE 2014 candidates who have achieved the highest grade, level 5**, in all seven subjects. In 2015, Student Chan Lok Pong become one of the two HKDSE 2015 candidates who have achieved the highest grade, level 5**, in all eight subjects.

HKCEE

In 2010, An student from King's College topped all candidates scoring the highest mark in the last-ever HKCEE in Hong Kong.

Intel ISEF

In 2012, the chemistry research team of King's College Edmond Lui, Tommy Yuen and Sipo Wai participated in the World Final of the Intel ISEF under the category of Chemistry. With the outstanding project named "Polyaniline Multi-detecting Toxic Gas Sensor", our students were successfully awarded the Second Place Grand Award. In addition, their achievement will be further recognized by the entitlement of three minor planets named after them by the “International Astronomical Union” (IAU). They were presented a scholarship of US $1,500 and a certificate.

In 2014, the chemistry research team of King's College Matthew Chan Tai hei and Leo Fang Er Hai participated in the World Final of the Intel ISEF under the category of Chemistry. With the outstanding project named "Mechanism of Chinese Silver Staining Diagnosis and Its Application as Rapid Test for Chronic Renal Failure", our students were successfully awarded the “London International Youth Science Forum – The Philip V. Streich Memorial Award”, “Intel ISEF Best of Category Award (Chemistry)” and “First Award in the Category of Chemistry”.In addition, their achievement will be further recognized by the entitlement of two minor planets with their name by the “International Astronomical Union” (IAU) together with a scholarship of US $8,000.

In 2015, the chemistry research team of King's College Chu Yat Ho, Yip Tsz Fung and Iu Shing Huk participated in the World Final of the Intel ISEF under the category of Chemistry. With the outstanding project named " Dye-sensitized Chlorophyll Solar Cells Using Crude Chlorophyll Extract Coupled with Natural Cysteine-assisted Ag/Ppy Ion Carriers and Water Electrolyte ", our students were successfully awarded the Third Award in the Category of Chemistry.

List of principals

English Name Chinese Name Portrait Term of office Brief introduction
West Point School
Mr. Li King-chau 李鏡州先生 1857-1870
Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School
1. Mr. Fung Fu 馮扶先生 1879-1903
2. Mr. W. H. Williams 威廉士先生 1903-1905
3. Mr. Alfred Morris 莫理士先生 1905-1926
King's College(Before War)
1. Mr. Alfred Morris 莫理士先生 March 1926-June 1934 Mr. Alfred Morris was the first principal of King's College. He was the first commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Hong Kong. During his time at King's, the students did extremely well in sports.
2. Mr. William Kay 祈惠霖先生 June 1934-March 1939 Mr. William Kay succeeded Mr. Morris Principal of King's College in June, 1934. He prompted the publication of our school magazine (named "The Fig Tree" in 1934.)
Acting principal Mr. W. L. Handyside 韓德璽先生 March 1935-November 1935 A Scotsman and a keen geographer, Mr. Handyside was the Acting Principal of our School for a relatively brief period, so what better way to learn of him than to quote a poem written about him by My.Kay, while they were colleagues at Queen's College in 1922: 
One can scarcely imagine that from a barbarian 
Could evolve such a thing as our worthy librarian.
With his youth (like St.Paul) he has dropped childish things,
And now studies the actions and motives of kings.
He won't listen to football, to cricket, to fistics,
But delights in psychology, dates and statistics
Acting principal Mr. Herbert Howell Beddow 畢道先生 January 1936-July 1937
Acting principal Rev. George E. S. Upsdell 安士棣牧師 March 1937-December 1937 Like Mr.Handyside, also only quite briefly an Acting principal, Reverend Upsdell was famous as a great lover of Chinese culture, who could recite Chinese classics to his students. Once again a poem by Mr. Kay gives us some idea of him: 
Ho! clear the way, each boy and teacher,
For our hustling, bustling, fighting preacher,
As he dashes along in his Overland Willy,
Scattering the crowds and knocking them silly.
As a special P.C. see him flourish the baton.
Don't speak in his class or you'll promptly be sat on.
What chance had there been for the great Pimpernel
Had Baroness Orczy but known our Upsdell?
3. Mr. H. G. Wallington 威靈頓先生 March 1939-December 1941 Mr. H. G. Wallington came to Hong Kong in February 1924, when he was appointed Second Master of Queen's College. In 1938 he became Headmaster of Yaumati School and from March 1939, to December 1941 was Principal of King's College.

He was a kind-hearted man, and a distinguished amateur sportsman. He was captain of Hong Kong Football team in the Interport Matches. During the war, while in the internment camp at Stanley, he was struck by a serious illness. He was sent to a hospital in New Zealand when peace came. As his health condition showed no improvement, he retired in 1946. He died in England on 12 May 1950.

After War
4. Mr. J. J. Ferguson 富嘉新先生 October 1946-July 1947 Mr. J. J. Ferguson was the first Principal of King's College after the war. At that time the school building, which had been utterly destroyed in the war, was still in ruins. Mr. Ferguson worked towards the rebuilding of the school while he was concurrently performing important duties in the Education Department.

He came to Hong Kong in 1929 when he joined the King's staff as a mathematics master. He was extremely keen in sports and he introduced the House System to King's College by setting up four houses named North，South，East and West.

Mr. Ferguson retired in 1947 on account of illness which he had suffered when he was interned during the war. He later died in America.

5. Mr. J. W. Wilson 威爾遜先生 Augest 1947-September 1951 Mr. Wilson was a chemistry teacher in King's college, joining the staff in 1929. After the war and following Mr.Ferguson's departure, he took over the duties of re-establishing the school, which was temporarily housed in premises in Kennedy Road and Hollywood Road while the reconstruction work proceeded. He later had the honour of being appointed director of education in what is now called Kota Kinbalu, Sabah, Malaysia, but which in those days was known as Jesselton, British North Borneo.
King's College Primary School
1. Mr. Woo Hing-tak 胡興德先生 Augest 1950-September 1951
King's College
6. Mr. C. W. Sargison 沙治臣先生 September 1951-July 1954 Being the first principal entrusted with the task of administering the normal function of the school after the war Mr. Sargison played a significant role in the expansion of King's college.

During the first phase of his office at King's one extra floor was built on the front block of the school building in 1953 and the total enrolment figure rose to 750. In 1960 the final stage of expansion was completed with King's looking as it is today---three storeys on both the Front Wing and Gymnasium Wing. In the whole process of reconstruction and expansion of the school, Mr. Sargison had striven to materialise the plan of restoring King's to its former image before the war.

According to those who were acquainted or had association with him, Mr. Sargison was one of those educationalists who advocated strict discipline. It was with such means that he ruled the school, and was thus feared by all, teachers and students alike. Nevertheless, he was always ready to give a helping hand to anyone in the school.

Besides his contribution i restoration of the school Mr. Sargison, being a specialist in chemistry, had played a very important part in making King's College pre-eminent in sciences. Such image of a 'Science School' had branded King's ever since.

On the lighter side, Mr. Charles Lowe, the former deputy director of education, recalled his days in King's in his speech delivered on Speech Day, 1972: "Mr. Sargison's stockbroker visited him twice a week at the school, and it was always rather a risk on whether to approach Mr. Sargison with a knotty problem just after rather a risk on whether to approach Mr. Sargison with a knotty problem just after this visit or not. Much depended on the state of the market. We were all rather scared of him as, though basically kind, he could be important".

Mr. Sargison went on leave prior to retirement in early 1960.

7. Mr. Leung Fung-ki 梁鳯岐先生 July 1954-January 1957 Mr. F. K. Leung was the first Chinese Principal of a government secondary school in Hong Kong. He had his first association with King's College in 1926 when he joined the School as a teacher, the same year the school was opened. He remained as a geography master until the school was closed in 1941 when the Pacific War began and Hong Kong occupied by the Japanese. During the war he conducted a school in Macao on behalf of the British Consulate. Afterwards he was Headmaster of the Ellis Kadoorie School and subsequently served in the Education Department.

In 1954 he was appointed Principal of the school when Mr. Sargison was transferred. He held the post until 1957.

Having served in the Education Department for 35 years Mr. Leung retired in 1961.

8. Mr. C. W. Sargison 沙治臣先生 September 1957-July 1960
Acting principal Mr. Geoffrey Serville Coxhead 郭士熙先生 July 1958-March 1959
9. Mr. G. S. Coxhead 郭士熙先生 September 1960-June 1967 Mr. G. S. Coxhead's ties with King's College dated as early as 1940 when he was posted here as a geography teacher upon his arrival in Hong Kong. However, the Pacific War and Japanese occupation had forced him to internment in the prisoner-of-war camp.

After the war, Mr. Coxhead had a wide and varied experience both of schools and of administrative work, having been a teacher in King George V School and Queen's college, an Inspector of schools and the Chief of the Grant-in-aid Schools Section in the education Department. At the end of 1957, after an absence of 16 years, he rejoined King's and was acting Principal in 1958 during Mr. Sargison's home leave. In early 1960 Mr. Coxhead was appointed Principal which post he retained until 1967 when he retired.

In fact, King's College entered a new phase of remarkable change and progress during Mr. Coxhead's tenure of office. A cycle system was introduced in the time-table, Form 6 Arts classes were started, a large number of clubs and societies were set up to cater for extra-curricular activities of all kinds, and a school canteen was inaugurated. Not only did Mr. Coxhead encourage academic pursuit, he also personally participated in many of the club or association functions. In a nutshell, Mr. Coxhead's contributions to King's College are invaluable and no summary comment is more appropriate than the following remark made in 1967 by his immediate successor, Mr. H. W. Clarke:

"I would like to acknowledge publicly my sincere appreciation of all that Mr. Coxhead did for King's College---the school records over the last ten years or so speak for themselves---and to refer to his never-failing interest in what ever pertained to the pupils of K.C., his personal concern for their welfare whether they had left the school or not, and his qualities of tolerance, sincerity, gentlemanliness and humour qualities of which I myself became fully aware during the short interval of about a fortnight before he left the school for good. I found his guidance sound, well-balanced and constructive;he was never too else who sought happiness and prosperity in the years to come. If i had to select those spheres in which Mr. Coxhead left his mark on the school, I would mention in particular the Geography Society, the Chess Club, the School Canteen (which he inaugurated), and extra-curricular activities in general, not least the Photographic Club, in which he had real personal interest".

Mr. Coxhead retired in 1967 and has since taken up teaching in England.

Through his affection for the school. Mr. Coxhead had kindly written his memoir entitled "Red Bricks in Bonham Road", which is printed in the following pages. It throws light on the development of King's during his time. For those who have had association with King's in whatever way, particularly for the former staff and students, Mr. Coxhead's memoir is more than invaluable.

Acting principal Mr. P. R. Halliwell 夏理威先生 January 1963-Augest 1963 Though Mr. P. R. Halliwell was the Acting Principal from January to August,1963 when Mr. Coxhead was on home leave, he had initiated various improvements for the schools within a short period of 8 months. Several new clubs were formed under his instruction and guidance.

His chief d'oeuvre was the inauguration of a Six-day Camp School in which about 40 students participated under the supervision of about 10 staff members. Under the scheme, the campers set to work on a special project, the first entitled "Tsuen-Wan – a study in microgoegraphy". For many pupils this was their first experience of communal life in the field. It also fostered a habit of acquiring knowledge through observation and practical experience. This winter camp became an annual function and was welcomed by all. It was not until 1971 that the practice was suspended owing to the lack of fund.

At the moment, Mr. Halliwell is the Principal of Kowloon Technical School. Though he is no longer within our walls his 'infectious' enthusiasm still influence over all of us.

10. Mr. H. W. Clarke 祈立德先生 June 1967-June 1971 Mr. H. W. Clarke assumed duty as Principal of King’s College on 5 June 1967 when Mr. G. S. Coxhead proceeded on leave prior to retirement. Having had a distinguished career both in schools and at university Mr. Clarke was an outstanding scholar, well versed in Latin, Greek, Ancient History and Literature. Perhaps l\/lr. Charles Lowe was justified in his comment which he made on our Speech Day in 1972:

“Mr. Clarke, a fine example of a nearly extinct breed, was a very civilised gentleman who clearly showed the advantages of classical education. it was he who found no fewer than 3 grammatical errors in the 5-word Latin motto proposed for some other school. He was a kind, unassuming person who by his very example did a great deal for the school. l often think he would have been very happy in Classical China". Through his scholarly influence the pupils did excel themselves in various public examinations under the ‘academic’ atmosphere. The most notable achievement win the 1968 Hong Kong University Matriculation Examination in which our students scored a total of 64 Distinctions, a record for the school. Though Mr. Clarke's term of office in the school was only a brief period of four years his gentle manner, intellectual outlook and unassuming personality impressed most people who knew him. Since his retirement Mr. Clarke has been teaching English in Eastbourne, England, where he is residing with his family.

Acting principal Mr. H. N. Mcneill 麥尼路先生 April 1969-January 1970
11. Mr. D. R. Madan 馬丹先生 June 1971-September 1977 Prior to his appointment to our school Mr. Madan had a wide and varied educational experience, having been the panel-chairman of Biology in Queens College, a teacher in King George V School, and an inspector of Science in the Science Inspectorate of the Education Department. In 1962 he was awarded a Government Training Scholarship for one year to take up an ad hoc course in the teaching of Biology and General Science at Reading University, England. In 1963 he represented Hong Kong at the Commonwealth Conference for Science at Peradeniya, Ceylon. His zeal in promoting and improving the study of Biology in schools had promoted him to be a founder member of Asian Regional Conference on School Biology. He personally attended two of the conferences held in Manila (1966) and Tokyo (1968) respectively.

Mr. Madan, while maintaining the esteemed tradition of King’s, has introduced various changes for the welfare of students. Since 1973 two classes in Lower 6 have offered subjects to prepare the students for entrance to the Faculty of Medicine of the Hong Kong University. This marked a departure from the past practice in which only one class prepared students for the medical career. Through his strenuous efforts, the school swimming pool was finally reopened in November, 1972. The plan of renovation had been mooted for all the years after the war and the reopening of the pool received welcoming response from the students.

From the beginning of his appointment as our Principal Mr. Madan had determined to set up a balanced education in both academic pursuit and sports. His ambition was fully realized when various records were established in both fields. ln 1972 our school was awarded the Omega Challenge Rose Bowl for being the Most Progressive School in Sports. The School Volley Teams also brought home glory for being the champions for 4 consecutive years from 1972 to 1975. Pertaining to academic achievement our students acquired the unprecedented results in the Certificate of Education Examination in 1975 when a total of 125 Distinctions and 470 Credits was recorded. He has also worked hard to help raise the standard and prestige of the Form 6 Arts classes, changing the image of King's being purely a ‘Science School‘.

When Mr. Madan says, "Being backed by a fine and eminent tradition we can look forward to a brighter future", he is fully justified.

12. Mr. Chu Ka-fai 朱家輝先生 October 1977-August 1986 Mr. Chu was a King's student from 1938 until 1941 when school was interrupted by the war. In September, 1977, He joined King's College as Principal of the school and was received with a warm welcome by the whole school. To meet the needs of students and society. He added principal of Accounts and Computer Studies to the school curriculum which then became very popular subjects at school.
13. Mr. Poon Wai-tong 潘煒棠先生 September 1986-December 1998 Mr. W. T. Poon always emphasizes the importance of academic achievements and extra-curricular activities. He wants his students to have good all-round development.

Under his able guidance. King's College has maintained a very high academic standard. To promote student's interest in music. Mr. Poon made music a subject given marks instead of grades from Form 1 to Form 3 in 1989. Since then, every Junior form student has had to learn at least one musical instrument or to join the School Choir. This has formed an invaluable foundation for the setting up of the School Band & String Orchestra in 1991. Also, with the support of the K.C.O.B.A. Mr. Poon has organized annual educational tours to places outside H.K. to widen student's horizons. The S.6 Education Camp, which is very popular with all of us, was also Mr. Poon's idea. Also under his guidance, the King's College Student Union was set up in 1991.

Mr. Poon is also very concerned about students' welfare. He is always eager to provide students with a comfortable environment at school. The school building has been renovated several times. Many modern facilities such as the public address system in the playground & Lecture room have been added. The basketball courts have been renovated and air conditioners have been installed. He has also supervised the renovation of the location in school garden which had not functioned since 1961.

Acting principal Mr. Leung Chik-wing 梁植穎先生 *July 1992-August 1992
  • July 1994-August 1994
  • July 1995-August 1995
  • July 1996-August 1996
  • December 1996-August 1997
14. Mr. Ho Yue-Shun 何汝淳先生 September 1997-August 2010
15. Mrs. Chan Woo Mei-hou, Nancy 陳胡美好女士 September 2010-

Facilities

  • School office
  • Main Hall
  • Library
  • Lecture Room
  • Senior Biology Laboratory
  • Senior Chemitry Laboratory
  • Senior Physics Laboratory
  • Junior Biology Laboratory
  • Junior Chemitry Laboratory
  • Junior Physics Laboratory
  • Geography Room
  • Multi-media learning centre (MMLC)
  • Visual Arts Room
  • IT Room
  • Scout Room
  • Activity Room
  • 3 Special Rooms
  • Medical-Inspection Room
  • Gymnasium
  • Non-standard swimming pool
  • Central all-weathered playground
  • Changing room
  • Elevator
  • Government Quarters
  • 34 Classrooms
  • 4 Staff rooms
  • IT room
  • Multimedia Learning Centre
  • Music Room
  • Campus TV
  • Scout Room
  • Copy Center
  • Social workers' office
  • Canteen
  • Chinese Music Room

Since the 2000s, with hold-up from the Education and Manpower Bureau and the Architectural Services Department, all the floors in the old wing were re-laid and the classrooms have been rewired. A central air-conditioning system was installed in the school hall. Every teacher's desk in all the staff rooms was endowed with a desktop computer and a digital display board was placed close to the doorway of the school. More contemporary and brighter lighting, together with fans, was installed in the covered playground, likewise the gymnasium.

Society & organization

Academic

  • Business Studies Club
  • Chinese Society
  • Computer Club
  • English Society
  • Debate & Public Speaking (Chi.)
  • Debate & Public Speaking (Eng.)
  • Humanities Society
  • Liberal Studies Society
  • Mathematics Society
  • Putonghua Club
  • Science Society
  • Visual Arts Club

Interest

  • Astronomy Club
  • Bridge Club
  • Chess Club
  • Dance Club
  • Drama Club (Chi.)
  • Drama Club (Eng.)
  • Gardening Club
  • Photographic Club
  • Pop Band
  • Quiz Contests Club
  • Rambling Club
  • Stamp Club
　

Religion, services, and uniform groups

  • Catholic Society
  • Christian Fellowship
  • Community Youth Club
  • Interact Club
  • International Relations Council
  • Junior Police Call Club
  • Scout
  • Social Service Group
  • St John Ambulance
  • Volunteer Services Team
  • Youth Red Cross

Sport

  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cross-country
  • Football
  • Handball
  • Swimming
  • Table-tennis
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
　

Music

  • Music Association
  • Chinese Orchestra
  • Harmonica Band
  • School Choir
  • School Orchestra
　

Orchestra

King's College now have 3 orchestras, which are School Orchestra, Chinese Orchestra and Harmonica Band.

Chairmen of School Orchestra

Year Chairman Chairman (Wind Band)
2013-2014 LEE CHEUK UE CHEUNG HON CHING
2014-2015 TSANG CHUN FUNG CHAN CHAK MING
2015-2016 ZHANG JUN JIE LI KA LEONG

Chairmen of Chinese orchestra

Year Chairman Vice-Chairman
2013-2014 LEI TSZ SHING LAI YAM CHIU LAM KA SIU RYAN
2014-2015 LAM KA SIU RYAN TAM YUI PAN YAN YEE HANG HENRY
2015-2016 YAN YEE HANG HENRY ZHANG JUN JIE HUI HO CHING

Chairmen of harmonica band

Year Chairman Vice-Chairman
2013-2014 MOK CHUN HIN CHAN SHU MING YU MAN HON
2014-2015 YU MAN HON FUNG CHI WAI HO SHEUNG YAN
2015-2016 HO SHEUNG YAN WANG MING CHUN WU KA YU WONG TING HONG WESLEY

School song

Welsh rhythm "Men of Harlech" Welsh march, words by Mr. Jasper (History Teacher'50)[47]


Lyrics

Oh King's College lives forever
Nothing shall our friendship sever
Nothing shall defeat us ever
Glory to our school.
Listen to our sound of singing
Listen to our voices ringing
Joy and honour we are bringing
Glory to our school.
Soon we will be grown men
There will be new boys then
Summon all the new and old
They sing and shout together.
Old boys, new boys winning glory
We ourselves must write the story
Keep this challenge still before ye
Glory to our school.

Publications

College's magazine

King's College had its own magazine before the war with a reproduction of a drawing of the main entrance to the school on the cover. The latest number before war is the December 1939 issue. The greater part of the work was done by a capable little group of senior boys who formed themselves into a magazine committee.

During the war all normal activities ceased. King's College Magazine was revived and repoduced in 1951 since the school was rehabilitated that the former Principal, Mr F. K. Leung, and the staff decided that it was time King's once again had its own magazine.

Newspaper

King's Spring

House system

The purpose of the House System in King's College is two-fold.On the one hand, it give honour to the men who help to make history at King's College;on the other hand, it serves to introduce healthy competition in sports, in the acquisition of academic honours and in promoting interest in all school activities.

Early time, there were only four houses, North, South, East and West, each with a house master and two assistant house masters. On admission, boys were attached to a house to which they belonged for the whole of their school life in King's. The houses competed for the house shield, which was awarded twice a year on the basis of total points earned by the members of each house for games, school work and general conduct.

During the Japanese occupation, all the activities of the school ceased. It was not until 1950 that the school was re-habilitated.Since then, the school has continued the House System of pre-war days;but instead of calling them North, South, East and West, they are named after four former principals – Morris Kay, Wallington and Ferguson. The other two, School House and Sargison House, were started in 1959 and 1960 respectively. And since 1956,metal badges bearing the House colours have been introduced as part of the school uniform in order to strengthen House consciousness. The Houses participate in various school activities including the Annual Athletic Meet, Swimming Gala, ball games competitions,etc.

● Ferguson House
● Kay House
● Morris House
● Sargison House
● School House
● Wallington House

The Annual Athletic Meet and the Swimming Gala, in particular, have aroused keen competition among the Houses. Each competitor wears his distinctive House colour vest and the House members sit in separate columns in the stadium so that there is plenty of enthusiastic cheering.Co-operation,enthusiasm,sportsmanship and obedience are the virtues of Houses members. These are finely displayed during the annual sports day. Victory or defeat means very little to the competitions. After all, activities and competitions would only help to improve the relationship among House members.

Prefect Body

Former Head Prefects

Year Head Prefect Deputy Head Prefects
2013-2014 WU CHEUK LAM FUNG LOK HIN
2014-2015 CHEUNG WAI WA CHAN CHO FUNG
2015-2016 HUANG TSZ KIN NG HO KA OSCAR CHEUNG PAK HANG

Librarians

Former Head Librarians

Year Head Librarian Vice Head Librarians
2011-2012 NG JUSTIN YANCHING CHAN KEI CHUNG CHAN KA LOK TANG KIT LAM
2012-2013 LIU KIN HENG WONG CHUN MAN POON CHUN HO HENRY CHENG WAI KUEN
2013-2014 YUEN KONG KIT LEE HO MAN HUI KA MING HUNG HO MING LAU CHUNG HIN
2014-2015 LAU CHUNG HIN FONG CHAK HIM CHAN CHAK MING TSANG TZE HIN
2015-2016 TSANG TZE HIN CHAN TSZ KAI MAK HON CHING CHUNG YIU HONG

Student Union

Established in 1991, Student Union is responsible to organize different activities and provide welfare for students.

Year Cabinet President Vice-President (F.5) Vice-President (F.4)
2013-2014 King's College Student Union WONG SHING KAI TANG KWOK FUNG TANG CHU HO
2014-2015 Neurone TANG KIN YIP NG KENG SANG NG TAK YEUNG
2015-2016 Taeda LO KWAN HO WAN KING KIT SHEK HOI WA

List of notable alumni

Old boys of King's College in Hong Kong, known as Old Kingsians.

Alumni of King's include The third and incumbent HK senior judge and politician Simon Li ; HK industrialist and politician Sir Sze-yuen Chung; Chief Executive of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Leung Chun Ying; Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in the Government of Hong Kong KC Chan;The first Chinese Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police Li Kwan Ha;The last Commissioner ofthe Royal Hong Kong Police Hui Ki On; The "father of rehabilitation" in Asia Sir Harry Fang;The Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1987, founder of Shaw College Ma Lin; Wolf Prize winner Ching W. Tang; Hong Kong media mogul George Ho; Career civil servant of Hong Kong Harnam Singh Grewal; President of Tencent Martin Lau; The creator of Hang Seng Index Stanley Kwan.

See also

References

Hong Kong Government Report (before war)

Historical record

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  26. ↑ AR 1926. Page 3., accessed May 1, 2016. "Saiyingpun School, which had an honourable career since it was founded in 1891, passed on to a higher destiny in September. In its magnificent new quarters on Bonham Road, re-named by His Excellency King's College, great achievements are experted from it under the able headmastership of Mr. Morris."
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  28. ↑ the Royal Hong Kong Overseas League
  29. ↑ AR 1926. Page. 3., accessed May 1, 2016. "In February King's College was taken over by the Military Authorities for use as an emergency hospital. The pupils were accommodated partly in Queen's College and partly in Ellis Kadoorie School. That the work of both these schools proceeded so smoothly and satisfactorily in spite of every difficulty is highly creditable to their Headmasters and Staffs. At the end of the year King's College was restored to this department to be ready for the re-opening of school at the New Year."
  30. ↑ Historical Records 1955-1958
  31. ↑ Historical Records 1960
  32. ↑ Historical Records 1961-1964
  33. ↑ Historical Records 1965-67
  34. ↑ Historical Records 1968-70
  35. ↑ Historical Records 1971-75
  36. ↑ Historical Records 1976
  37. ↑ Historical Records 1977
  38. ↑ Historical Records 1978
  39. ↑ Historical Records 1979
  40. ↑ Historical Records 1980
  41. ↑ Historical Records 1881
  42. ↑ Historical Records 1982-85
  43. ↑ Historical Records 1986-93
  44. ↑ Historical Records 1994-2006
  45. ↑ Historical Records 2007-10
  46. ↑ http://www.heritage.gov.hk/en/online/press2011/20111202.htm
  47. ↑ The melody of the school song of King's College

Notes

  1. ↑ that is to say, its construction was funded by the contributions of the faithful
  2. ↑ according to the report in Catholic Register of that year

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