Chung Wah Middle School () was a

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school located at 1 Chico Terrace,

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, Hong Kong. It opened in 1926 and was shut down by the

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government for its involvement in the

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. Following the 1997 Handover, some school alumni went on to serve as high-ranking officials in the new government.

History

The school was founded by Wong Lan-koon, a grandfather of

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. On 16 October 1967, police raided the school and seized more than 3,500 inflammatory posters. On 27 November 1967, two explosions were reported at the school, with one student seriously injured in the school laboratory. Residents in the area and police alleged that the school was being used as a bomb factory. The injured student, 18-year-old Siu Wai-man, lost a part of his left hand. He was charged with possession of explosive substances and sentenced to four years in prison. The day after the explosions, four other Communist schools were raided by police for suspected bomb-making, namely the , , Fukien Middle School, and the Mongkok Workers' Children School. Following the explosions, the school was immediately shut down by the government. In mid-1968, the government de-registered the school under the Education Ordinance on the grounds that it had been "willfully used for the unlawful manufacture and storage of dangerous explosive substances". In late-1968, it was reported in the ''

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'' that all former students of Chung Wah Middle School had transferred to Hon Wah Middle School.

Notable alumni

– the first

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of the HKSAR *

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– the first

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of the HKSAR

References

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History

Notable alumni

See also

References