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Reverend Geoffrey Lowrey Speak (史璧琦牧師)
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(6 October 1924 – 13 March 2000)Geoffrey Speak
(obituary) The Times, London, 9 May 2000, page 21 was a British teacher and educationist to Hong Kong. He served as the ninth principal of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong and first headmaster of
Island School Island School ( Chinese: 港島中學) is a co-educational international school located on the Mid-levels, Hong Kong. Established in 1967, it is a founding member of the English Schools Foundation. The school has been accredited by internat ...
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Biography

Rev. Speak, a graduate of Selwyn College,
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, served as a teacher at St. Paul's College from 1953 to 1958, he then became the ninth principal of the school for eight years from 1958 to 1968. Speak oversaw the expansion of the school from a few hundred to 2000, and the grand rebuild programme of the
Bonham Road Bonham Road (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 般咸道) is a main road in West Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near the University of Hong Kong, an ...
Campus of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong. He resigned from St. Paul's College in July 1967 and became the first principal of Island School with government endorsement. Speak combined the principalship with managing the
English Schools Foundation The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is an organisation that runs 22 international schools in Hong Kong. It is Hong Kong's largest English-medium organisation of international schools. It was founded in 1967 with the passage of the English ...
between 1967 and 1971. Speak introduced the "House System" as the basis of pastoral care and for teaching, a system which is still in place today, and as a pioneer of extracurricular activities. Speak retired as the Secretary of
English Schools Foundation The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is an organisation that runs 22 international schools in Hong Kong. It is Hong Kong's largest English-medium organisation of international schools. It was founded in 1967 with the passage of the English ...
in 1984 and returned to England thereafter.


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St. Paul's CollegeEnglish School Foundation
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