Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S. C. Gaw Memorial College () is a

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on Tsing Yi Island,

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. The school is surrounded by four resited

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s, Tai Wong Ha, Yim Tin Kok,

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, and San Uk. The College is a

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school, accepting both boys and girls. The majority of students are residents on the island though there are many students from other parts of Hong Kong. Established by the

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (), with a history dating back to 1870, is the oldest and largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong. It provides extensive education and community services through 194 service centres spread across Hong Kong. ...

, a registered charity, in 1984, the school is dependent upon

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funding. Instruction is given in

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(oral) and

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(written).

History

In the early 1980s, as part of the major

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development in the area, the Ha Chung Mei village area close to Tsing Yi Lagoon was reclaimed by the government. As part of a government drive to build more classrooms, the college was established in 1984 by the charity organisation

. It was the third secondary school to be built on Tsing Yi Island and the 13th secondary school of the charity. S. C. Gaw () was the father of a former Tung Wah director, Anthony T. Gaw (). Due to construction delays, it commenced classes in 1984 in 12 borrowed classrooms at nearby Po Leung Kuk 1983 Board of Directors' College. The school moved into its new building in March 1984 and a formal opening ceremony was held in January 1986, the next year, presided over by senior government official Poon-wai (). In 2005, an extension of the school was completed. In 2015, Latin dancers of the college were awarded prizes at the 90th

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Motto & colours

School motto

The school motto, (, literally "diligence, frugality, loyalty, belief"), is inscribed on a lacquered board in its

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. School houses are named for each of the components of the motto.

House and school colours

The school divides students and teaching staff into four houses. Houses are named after the school motto, namely, Diligence (), Frugality (), Loyalty (), and Belief (). Diligence is in red, Frugality orange, Loyalty yellow and Belief blue.

Principals

*Cheng Man-wai () 1984 - 1997 *Tam Fuk-kei () 1997 - 2005 *Ho Lai-po () 2005 - 2010 *Agnes Tang Wai-chun () 2010–2017 *Jack Wong () 2018–Present

Website

References

External links

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