Po Leung Kuk No.1 W. H. Cheung College
| Po Leung Kuk No.1 W.H. Cheung collage | |
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| Motto | Love Respect Diligence Sincerity |
| Established | 1971 |
| Principal | Ms. Leong Yuk Ping |
| Website | https://www.plkno1.edu.hk/ |
Po Leung Kuk No.1 W. H. Cheung College (also known as Po 1 Chinese: 保良局第一張永慶中學) is a secondary school located at 173 Po Kong Village Road, Tsz Wan Shan, Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong. It was the first school established by Po Leung Kuk in 1971, and was named Po Leung Kuk C.F.A. No. 1 College (Chinese: 保良局總理聯誼會第一中學) then. It was also the first where students strive for school voucher scheme. The current principal is Ms. Leong Yuk Ping. As of 2024, the state of the school's power grid is unstable and prone to electrical outages.
History
[edit]- In the 1970s, the Hong Kong Government encouraged secondary learning. Therefore, Po Leung Kuk started a plan to establish the first secondary school.
- In 1967, Hong Kong Government allotted 50,000 sq. meter of land to Po Leung Kuk to help with her work. She made use of the land to establish her first secondary school, named Po Leung Kuk (PLK) Committee Fellowship Association (CFA) No.1 Secondary School. The establishment of the school drove Po Leung Kuk to establish more schools to provide education services. Later, the school was provided with classrooms from PLK CFA No.4 Primary School (Now Po Leung Kuk Ho Sau Nan Primary School). In September, the school started 12 classes of Forms 1-3.
- In 1971, PLK CFA No.1 Secondary School was formally established. After a year, the construction of the school building was finished.
- On 21 February 1973, Hong Kong's 25th Governor Sir Murray MacLehose arrived to the school site to attend the opening ceremony of the school.
- In 1988, all classrooms and special rooms are facilitated with air conditioners.
- In 1994, the school received a fund from Cheung Wing Hing Foundation. The fund was used to further improve the environment of the school.
- To commemorate Mr Cheung Wing Hing's contribution to the school, it was then renamed as 'Po Leung Kuk No.1 W. H. Cheung College'.[1]
- In 2010, the school rejected class reduction and proposed that one more new wing is to be built in the campus. In 2011, the construction was finished and the building was named "Ngan Po Ling Annex" to commemorate Ms Ngan Po Ling's generous financial help for the construction to be possible.
School Associations
[edit]Student Association
[edit]Student Association (S.A.) holds a few activities each year.
Prefect Team
[edit]The Prefect Team is responsible for carrying out the school's rules.
The Four Houses
[edit]Students are sorted into four houses by the time they were first registered for a placement in the school. The four houses are Red House, Yellow House, Green House and Blue House.
Others
[edit]- Po Leung Kuk's colleges share similar uniforms. As Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho Yam Tong School is located near Po Leung Kuk No.1 W. H. Cheung College, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the two. Therefore, Po Leung Kuk No.1 W. H. Cheung College designed a special house badge for all students, which they must wear at school. The badge consists of the words "PLK No.1 College" in red and is contoured by the colour of the bearer's house.
Alumni
[edit]Politics
- Wong Kam-sing - Former Secretary for the Environment
- Edward Yau (Yau Tang-wah) - Former Secretary for the Environment, former Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong, and former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
- Gracie Foo - Former deputy director of Broadcasting[2]
- Richard Tsoi - Former vice-chairman of the Democratic Party
Entertainment Industry
- Yumiko Cheng - singer
- Kellyjackie - singer
Business
- Kimbee Chan - CEO of Chinese Estates Holdings
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Po Leung Kuk No.1 W. H. Cheung College: History". Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "Famous People from Famous Schools". 25 February 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2009.