Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School
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 Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School | |
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| Motto | VINCIT VERITAS |
| Established | 1961 |
| Enrollment | 1128 |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://www.sgss.edu.hk/ |
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| Traditional Chinese | 筲箕灣官立中學 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 筲箕湾官立中学 | ||||||||||
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Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School (SGSS, Chinese: 筲箕灣官立中學) is a co-educational grammar school operated by the Government of Hong Kong in Hong Kong. Located in Chai Wan Gap, the school was founded in 1961 and its medium of instruction is English.
History
[edit]It was established in 1961.[1] It temporarily shared the building of Clementi Middle School in Fortress Hill. The current school campus on Chai Wan Road opened in the autumn of 1964.[2] The school building was designed by the Architectural Office of the former Public Works Department, and cost HK$2,707,200.[3]
During the 2019–20 protests, students of three neighbouring schools on Chai Wan Road – namely SGSS, Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School, and Salesian English School – organised a joint protest in support of a citywide strike in November 2019. They walked silently to school with protest banners, before chanting protest slogans such as "five demands, not one less!" (Chinese: 五大訴求，缺一不可) and "Hong Kongers, revenge!" (香港人，報仇), the latter a reference to the recent death of Chow Tsz-lok.[4]
In February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, around 130 form six students and 10 staff members of Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School were sent to quarantine after spending time in an examination hall with two students who were later found to be infected.[5] The incident prompted some Hong Kong educators to question whether schools should aim to fully reopen.[6]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Andrew Chiu – politician[7]
- Frederick Fung – politician
- Lee Chik-yuet – politician
- Joseph Lee Kok Long (李國麟) – legislator of the Health Services functional constituency; assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at the Open University of Hong Kong
- Alan Tam Wing Lun (譚詠麟) – Cantopop singer
References
[edit]- ^ "Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School". Committee on Home-School Co-operation. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "School History". Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Wright, A.M.J. (1965). Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Public Works for the Financial Year 1964–65. Hong Kong: Government Printer. p. 106.
- ^ Ma, Joanne (11 November 2019). "Hong Kong protests: Secondary students hold silent demonstration in solidarity with citywide strike". Young Post.
- ^ Cheng, Selina (10 February 2021). "Covid-19: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam promises no lockdowns over Lunar New Year as latest lockdowns yield no cases". Hong Kong Free Press.
- ^ Cheung, Jane (10 February 2021). "Schools say no to staff virus tests". The Standard.
- ^ "【八方相當年】民主派「夾心人」趙家賢 係隱世色士風高手". Apple Daily. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
External links
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Media related to Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- SGSS Alumni Association
