St Stephen's College (Chinese: 聖士提反書院) is a ChristianDirect Subsidy Scheme co-educational secondary school in Stanley, Hong Kong. With an area of about 150,000 m2 (15 hectares), the college is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong, and is one of the very few boarding schools in the territory. Many buildings in the campus are listed in the list of historic Buildings and Declared Monuments by the Antiquities Advisory Board. When the college was founded in 1903, there were only six boarders and one day student; in the academic year 2014–2015, there were approximately 910 students studying in the college. The current principal is Mrs Julie Ma, commencing duty since 2023. St Stephen's College mainly uses English as a medium of instruction, and Chinese language for Chinese, Chinese history, Putonghua, visual arts and physical education. St Stephen's College is the first school in the territory having its own Heritage Trail in the school campus. The college's oldest building, the School House, was declared a monument in 2011, being one of the few schools in Hong Kong to own a Declared Monument in its campus.
The establishment of the college dates back to 1901. A group of prominent Chinese businessmen approached the Church Missionary Society to administer a school for their sons. The inspiration came from Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The aim was to maintain the standard of teaching and level of equipment which is comparable to the best Public Schools in England. In 1903, St Stephen's College was officially established on Bonham Road in Western District. In the 1920s, the government granted the school 40 acres (150,000 m2) on the Stanley Peninsula in recognition of outstanding contributions to education. The foundation stone was laid in April 1928 by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Cecil Clementi, and in May 1929, the college was fully functional in its new buildings, many of which are still in use today.
During the battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War heavy fighting took place around the college, which was among the last British strongholds to surrender to the Imperial Japanese Army. Shortly after the surrender the Imperial Japanese Army broke into the college (which served as a military hospital during the battle) and murdered wounded soldiers of the Allied forces. (see St. Stephen's College massacre) The Japanese later merged the college with part of Stanley Prison to form the Stanley Internment Camp.
The college reopened after the war and a chapel was built in 1950 to remember those who died during the Japanese occupation.
Originally a private school, St Stephen's College became a government-funded public school during the late 1900s. Since the 2008–2009 academic year, the college has become a Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) School, which is a historic change to the college as it freed the school from the centralised funding system that currently administers secondary education in Hong Kong. Students enrolled in the 2002 Primary 1 class at St Stephen's College Preparatory School, also based in Stanley, were the first group of students to enter the DSS system. In order to upgrade the school administrative level, this is the first secondary school in Hong Kong to employ a registered professional housing manager on its staff to manage and handle all property and facilities-related issues for and on behalf of the school.[citation needed]
St Stephen's College has divided its students into six houses with six different colors. Some names of the houses came from the names of the first few principals of the college:
Barnett House (Orange) - The Ven. E. J. Barnett;
Stewart House (Purple) - The Revd. A. D. Stewart;
Hewitt House (Red) - The Revd. W. H. Hewitt;
Martin House (Blue/White[16]) - Canon E. W. L. Martin;
Before the 2009–2010 academic year, as a local school in Hong Kong, the college had been providing three years of junior secondary, two years of senior secondary and two years of matriculation education under the English 3223 education system.
After the educational system reform was launched by the government, the college has started providing three years of senior secondary education from Form 4 since the 2009–2010 academic year under the New Senior Secondary 334 Scheme. Meanwhile, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) had also commenced in the academic year of 2014–2015. The IBDP is a two-year curriculum and is monitored under the International Baccalaureate Organization rather than the Education Bureau of Hong Kong. Since IBDP is two years long, the college will provide a one-year IBDP bridging course to help student adapt to the essay and discussion emphasized IBDP education mode.
PublicationsEdit
Many different publications are made by the college, including:
Official School Magazine
Chimes (鐘聲) (Biennially or triennially published since 1909[18]) (Published in years ending in 2, 4, 7 and 9)
Student Magazine
E (biannually published since 2016)
Parent-Teacher Association
Newsletter (會訊) (Triannually published since 1996[19])
Stephen's News (提聞) (Quarterly published by SA 2010-2011 (Alpha) in 2010 to 2011)
Paper Two Pieces (紙兩張) (Quarterly published by SA 2011-2012 (SOAR) in 2011 to 2012)
Echo (回聲) (Semi-annually published by SA 2012-2013 (ECHO) in 2012 to 2013)
Chinese Society
思藻 (Quarterly published since 2010)
English Society
St Stephen's College Times (Semi-annually published since 2008)
Mathematics Society
Mathematics Challengers Paper (2010 to 2011)
Music Society
MUSO Monthly (2012)
Preparatory schoolEdit
St. Stephen's College Preparatory School (Chinese: 聖士提反書院附屬小學) is the preparatory primary school of St Stephen's College. St. Stephen's College Preparatory School was founded in 1938 with only one building for classrooms, boarding house and dining hall. During the Second World War, the preparatory school was used for guard quarter by the Japanese. The preparatory school re-opened in 1947, with a new building. Another building of dormitory was built in the 1950s. The preparatory school has started to give boarding places for girls in the 1960s. The preparatory school has 21 classes of more than 600 students.
Filming of TV shows and moviesEdit
St Stephen's College was used for filming advertisements, TV shows, movies and MVs.
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations.(September 2023)
PoliticsEdit
Fu Bingchang (傅秉常), Nationalist Chinese and Taiwanese politician.
Erica Yuen Mi-ming (袁彌明) - chairlady of People Power, participated in the 2012 Legislative Council Election and gained enough votes for Raymond Chan (Slow Beat), who ranks at the top of the list, for being elected.
Ip Man (葉問) - martial arts Wing Chun master, martial arts teacher of Bruce Lee, attended school in 1917 at the age of 18.
Kin-yee Wan - track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Hong Kong, 6 record breaker of Hong Kong; wife of another alumnus Kwok-wai Pak.
Royden Lam - Hong Kong's renowned professional dart player, winner of various international dart cups.
^ abSt Stephen's College Annual School Report (2013-2014)
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^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^Martin House used to use blue as the house's color. However, the House switched to white in the 1980s due to coloring problems of PE uniforms. Martin House has switched back to use blue as their house's color since 2013.
^College House is not named after any principal, they are however named after the College itself.
^Website of the Parent-Teacher Association 21 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^Choi Choi (采茞) is the publication of Students' Association. "Choi" (茞) is a beautiful fragrant plant; and "Choi" (采) means "Choi" (採), meaning picking. "Choi Choi" (采茞) actually means the publication picked all the beautiful memories of the college. The name of the publication is normally but wrongly regarded as "Choi Tsz" (采茞 (coi2 zi2)), but the correct way in pronunciation of this phrase is "Choi Choi" (采茞(coi2 coi2)). The pronunciation of the character "Choi" (茞).
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educational secondary school in Stanley Hong Kong With an area of about 150 000 m2 15 hectares the college is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong and is one of the very few boarding schools in the territory Many buildings in the campus are listed in the list of historic Buildings and Declared Monuments by the Antiquities Advisory Board When the college was founded in 1903 there were only six boarders and one day student in the academic year 2014 2015 there were approximately 910 students studying in the college The current principal is Mrs Julie Ma commencing duty since 2023 St Stephen s College mainly uses English as a medium of instruction and Chinese language for Chinese Chinese history Putonghua visual arts and physical education St Stephen s College is the first school in the territory having its own Heritage Trail in the school campus The college s oldest building the School House was declared a monument in 2011 being one of the few schools in Hong Kong to own a Declared Monument in its campus St Stephen s College聖士提反書院Address22 Tung Tau Wan Road 1 StanleyHong KongCoordinates22 12 57 N 114 12 57 E 22 21583 N 114 21583 E 22 21583 114 21583InformationTypeDSS secondary schoolMottoLatin Fortitudinis Fundamentum Fides Faith is the Foundation of Fortitude Religious affiliation s AnglicanEstablished1903 120 years ago 1903 FoundersKai HoTs o Seen WanJoseph Charles HoareWilliam Banister 2 PresidentFrederick Leung 3 PrincipalJulie Ma 4 Staff146 5 GradesGrade 7 to Grade 12GenderCo educationalNumber of students914 students in 30 classes 34 groups 301 borders Academic year 2014 2015 5 LanguageEnglish Cantonese Chinese Mandarin ChineseCampus sizec 15 hectares 37 acres HousesBarnettCollegeHewittMartinPriestleyStewartPublicationChimesWebsitewww wbr ssc wbr edu wbr hkChinese nameTraditional Chinese聖士提反書院Simplified Chinese圣士提反书院TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSheng Shitifǎn ShuyuanYue CantoneseJyutpingsing3 si6 tai4 faan2 syu1 jyun6 2East Wing Building built in 1929Contents 1 History 1 1 School principal 2 Houses 3 Curriculum 4 Publications 5 Preparatory school 6 Filming of TV shows and movies 6 1 TV shows 6 2 Movies 7 Notable alumni 7 1 Politics 7 2 Business 7 3 Entertainment 7 4 Sports 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditThe establishment of the college dates back to 1901 A group of prominent Chinese businessmen approached the Church Missionary Society to administer a school for their sons The inspiration came from Dr Sun Yat sen The aim was to maintain the standard of teaching and level of equipment which is comparable to the best Public Schools in England In 1903 St Stephen s College was officially established on Bonham Road in Western District In the 1920s the government granted the school 40 acres 150 000 m2 on the Stanley Peninsula in recognition of outstanding contributions to education The foundation stone was laid in April 1928 by the Governor of Hong Kong Sir Cecil Clementi and in May 1929 the college was fully functional in its new buildings many of which are still in use today During the battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War heavy fighting took place around the college which was among the last British strongholds to surrender to the Imperial Japanese Army Shortly after the surrender the Imperial Japanese Army broke into the college which served as a military hospital during the battle and murdered wounded soldiers of the Allied forces see St Stephen s College massacre The Japanese later merged the college with part of Stanley Prison to form the Stanley Internment Camp The college reopened after the war and a chapel was built in 1950 to remember those who died during the Japanese occupation Originally a private school St Stephen s College became a government funded public school during the late 1900s Since the 2008 2009 academic year the college has become a Direct Subsidy Scheme DSS School which is a historic change to the college as it freed the school from the centralised funding system that currently administers secondary education in Hong Kong Students enrolled in the 2002 Primary 1 class at St Stephen s College Preparatory School also based in Stanley were the first group of students to enter the DSS system In order to upgrade the school administrative level this is the first secondary school in Hong Kong to employ a registered professional housing manager on its staff to manage and handle all property and facilities related issues for and on behalf of the school citation needed School principal Edit 1903 1914 The Ven E J Barnett 6 1914 1915 The Revd A D Stewart 7 1915 1928 The Revd W H Hewitt 8 1928 1953 Canon E W L Martin 9 1956 1958 Mr C T Priestley 10 1958 1965 Mr J R F Melluish 11 1965 1973 The Revd R B Handforth 12 1973 1974 Ven W N Cheung Acting 1974 1999 Mr Luke J P Yip 葉敬平先生 13 1999 2005 Mr D R Too 朱業桐先生 14 2005 2010 Dr Louise Y S Law 羅懿舒博士 15 2010 2023 Ms Carol C Yang 楊清女士 4 2023 Mrs Julie M W Ma 馬李敏慧女士 Houses EditSt Stephen s College has divided its students into six houses with six different colors Some names of the houses came from the names of the first few principals of the college Barnett House Orange The Ven E J Barnett Stewart House Purple The Revd A D Stewart Hewitt House Red The Revd W H Hewitt Martin House Blue White 16 Canon E W L Martin Priestley House Green Mr C T Priestley College House Yellow 17 Curriculum EditBefore the 2009 2010 academic year as a local school in Hong Kong the college had been providing three years of junior secondary two years of senior secondary and two years of matriculation education under the English 3223 education system After the educational system reform was launched by the government the college has started providing three years of senior secondary education from Form 4 since the 2009 2010 academic year under the New Senior Secondary 334 Scheme Meanwhile the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme IBDP had also commenced in the academic year of 2014 2015 The IBDP is a two year curriculum and is monitored under the International Baccalaureate Organization rather than the Education Bureau of Hong Kong Since IBDP is two years long the college will provide a one year IBDP bridging course to help student adapt to the essay and discussion emphasized IBDP education mode Publications EditMany different publications are made by the college including Official School Magazine Chimes 鐘聲 Biennially or triennially published since 1909 18 Published in years ending in 2 4 7 and 9 Student Magazine E biannually published since 2016 Parent Teacher Association Newsletter 會訊 Triannually published since 1996 19 Students Association SA Choi Choi Choi Tsz 20 采茞 Halted Stephen s News 提聞 Quarterly published by SA 2010 2011 Alpha in 2010 to 2011 Paper Two Pieces 紙兩張 Quarterly published by SA 2011 2012 SOAR in 2011 to 2012 Echo 回聲 Semi annually published by SA 2012 2013 ECHO in 2012 to 2013 Chinese Society 思藻 Quarterly published since 2010 English Society St Stephen s College Times Semi annually published since 2008 Mathematics Society Mathematics Challengers Paper 2010 to 2011 Music Society MUSO Monthly 2012 Preparatory school EditSt Stephen s College Preparatory School Chinese 聖士提反書院附屬小學 is the preparatory primary school of St Stephen s College St Stephen s College Preparatory School was founded in 1938 with only one building for classrooms boarding house and dining hall During the Second World War the preparatory school was used for guard quarter by the Japanese The preparatory school re opened in 1947 with a new building Another building of dormitory was built in the 1950s The preparatory school has started to give boarding places for girls in the 1960s The preparatory school has 21 classes of more than 600 students Filming of TV shows and movies EditSt Stephen s College was used for filming advertisements TV shows movies and MVs TV shows Edit Shine On You TVB Drama 2004 HK ARTchitecture 香港築跡 TVB Documentary 2010 保育好風光 RoadShow Documentary 2012 Pleasure amp Leisure 都市閒情 TVB Show 2013 Hong Kong Stories 香港故事 百年樹人 Episode 24 of Hong Kong Stories RTHK Documentary 2013 Movies Edit 失業生 zh 1982 Whatever Will Be Will Be 1995 天作之盒 zh 2004 2006 Echoes of the Rainbow Mei Ah Entertainment 2010 Sara 2015 Notable alumni EditThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations September 2023 Politics Edit Fu Bingchang 傅秉常 Nationalist Chinese and Taiwanese politician Hon Chee chen Tung 董建成 SBS JP member of the College Council of St Stephen s College chairman and chief executive of Oriental Overseas International Limited independent non executive director of Cathay Pacific younger brother of the first chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Tung Chee Hwa GBM who is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference and vice president of Olympic Council of Asia Timothy Fok Tsun ting 霍震霆 GBS SBS JP former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong member of the International Olympic Committee chairman of the Sports Federation amp Olympic Committee of Hong Kong China son to the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference of the China Dr Henry Fok Ying tung The Hon Albert Chan Wai yip 陳偉業 member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong New Territories West Erica Yuen Mi ming 袁彌明 chairlady of People Power participated in the 2012 Legislative Council Election and gained enough votes for Raymond Chan Slow Beat who ranks at the top of the list for being elected Bhichai Rattakul former deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Business Edit Dr Raymond Chi ien Kuo Fung 錢果豐 GBS CBE JP non executive chairman of MTR chairman of Hang Seng Bank director of HSBC director of The Wharf Ltd chairman of CDC Corporation chairman of the college Council of St Stephen s College Peter Woo Kwong ching 吳光正 GBM GBS JP chairman of Wheelock and Company Limited chairman of The Wharf Holdings Limited Raymond Chow Man Wai 鄒文懷 OBE GBS founder of Golden Harvest Richard Eng 伍經衡 founder shareholder of and teacher at the large scale tutorial school Beacon College 遵理學校 brother of artiste Christine Ng Wing mei 伍詠薇 Sir Sik nin Chau 周錫年爵士 CBE JP first Chinese doctor of ear nose and throat in Hong Kong ex senior unofficial member of Legislative Council and Executive Council ex chairman of Kowloon Motor Bus ex chairman of Dairy Farm ex chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries ex chairman of HKTDC brother of another alumnus Tsun nin Chau Sir Tsun nin Chau 周埈年爵士 CBE JP former chairman of Canton Trust and Commercial Bank former unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong former unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong brother of another alumnus Sik nin Chau Entertainment Edit Erica Yuen Mi ming 袁彌明 politician actress and presenter Sammy Leung 森美 actor and radio presenter Ellen Wong 王愛倫 second runner up in the 1985 Miss Hong Kong Pageant Brian Tse Lap man 謝立文 writerSports Edit Ip Man 葉問 martial arts Wing Chun master martial arts teacher of Bruce Lee attended school in 1917 at the age of 18 Kin yee Wan track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Hong Kong 6 record breaker of Hong Kong wife of another alumnus Kwok wai Pak Royden Lam Hong Kong s renowned professional dart player winner of various international dart cups See also EditEducation in Hong KongReferences Edit Contact Us St Stephen s College Website History St Stephen s College Website College Council St Stephen s College Website a b Staff St Stephen s College Website a b St Stephen s College Annual School Report 2013 2014 St Stephen s College Website Archived from the original on 29 May 2020 Retrieved 18 February 2014 St Stephen s College 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Martin House has switched back to use blue as their house s color since 2013 College House is not named after any principal they are however named after the College itself Chimes Centennial Edition 2003 Website of the Parent Teacher Association Archived 21 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Choi Choi 采茞 is the publication of Students Association Choi 茞 is a beautiful fragrant plant and Choi 采 means Choi 採 meaning picking Choi Choi 采茞 actually means the publication picked all the beautiful memories of the college The name of the publication is normally but wrongly regarded as Choi Tsz 采茞 coi2 zi2 but the correct way in pronunciation of this phrase is Choi Choi 采茞 coi2 coi2 The pronunciation of the character Choi 茞 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Stephen s College Hong Kong Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Stephen 27s College Hong Kong amp oldid 1180229466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
