Clementi Secondary School

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Clementi Secondary School
Location
30 North Point, Hong Kong
Coordinates	Coordinates: 22°17′15″N 114°11′41″E / 22.2874°N 114.1947°E / 22.2874; 114.1947
Information
Type	Public (Chinese: 官立)
Motto	Letters, ethics, the devotion of soul, and truthfulness.
Established	1 March 1926
Principal	Mrs. Fung Lai Miu-yee
Number of students	Approx. 1,000 students
Medium of instruction	Chinese and English
Campus Size	2.74 acre
School Magazine	The Voice (鐸聲)
Website	clementi.edu.hk

Clementi Secondary School (Chinese: 金文泰中學) is a secondary institution in Fortress Hill, North Point, Hong Kong. Founded by the 17th British Governor of Hong Kong and the 20th Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi, the school has the longest history in using Chinese (with specialization in Classical Chinese) as the primary medium of instruction in Hong Kong. Besides the strong emphasis on classical Chinese, the school was also instructed, since its founding, to provide a well-rounded English education to its pupils due to its strong ties with the British colonial government. The British national anthem was sung and the Union Jack was displayed continuously until the handover of Hong Kong to China. Students and Alumni of the school are commonly known as "Clementians".

The motto of the school is cited from the Analects of Confucius, "Letters, Ethics, Devotion of soul, and Truthfulness." (《論語．述而》:「子以四教：文、行、忠、信。」) The school is highly regarded in Hong Kong as one of the most selective and prestigious secondary institutions for its fine academic standards, especially in scientific subjects. The school has produced one Nobel Prize winner in Physics and several world-renowned scientists. It is also the alma mater for a number of notable academics, writers, police commissioners, and public administrators of Hong Kong. The school is also famous for its historical connection with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

History[]

The Governor of Hong Kong, Cecil Clementi, who had a profound interest in the Chinese language, decided to establish a school using Chinese as the main medium of instruction. In 1926, Government Vernacular Middle School (官立漢文中學) was founded. Government Vernacular Middle School is the first government school to use Chinese as the main medium of instruction. Li King Hong, the then-Chinese language inspector of schools, was appointed as the first principal of the school.

During World War II, the school suspended its operations under the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong. After the war, the school was renamed Government Vernacular Senior Middle School (官立漢文高級中學). It was renamed again in 1951 to Clementi Middle School (金文泰中學) and in 1988 to Clementi Secondary School, after the governor.

The school has been relocated several times:

• 1926-1927 26-28 Hospital Road (now site of Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui College)
• 1927-1941 Pok Fu Lam Road
• 1945-1946 Bridge Street (now Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong Bridge Centre)
• 1946-1948 Wood Road (formerly Government Trade School Building c. 1937)
• 1948-1961 28 Kennedy Road

It has been at the current site of 30 since September 23, 1961.

The school principal is currently Mrs. Fung Lai Miu-yee, who succeeded Ms. Li Sui-wah in 2013.

Notable alumni[]

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Politicians, government officials, and legislators[]

• Sir Kenneth Fung Ping-fan, Former Senior Chinese Unofficial Member in Urban Council, Executive Council and Legislative Council.
• Tsang Yam Pui, Former Commissioner of Hong Kong Police Force.
• Lee Ming-kwai, Former Commissioner of Hong Kong Police Force.
• Leung Kwok-hung, Politician, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council, Chairman of the League of Social Democrats.
• , Politician, New Democratic Party of Canada.
• , Member of Executive Council (2004 to 2008), Green Party of Ontario.
• Eddie Ng Hak-kim, Secretary for Education of the Hong Kong Government, Member of the Executive Council, Former Chairman of Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA)

Academics[]

• Prof. Daniel Chee Tsui, physicist, a graduate of the university preparatory class of Clementi. Nobel Physics Prize Laureate for his contributions to the discovery of the fractional quantum Hall Effect.
• Prof. Sau Lan Wu, physicist. Enrico Fermi and Vilas Professor of Physics at University of Wisconsin-Madison and winner of 1995 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society for "the first evidence of three-jet events in E+E-collisions at PETRA"
• Prof. , Physicist, a fellow of American Physical Society, former chairman of , U.S.A., now working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Prof. , Chemist, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Davis
• Prof. , medalist of Ellis Island Medal of Honor and Professor of Asian Studies at Seton Hall University, U.S.A.

Business[]

• Peggy Cherng, Chinese-American billionaire businesswoman and electrical engineer

External links[]

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• Official website