Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's Primary School
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Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's Primary School (Chinese: 青衣漁民子弟學校) was a school for the children of fishermen on Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong, founded by the .[1] marked that fishing once was an important industry in Hong Kong and there was a concern to improve fishermen's literacy. The good harbours besides the Rambler Channel attracted many fishermen and fishing boats such that here was a need to have a school on Tsing Yi Island. The school was finally built on the top of a hill near Moon Tsai Tong. The school survived until the late 1980s when extensive reclamation forced most fishermen to abandon their living on the sea.[citation needed]
The school was close to the relocation villages of Fishermen's Village and for fishermen. The former site of the school is now a Protestant church, .
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- ^ 滄海桑田話青衣 [Reflections on the transformation of Tsing Yi Island] (in Chinese). China HIstory. Missing or empty
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- Tsing Yi
- Primary schools in Hong Kong
- Defunct schools in Hong Kong